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dessert wine

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dessert wine
n.
Any of various sweet wines, such as Sauternes, served with or after dessert.
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Noun1.dessert winedessert wine - still sweet wine often served with dessert or after a meal
vino, wine - fermented juice (of grapes especially)
straw wine - sweet wine from grapes partially sun-dried on the vine or on straw mats


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The trick is picking and pressing the small grapes while they're frozen to release the essence within for an unusually sweet dessert wine.
While the resultant dessert wine enjoyed a fine reputation in Europe throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, thanks to the marketing and distribution efforts of the Dutch East India Company, not all Cape wines fared so well at first.
A bottle or two of dessert wine such as Port or Sauterne makes a nice addition, and of course bubbly--Champagne or other sparkling wine fills almost any need, including a special event.
 
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