dessert wine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dessert wine
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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Ice wine is made from grapes that freeze on the vine and are pressed while still frozen, creating a sweet, almost syrupy dessert wine.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2025
Though often thought of as purely a dessert wine, Tokaji is similar in profile to German rieslings and ranges from dry to extremely sweet.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023
It offers five varieties, including a shiraz, a cabernet-merlot blend and a dessert wine.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022
Up until at least the 1980s, some wineries made a sweet, fortified dessert wine with mission called Angelica.
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022
She swirled the dessert wine they’d used to conceal the sweetness, but in the bronze goblet, it was difficult to see the color.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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