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dessert wine

American  

noun

  1. a sweet wine served with dessert or sometimes after a meal.


Etymology

Origin of dessert wine

First recorded in 1765–75

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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

Two years ago Prosecco winemakers and local officials in Italy rose up after the European Union agreed to consider an application by Croatia to recognize a method of making a dessert wine called Prosek.

From New York Times Apr. 24, 2023

I was blown away by this dessert wine.

From Seattle Times Dec. 16, 2021

Like dessert, wine is shown thought at Q, and the service is tops.

From Washington Post Oct. 18, 2019

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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