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
It is now generally consumed as a dessert wine and, as a rule, should be served at cool cellar temperature, but not cold.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022
It offers five varieties, including a shiraz, a cabernet-merlot blend and a dessert wine.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022
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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