Pairing Wine with Dessert

Dessert: the perfect end to a meal. Wines can make a good dessert even better though. By pairing a wine with dessert, unique qualities of both the wine and the dessert are unveiled. Try an Ice Wine with cake or a Late-Harvest Riesling with chocolate for a delicious dessert. |
WHAT WINE TO SERVE WITH APPLE
PIE, APPLE TART
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Late-Harvest Riesling, Various Ice Wines, Muscat, Demi-sec
Sparkling Wines, Blueberry Wine
Brut Sparkling Wines, Demi-sec Sparkling Wines, Late-Harvest
Riesling, Muscat, Zinfandel
BEST WINE TO SERVE WITH CHOCOLATE
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Late-Harvest Riesling, Raspberry Wine, Black Muscat, Cabernet
Sauvignon
WHAT WINE TO SERVE WITH CAKE
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Demi-sec Sparkling Wines, Late-Harvest Riesling, Muscat, Various
Ice Wines
BEST WINE TO PAIR WITH CREAMS,
CUSTARDS, PUDDINGS
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Demi-sec Sparkling Wines, Late-Harvest Riesling, Muscat, Various
Ice Wines
PAIRING FRESH
FRUIT WITH WINE
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Late-Harvest Chenin Blanc, Riesling, Gewürztraminer,
Muscat
WHAT WINE TO SERVE WITH ICE
CREAM, SORBETS
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Usually none, perhaps fruit wine or fruit liqueurs
BEST WINE TO SERVE WITH NUTS
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Port, Brut Sparkling Wine, Angelica
PAIRING TIRAMISUI AND WINE
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Angelica
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09/29/11 BH) |
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