“What is the definition of a good wine? It should start and end with a smile.” -William Sokolin Liqueur wines, dessert wines, fortified wines or choose the name you want depending of its origin, but..why we cannot call to this sweet wine club - awesome wines! It'd be your palate which gives the names because your sensations rule.

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“What is the definition of a good wine? It should start and end with a smile.”
-William Sokolin
Liqueur wines, dessert wines, fortified wines or choose the name you want depending
of its origin, but..why we cannot call to this sweet wine club - awesome wines! It'd be
your palate which gives the names because your sensations rule.
Well, if we're doing a wine tasting of these sweeties what if we see something more
about them; an important characteristic is that winemakers produce them in reduced
form, the yields are very low and for that reason they are pricey…but worth them!
Wine and Raisins -Sound a Gorgeous Dessert-
Yes, it isn't specifically a dessert, although it could be…the wines are made from
raisins (the grapes are dried intentionally with dry-air or in the sun, giving a high
concentration of sugar and sweetness later. Typical wine examples but rare, Italian,
French and Spanish (quite obvious to mention these origins, aren’t they?)
Similar effects have with late harvest wines, the grapes are left deliberately longer
than normal at the vine, getting - a very sweet grape must - for further preparation
and /or aging in oak barrels.
Worthy representatives are Riesling, Semillon, Torrontes and to a lesser extent, it can
be a Viognier, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
Wine and Fungus …Peculiar Combination!
For natural processes or induced -Noble rot -makes that a fungus (Botrytis cinerea)
affects grapes, generating raisins -it is necessary to have an especial climate in terms
of moisture and heat- to produce the effect of grape dehydration, imparting an aroma
and flavor that is typical, shining later in the wine bottle. By the way, have you ever
drunk a wine glass of them?
Emblematic French sweet wines are the Sauternes wines in Southern France and the
Semillon grape is appropriate.
Wine making is an art and they must do it very carefully, because if there's too
much moisture the fungus can spread and lose the entire crop; it isn't easy to play
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with the nature!
Fortified Wines - Power to the Wines!
Why fortified? That term is because the sweetness of the wine is accentuated with the
addition of alcohol before the fermentation is finished. Yields a wine that has an extra
amount of natural sugar unfermented that gives power and strength.
Originally, the addition of brandy was to preserve wine, allowing more time on the
long journey of the ships and making them more stable.
Depending on what stage you're adding alcohol is the ultimate sweetness. In early
phases, it's sweeter and afterward, gives drier wines. The resulting alcohol levels are
18-20% by volume approx. therefore warning! These wines are very addictives and
they lead express to the head!
I haven't delighted everyone because there're many varieties, among others, the Port
wine (a.k.a. Oporto a Portuguese type red wine), Vermouth (Originally from Italy
white/red wine), Marsala (Italian, great for cooking and for desserts like Tiramisu!)
and Sherry (or Jerez, Spanish white/red wine).
In general lines, these fine white wines have aromas of ripe fruit (delicious), notes of
honey (more in cases when are aged in oak barrels), and they can also have
fragrances to tropical fruits.
Depending on the type, if they're sickly sweet, it is necessary an acidity quota to
provide freshness and to counteract that extra sweetness.
Sweet White Wines & Food Pairing
These wine types combine best with all kinds of fruity desserts and fresh fruit tarts,
ahh with creamy desserts like mousses or creme brulee or dulce de leche based are
fantastic!
The Noble rot types are ideals with cheeses blue type, Stilton or Roquefort and
some types of pates. Not much explored, but they're very effective with sheep or goat
cheeses like Pecorino, Manchego even type Crottin.
Certainly it's traditional that these wines have high ratings with handmade pastry and
the famous Turrones or Torrone in the festivities.
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I've highlighted the more popular sweet white wines that you can find commonly in
the world. Definitely there're more specifics in some wine countries like (Tokaj)
Hungary, (Ice wines) principally from Germany and Canada; I can go on and on…
because today the new world winemakers are in the same "wave" with Europe,
including US, Australia, New Zealand and South American wines.
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