: a usually sweet wine typically served with dessert or afterward
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The sweet, amber-hued dessert wine is made with two specific kinds of grape native to Cyprus, the Xynisteri and Mavro grapes, which are sun-dried to increase sugar content before fermentation, giving the wine its distinctive sugary taste.—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 Ice wine is a sweet dessert wine that is made using grapes that have frozen on the vine, which concentrates the sugars.—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2024 This fungus enhances the sweetness of dessert wines, dehydrating ripe grapes without compromising sugar content.—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2024 Minus dessert wines, the selections usually number less than 10.—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dessert wine
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