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Dessert

Dessert wines are sweet wines typically served with dessert.There is no simple definition of a dessert wine. In the UK, a dessert wine is considered to be any sweet wine drunk with a meal, as opposed to the white fortified wines (fino and amontillado sherry) drunk before the meal, and the red fortified wines (port and madeira) drunk after it.



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08/24/2011

Before you eat, enjoy an aperitif

Sipped before a meal, they prime the palate and stimulate appetite

Open up and say "Ah." In its literal meaning, that's an aperitif — something sipped before a meal (from...

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05/25/2011

Wines so good, you'll lick the glass

Embrace the flavors of the sweet

If you are a proponent of sweet wine — heck, even if you merely enjoy it — you face The Great American Wine Wil...

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