Pairings
desserts
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BARSAC (FRENCH WHITE DESSERT WINE; SEE ALSO SAUTERNES)
BEER, BOCK DOUBLE (DOPPEL-BOCK, GERMAN VERY MALTY, FULL-BODIED, BOTTOM-FERMENTING)
BONNEZEAUX (FRENCH DESSERT WINE FROM COTEAUX DE LAYON)
CALVADOS (APPLE BRANDY FROM NORMANDY)
CAVA, WHITE
CHAMPAGNE, DEMI-SEC (SWEET)
CHAMPAGNE, DOUX (SWEETEST)
DESSERT WINE (E.G., MOSCATO D'ASTI, VIN DE GLACIERE, ETC.)
LATE HARVEST WINE (MADE FROM GRAPES LEFT ON THE VINE LONGER THAN USUAL; VERY RIPE, SUGAR-FILLED GRAPES PRODUCE SWEET DESSERT WINES)
MARSALA (ITALIAN FORTIFIED DESSERT WINE; DARK AMBER IN COLOR, WITH A RICH, SMOKY FLAVOR; VARIES FROM DRY TO SWEET)
MUSCAT, DE BEAUMES DE VENISE (FRENCH FULL-BODIED FORTIFIED WHITE DESSERT WINE FROM THE RHONE REGION)
MUSCAT, LIQUEUR (AUSTRALIAN LIQUEUR WITH PERFUME OF ORANGE, RAISINS, AND HONEY)
SAKE, AGED (FULL-BODIED, RICH; SOME ARE ALSO KNOWN AS KOSHU)
SAKE, UNFILTERED (SOMETIMES HAS THE APPEARANCE OF MILKY WATER)
SHERRY, AMONTILLADO (AGED SHERRY, FINO FROM ANDALUCIA; SERVE COOLER THAN ROOM TEMPERATURE; CONSUME SOON AFTER OPENING)
SHERRY, CREAM (BLEND OF SWEET AND DRY SHERRIES)
SHERRY, SWEET (FULL-BODIED, SWEET, MADE BY BLENDING A SWEET GRAPE INTO OLOROSO)
SWEET WINE (E.G., ASTI, SOME CHARDONNAY, CALIFORNIAS, CHENIN BLANC, GERMAN WINE, LAMBRUSCO, LATE HARVEST WINE, PORT, RIESLING, SAUTERNES, SHERRY, VOUVRAY)
TOKAJI, SWEET (HUNGARIAN SWEET WHITE DESSERT WINE)
WATER, MINERAL, EFFERVESCENT (E.G., BADOIT, BORSEC, VOSS)
WATER, MINERAL, STILL (E.G., EVIAN, FIJI, VOLVIC)