dessert wine

noun

: a usually sweet wine typically served with dessert or afterward

Examples of dessert wine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 The dessert room features 70 private booths made of wine casks where diners can choose from 50 decadent desserts to sample with a hot drink or dozens of dessert wines and ports. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dessert wine 

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Word History

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dessert wine was in 1773

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“Dessert wine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dessert%20wine. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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