Desserts
Dessert & Wine Pairing Guide
The one rule for dessert wine, and the best bottles for chocolate, fruit and cake.
Quick answer
Your wine should be at least as sweet as the dessert: try Port with chocolate, Moscato d'Asti with fruit tarts and Sauternes with crème brûlée.
The golden rule
If the dessert is sweeter than the wine, the wine will taste sour and thin.
- Dark chocolate: Port, Banyuls
- Fruit tarts: Moscato d'Asti
- Crème brûlée: Sauternes, late-harvest Riesling
- Cheesecake: Ice wine
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