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

Avoid high-sugar drinks, such as margaritas, daiquiris, sweet dessert wines and hard lemonades. —Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026

The homemade buffalo gelato and cider caramel sauce accompanied by cyder ice, a delicious take on dessert wine, shouldn’t be missed. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

Jones loves dessert wines like the French Sauternes, or sweeter styles of Riesling to highlight the sweetness in cheeses. —Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026

The Admiral Schley’s High Ball is a lovely and disarming drink, the bright fruit of the pineapple teasing out the honeyed brightness of the dessert wine, with the mild oak from the Irish Whiskey providing structure, a kind of a gentle but present backbone. —Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined above

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