Dessert Wine
Dessert wines are sweet wines typically served with dessert, such as Sauternes and Tokaji Aszú. Despite the name, they are often best appreciated alone, or with fruit or bakery sweets. 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. Thus most fortified wines are regarded as distinct from dessert wines, but some of the less strong fortified white wines, such as some sherries and Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise, are regarded as honorary dessert wines. In the United States, by contrast, a dessert wine is legally defined as any wine over 14% alcohol by volume, which includes all fortified wines - and is taxed more highly as a result. Modern yeast and viticulture can produce dry wines over 15% without fortification, yet German dessert wines can contain half that amount of alcohol.
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£8.95
inc VATd'Arenberg The Noble Prankster Chardonnay Semillon 2008 - 37.5cl (HALVES)
A d'Arenberg white wine from the South Australia region of Australia. Ever the prankster, Chief Winemaker Chester Osborn has stepped outside the usual sticky suspects of straight Riesling and…Orders placed before midday will normally be delivered within 3-4 days
Minimum order quantity is 6 bottles.
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£9.05
inc VATMarqués de Riscal Rioja Rosado 2009
A Marqués de Riscal rosé wine from the Rioja region of Spain . Marqués de Riscal, the oldest Rioja house, has for many years been a leading and pioneering company in…Orders placed before midday will normally be delivered within 3-4 days
Minimum order quantity is 6 bottles.
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£9.30
inc VATd'Arenberg The Vintage Fortified Shiraz 2005 - 37.5cl (HALVES)
A d'Arenberg red wine from the South Australia region of Australia. This wine is perhaps a little old-fashioned, as it doesn’t have an individual concept name like all the…Orders placed before midday will normally be delivered within 3-4 days
Minimum order quantity is 6 bottles.
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£9.50
inc VATCantine Florio Floriovo Cremovo Vino Aromatizzato NV
A Cantine Florio white wine from the Sicily region of Italy. The impressive house of Florio continues, virtually alone, to carry the torch of quality among the once great…Orders placed before midday will normally be delivered within 3-4 days
Minimum order quantity is 6 bottles.
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£9.65
inc VATBerton Vineyards Berton Reserve Botrytis Semillon 2007 - 37.5cl (HALVES)
A Berton Vineyards white wine from the S.E. Australia (Riverina) region of Australia. Berton Vineyards is located in High Eden, a sub-region of Eden Valley, South Australia. The altitude and cool…Orders placed before midday will normally be delivered within 3-4 days
Minimum order quantity is 12 bottles.
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£9.65
inc VATCarlo Pellegrino Passito Di Pantelleria DOC 2008 (halves) - 37.5cl
A Carlo Pellegrino white wine from the Sicily region of Italy. Founded in 1880, the Pellegrino family farms stretch for more than 300 hectares across many kinds of soil…Orders placed before midday will normally be delivered within 3-4 days
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£9.75
inc VATCantine Florio Targa Riserva 1840 Marsala Superiore Riserva 1998 - 50cl
A Cantine Florio red wine from the Sicily region of Italy. The impressive house of Florio continues, virtually alone, to carry the torch of quality among the once great…Orders placed before midday will normally be delivered within 3-4 days
Minimum order quantity is 6 bottles.
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£9.95
inc VATElderton Botrytis Semillon Riverina 2007 - 37.5cl (HALVES)
An Elderton white wine from the South Australia region of Australia. Elderton Wines is a small, family owned and operated winery, situated in the heart of the Barossa Valley.…Orders placed before midday will normally be delivered within 3-4 days
Minimum order quantity is 12 bottles.
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£9.95
inc VATQuady Winery Elysium Black Muscat 2008 - 37.5cl (HALVES)
A Quady Winery white wine from the California region of the USA. Black Muscat, another under appreciated muscat variety, is known in Europe as a table grape variety, Muscat Hamburg,…Orders placed before midday will normally be delivered within 3-4 days
Minimum order quantity is 12 bottles.
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£9.95
inc VATChambers Rosewood Vineyard Rutherglen Muscadelle NV - 37.5cl (HALVES)
A Chambers Rosewood Vineyard white wine from the Victoria region of Australia. Chambers Rosewood Vineyards Rutherglen Muscadelle NV (non-vintage) is a Tokay style dessert wine made in Rutherglen, Australia and…Orders placed before midday will normally be delivered within 3-4 days
Minimum order quantity is 12 bottles.
