December Wine of the Month

Dessert Wines

Years ago people talked about dessert wines and automatically thought of sherry and port. Now we are more aware of the variety of wines that match well with the sweet stuff.

One of several wines I hope you try is Rosenblum Desiree Chocolate Dessert wine. It is a blend of a Zinfandel and two Portuguese varietals infused with chocolate. This wine is a great match with your favorite chocolate dessert.

Nachtgold Eisewien, an ice wine, in which the grape is left on the grape vine until it freezes the water out leaving the wine sweet but with a balance of acidity. The aromas of this wine resemble that of peaches and apples.

Hogue Late Harvest Riesling has great flavors of tangerine and apricot. The grapes remain on the vine until the last possible day before they rot leaving us with a balance of sugar and acidity. This wine is a great match with pears and apple crisp.

Ports and Sherry’s are wonderful this time of year because of the added brandy, warming us up body and soul. They are a match for most desserts also, particularly anything with nuts.

Present Your Regal Wine Club Card and Receive a 10% Discount on all Dessert wines. Only available on non advertised wines. For More information about the Wine Club or how to join send an E-mail to hyveewineclub@gmail.com