refused to sell bottles to anyone who said they wanted to pair it with dessert. Like most wines in the Old World, Sauternes wine is named for the region in Bordeaux where the grapes are grown.

Wines like Sauternes and Tokaji achieve their concentration ... Actually, given the complexity and pedigree of many dessert wines, as well as the extra work that goes into making them, many ...

For many people, the sweet white Sauternes wine is served at the start of a dinner with 'foie gras' goose liver or at the end of the meal with dessert. But for Berenice Lurton, owner of Chateau ...

I had a chance to visit the region recently, traveling as a guest of CIVB, the Bordeaux Wine Council. Happily, Texas continues to be a solid importer of the classic Sauternes dessert wines ...

French Sauternes. Specifically, Chateau D’Yquem, Guirand, Rieussec, D’Arche and Lamothe. These are quite pricey, but worth the experience. Once you start sampling dessert wines, with or ...

From the Sauternais region of Bourdeaux, Sauternes are created by harvesting ... Mild berry flavors are present but won’t overwhelm a bold dessert. This wine would do well with a yule log ...

I’m not familiar with dessert wines at all and wouldn’t know an outstanding ... That should especially be the case with your bottle, since the 2001 vintage was a great year in Sauternes. If your wine ...

Alternatively, late-harvest dessert wines are made with grapes that have been left on the vine until late in the harvest season, resulting in higher sugar levels and riper flavours. Sauternes is ...

Both Tokaji and Sauternes allow the grapes to undergo botrytis ... And don’t just think of these as dessert wines; while foie gras and blue cheese are always a good idea alongside wine with high ...