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.

There are other regions in which this same method of producing dessert wines is used, but none have quite captured the fame of Sauternes, in part because of Bordeaux’s long history of exporting ...

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 ...

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 ...

The world of ultra-luxury wines is a realm where tradition, history, and exclusivity come together to create true liquid ...

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 ...

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’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 ...