My stepdaughter would like suggestions on a “sweet” white wine to serve with dinner?
October 9th, 2010 | Published in White Wine | 13 Comments
She doesn’t know much about wine, only that she’s not wild about the wines we serve (for white wines, we stick with pinot noir, chardonay and chablis–we don’t know much either. Sh e didn’t say what food this wine was to accompany, but I sugested, for sweet wine, a reisling or a zinfandel. What would you tell her?
October 9th, 2010 at 5:38 pm (#)
I would suggest the reisling. Or even a Chardonnay blend – not too fruity.
I am a fan of a Sav Blanc but that is quite dry I suppose?
How about an unwooded Chardonnay?
October 9th, 2010 at 6:28 pm (#)
Semillon, Gewurztraminer or Sauvignon Blanc are usually great sweet wines.
My recommendation would be a Gewurztraminer, the flavor is crisp and very palatable.
October 9th, 2010 at 7:03 pm (#)
I don’t know one wine from another, but in this case I have an idea. Go up to the box that says search for questions. Put in sweet white wine and you will see several questions like yours, with a lot of good answers! One of them might solve this for you.
Good Luck! ~-~
October 9th, 2010 at 8:03 pm (#)
Jackson-Triggs Vintners’ Riesling Icewine is very enjoyable.
October 9th, 2010 at 8:05 pm (#)
I would tell her for a slightly sweet wine try a (butchering it) gerwitzdermeiner, pronounced Ger-vitz-der-meaner, for a more sweet wine try something called Electra, I’m not sure of its technical name, but it is a little tiny bit fizzy, about $11 a bottle and worth every penny. For a fortified sweet wine try a Madeira, it is fortified with brandy and paks a heavier punch than other table wines.
October 9th, 2010 at 8:31 pm (#)
A sweet wine has a low alcohol content.11% or less The higher or more alcohol the dryer it is.
October 9th, 2010 at 8:44 pm (#)
I would tell your daughter not to serve sweet wine with dinner. Sweet wines are for after dinner. Please tell her this so she doesn’t make a fool of her self if she’s having people over for the 1st time.
October 9th, 2010 at 9:02 pm (#)
any brand, as long as you add sugar lol
October 9th, 2010 at 9:12 pm (#)
Riesling is a nice, sweeter white that is good with dinner. The Oregon/Washington and German ones tend to be a bit sweeter, the Australian ones a bit more dry. You could also go with a Pinot Grigio, which is still on the light side but not quite as sweet as a riesling. Depending on what she’s serving, these are both VERY popular wine choices. They are not classified as ‘dessert’ wines at all. Some of the rieslings (the “spatlesse” and “auslesse” types) may be too sweet for dinner, so you may want to avoid those. Enjoy!
October 9th, 2010 at 9:23 pm (#)
Sauvignon Blanc, or white Zinfindel
October 9th, 2010 at 10:05 pm (#)
Reisling, gewurstraminer(German), White zinfendel(huge difference between this and zinfandel), any German white wine(usually in the same spot as the gewurztraminer)
October 9th, 2010 at 10:14 pm (#)
You got a couple of screwed up answers (Simone’s and Emperer’s)!!!! Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon are almost always bone dry; those that are (e.g. Frence Sauternes and Barsac) are very sweet and are drunk only as dessert wines.
Gewurztraminer and riesling are made both sweet and dry.
Pinot grigio is always dry but it is a grape that makes quite “fruity” tasting wines which seem sweeter than they are. (Ditto for chenin blanc).
And I assume your own Question’s inclusion of pinot noir as a white wine was an oversight on your part.
For your stepdaughter, I suggest she try the following:
German or Austrian “kabinet” grade wines, any grape
Austrian gruner veltinger
North American or Australian rieslings
North American chenin blancs or French vouvrays.
Portuguese vinho verdes
There are others but those should give her plenty of pleasurable meals to begin.
October 9th, 2010 at 10:52 pm (#)
Moscato di Asti. Sweet and a little bubbly. Looks excellent in a glass, and is delicious. Has a little tast(to me), of apples. Also, a decent bottle will only run you about 11.00!