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Sweet Symphony
Food & Wine
|September 2025
The best wine to drink with dessert? The answer might surprise you.
IT MIGHT SEEM COUNTERINTUITIVE to pair desserts with sweet wine, but when sugar meets sugar, something magical happens. The sugar in dessert can make dry wines taste overly acidic or bitter, but sweet wines possess the richness and body to complement rather than compete. Whether you’re craving a chocolaty cake, a fruit-filled pie or cobbler, or something buttery and oozing with caramel, the right sweet wine enhances the experience, intensifying the flavors and making every bite and sip more memorable. Here’s how to pick the best wine for any type of dessert.
CHOCOLATY DESSERTS
This story is from the September 2025 edition of Food & Wine.
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