dessert wine

noun

: a usually sweet wine typically served with dessert or afterward

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Don’t miss out on the impressive dessert wine menu of sherries and ports, for those who imbibe. — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 12 Dec. 2025 Moscato d’Asti dessert wines are also produced there. — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026 Avoid high-sugar drinks, such as margaritas, daiquiris, sweet dessert wines and hard lemonades. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026 Jones loves dessert wines like the French Sauternes, or sweeter styles of Riesling to highlight the sweetness in cheeses. — Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dessert wine

Word History

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dessert wine was in 1773

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