In general, it must be ensured that the alcohol content and the aromatic persistence of the sweet wine are in harmony with the structure of the dessert in combination. What are the best pairings with sweet wines (dessert wines)? Among the various possibilities, sweet wines are recommended by analogy with leavened desserts, pies, pastries, chocolate or by contrast fatty and savory ingredients such as blue cheeses, very aged cheeses and foie gras.

BEST ITALIAN SWEET WINES recommended by Jean Marco Palmieri Dessert wines, sometimes called pudding wines, are sweet wines typically served with dessert. Today, in every region sweet wines of great value are produced: it is the case, to name a few, of the Passito di Moscato, the Recioto della Valpolicella, the Vin Santo del Chianti Classico, the Aleatico di Puglia, the Marsala, the Passito di Pantelleria. In recent decades, however, there has been a real qualitative leap in sweet wines in Italy. Marsala and Vin Santo are probably the pioneers of quality sweet wines, but until the 90s there were many oxidative defects and they played with very high sugar residues and low acidity. In Italy, in particular, sweet wines have a very long tradition. The taste of the time knew and asked for a dense and sweet nectar, often watered down. Third, but not least important factor: the organoleptic aspect. On the one hand, the inability to carry out fermentation correctly, on the other the need to dry the grapes to improve their conservation and trade. Sweet wines have a thousand-year history: they were the first wines to be produced in antiquity.