Thank the wine gods that there are more variations that red or white wine. There are literally tons of different wines for people to try, including the sweet dessert wines. The biggest problem with variety is that most people are afraid to step out of their comfort zone or have the money to just try wines. The problem with this uncertainty when buying wine is because you are most likely not to venture out of your comfort zone and stick with old wines you know already. Here are a few tips to pairing dessert wines with your meals.

How about instead of mixing some other flavors with the wine, you just try it by itself? We always have a bottle of St James Winery Catawba Dessert wine on hand, and we like to drink a glass of it chilled after a nice big meal. Why not just drink the sweet dessert wine by itself. You never want to pair anything sweeter than the wine with it. It will end up overpowering the sweet notes of the wine and you'll be left with a taste that is simply too rich to enjoy.

Walnuts go great with port wines. Since port wines are extraordinarily sweet, they go great with walnuts because they have a high level of tannins making them bitter. The sweet notes of port overtake the tart taste of the walnuts. For this I like to use a glass of St James Winery Chardonel Dessert wine.

Try pairing cubes of blue cheese with a dessert wine that has hints of honey. Eiswein or Icewine works great for this because of the dinstinct notes of honey. The tartness of the cheese is complimented nicely with a sweet wine such as St James Winery Concord Dessert Wine.

Do you have any good dessert wine pairings for us to try?

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