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    Sweet White Wines & Food Matching


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    Recipe Introduction


    Some information on sweet white table wines & what foods go with them.

    List of Ingredients




    Sweet Light Bodied

    Taste: Sweet, fruity aroma
    Common Names: Muscat Blanc, Aulese
    Grape Varieties: Chenin Blanc, Riesling, Frontignac, Traminer
    Food Matches: Soft cheese, fruit salad, ice cream, nuts, mussels, lobster, vegetarian

    Sweet Medium Bodied

    Taste: Fruity aroma, distinctly sweet
    Common Names: Spaetlese Riesling, Beerenauslese
    Grape Varieties: Riesling, Chenin Blanc, Semillon
    Food Matches: Soft cheese, blue vein cheese, preserved fruit, vegetarian, ice cream, nuts, puddings

    Recipe



    Sweet Full Bodied

    Taste: Intense, rich sweet flavour
    Common Names: Sauternes
    Grape Varieties: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon
    Food Matches: Soft cheese, fresh fruit, cake

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    Chardonnay: Exotically fruity, slighty sweet. Buttery golden, full bodied.

    Chenin Blanc: Buttery golden, slighty sweet. Slighty bland, dry, balanced.

    Colombard: Very light flavour. Tropical overtones.

    Frontignac (Brown Muscat/Muscat Blanc): Distinctly grapey, rich flavour. Orange, spicy, musky tones.

    Riesling: Strong aroma of citrus. Lighty body. Crisp, fresh, delicate.

    Sauvignon Blanc: Aromatic, dry, pungent aroma. Crisp 'asparagus-like'.

    Semillon: Light to full body, crisp aroma. Subtle, grassy overtones. Fresh.

    Traminer: Aromatic, can taste grape. Touch of spice, sweet, exotic, full body.

 

 

 

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