Does anyone know of any good sweeter wines?

Question

I've tried Zinfindels, Merlots and Reislings, still too dry for me

Answer 1

fercryingoutloud, I am SOOOO tired of people who know nothing about wine spoutng their ill-educated opinions (Viper obviously excluded). If you want a sweet wine, here is your answer, in order of quality:

Sauternes (D'Yquem or Riussec, the older the better)
German TBA (TrockenBeerenAuslese; Auslese mentioned above is a very cheap low end version; drop down to Beerenauslese (BA) if you must)
Kracher (any number)
Australian Botrytis Semillon (try Noble One)
Inniskillen Ice Wine
Bonny Doon Ice Wine
Italian Vin Santo

If you just want a semi-sweet wine, stick with high quality (i.e., expensive) Gerwerztraminer.

Answer 2

The measure of sugar content in a wine is called "Brix" so the simplest thing is to check a winery's website to see what the top rated brix wine they have is. As a grape is growing, over time it builds up more and more sugars. So the longer you wait before you harvest it, the more sugar the grape will have in it. That's why late harvest wines are so sweet. The sweetest wines of all are ice wines, when they literally wait until the grapes freeze on the vine and turn into little marbles, and then they crush those marbles.

So say the ice wines in Niagara, Canada are SUPER sweet and very delicious. I could hang out there all winter long, drinking their ice wines. It's definitely well worth a visit if you are a sweet wine fan. They're not just "sweet in a cheap candy way". These are lucscious with full, rich flavors - and sweet too.

They can make red ice wines too, and red late harvest wines. There are some late harvest zinfandels that are quite tasty. Also try out a tawny port - those are fortified wines that are sweet and delicious with chocolate!

Lisa Shea
http://www.WineIntro.com

Answer 3

I know I'm gonna get blasted for this one, but I like Asti Spumanti (yes, I know people don't consider it a wine). It's not as dry, is sweeter, and if you can get past the bubbles not too bad. The problem with Zinfindels is that it really depends on who makes it as to what is a good one. Myself I don't like red wines, whites are dry, the blushes are so-so but more palatable, it's all in what you like. If you have a winery close by the thing to do would be to go to a wine tasting there and see is there is something you might like that way.

Answer 4

I work at a wine bar and here are a few things to check out:
German Rieslings with "Auslese" on the label
Moscato d' Asti or Brachetto (lightly sparkling Italian desert wines)
look for the words "Botrytis" or "noble rot"...this may sound weird, but it is an actual fungus allowed to grow on certain grapes that extracts water, thus concentrating the sweetness of the wine

Answer 5

I get paid to drink wine.
Any & all of the following should work, you just have to keep trying until you find what works for you.

First off skip white zins (just drink Cool-Aid).

Reislings from Germany or the U.S.(They vary greatly even whithin each country.)(Try a few before reaching a decision.)

Here's 2 that I sell nightly and YOU WILL love them both.
$$$ back gaurantee!!
White--Muscato Di'Asti
Red--Rosa Regale'
Both Italian sparklings.

Vouvrays from France.

Canadian Icewines.

The list goes on but I have to go to work.

LIFE IS TO SHORT TO DRINK CHEAP WINE!!!

Answer 6

Try Liebraumilch (German)

Or otherwise dessertwines are very sweet like portwines.
Try also: Chateau Haut Pick, Sauterne
Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc Morandé
(these are very sweet wines).

Answer 7

even as a wine is going via fermentation, the grape's organic sugars are switched over to alcohol by skill of yeast. even as a winemaker stops the fermentation procedure short, somewhat some the wine's sugar continues to be unconverted into alcohol and makes up the wine's residual sugar (RS) content fabric. that is this residual sugar that provides you up the sweet component in a wine. we can purely flavor 4 aspects: sweet, salty, bitter and bitter, yet we can scent thousands of unique aromas. that is the interaction between our tastebuds and our olfactory applications that allow us to p.c. such style in flavor.

Answer 8

A lot of German whites (like Rieslings, but there are others) can be pretty sweet. You can also always try some dessert wines like Sauternes, Muscat or ice wine...they are probably the sweetest.

Answer 9

Try a muscadine or scuppernong based wine. Really sweet and tastes just like the fruit.

Answer 10

You might like the desert wines.

Try Icewine (Eiswein). They are made in Germany, Austria and various regions of Canada.

You may also like Muscat, they are sweeter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscat_grape