Wine? What is the best one?

Question

I'm not a big wine drinker but I am going wine tasting this weekend and i want to know what is the best sweetest wine out there.
Not too strong, just something nice and sweet.

Answer 1

You don't say where you're going, so that makes it a bit challenging. Are you touring wine country somewhere? Going to a tasting event at a wine shop? Looking for a bottle to bring to a friend's house?

Wherever you're heading, be sure to ask the people who are pouring for their recommendations. There's no need to be shy or feel embarrassed about your preferences or knowledge. Everyone started out not knowing what they liked. Tell them you want to try something sweeter, sample what they pour, give them your thoughts, positive or negative, and let them recommend something else. With every wine you try, you'll get better at defining your preferences.

Also, keep in mind that you don't have to swallow everything you're served. Take a mouthful of everything you're offered, swirl it around, and if it doesn't thrill you, spit it out and pour out the rest of the glass. If you're at a real tasting, there will be buckets available for just this purpose. You may feel awkward at first, but 10 one-ounce pours later, you'll be glad you did it. Life is too short to waste getting drunk on wine you don't like.

Of course, if you're at a friend's house where everyone is bringing a different bottle, you can't spit and pour. What you can do, however, is control the size of the pour you get to begin with. Don't accept a full glass of anything. Just ask to have a little bit poured into your glass at first. Try it, and if you like it, ask for a full pour.

Now, down to my personal recommendations.

If you're looking for sweet wine like dessert wine (very sweet, almost syrupy wines that are drunk in small quantities in place of dessert), the wines I'd recommend for a novice wine drinker are:

Muscat
Port
Sauternes

If you mean a table wine -- something you'd drink with dinner -- but you want something that's not dry or vinegary or tannic (that kind of metallic aftertaste you can get from some red wines), then I'd suggest:

Vouvray - if a French Vouvray isn't available, try any chenin blanc. They're soft, delightful and easy to drink white wines that are very food-friendly and cheap, to boot. This was the wine I started my husband on.

Riesling - Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt is one of my favorite producers, but there's plenty of great rieslings out there. German wines are rated by grape ripeness, with Kabinetts being the driest (but still not dry compared to a sauvignon blanc), then Spatlese, Auslese, and beyond. Try at least one Kabinett and a Spatlese if you can.

For the reds, I'd suggest you start with Pinot Noir, Beaujolais and/or Rioja. They're the lighter varieties, though not necessarily the fruitiest.

Wine.com has some great "wine basics" pages that you might also find helpful.

Happy sipping.

Answer 2

Any Lambrusco (But You'll Look Silly Taking That To A Tasting)

-- If You Can Still Buy It, Wolf Blass Make a white dessert wine Called "FRONAGEN TRAMINER" 1994 was the best ever but it's useless now cause this wine like most whites cant be aged that long.so go for a 2000 - 2002

FRONTAGEN is the sweetest of the white wine grapes.

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--Brown Brothers (Australian) Makes A Red One Called "Dolcetto & Syrah", (Made With Dolcetto AND Syrah Grapes) It's Sweet, Easy Drinking And Refined.


Hope This Helps

Answer 3

The best wine is the one you like best. Try lots of different wines and what you like.

Some (but not all) riesling is sweet and not too expensive.

Ice wines are sweet but can be rather expensive. The sweetest wines I've had are sweet sherries.

Answer 4

Sweet Wine? Yechhhh!

Answer 5

Love the white Rieslings!
German!

Or do an ice wine for an Appertiff....
the super sweet dessert wine!

Answer 6

The sweetest wine I ever had was Tokaj Azu, from Hungary. But that's hard to find. I recommend a nice Shiraz.

Answer 7

I personally can't stand sweet wine. Try a dessert wine, they are very sweet. Ask at the wine store, those folks are a great resource.

Answer 8

For sweet wines, try some rose or a sweet white like Riesling. Also dessert wines such as ice wine, Sauternes, muscat.

Answer 9

If you can find it Britenbach wines are really good. They are fairly priced but my favorite is either the Peach or Frost Fire!
Both are really good.

Answer 10

Wine must be tasted first, if you like it then it's good wine no matter the brand name or the cost