Netscape Forum Poll: Favorite dessert wine

[Robin Garr]

With dessert wines and fortified wines on the seasonal radar again, let's talk about our favorites! This week's ballot offers a short list of usual suspects, plus the usual "other."

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I voted late harvest Riesling, but I couldn't really justify if pressed that I like better than VP, Sauternes or sweet Chenin Blanc (Vouvray Moelleux, Quarts de Chaume, etc).

According to Cellar Tracker I have more Sauternes than any dessert, followed by Chenin, Vintage Prt, and Riesling stickies (but CT treat Auslese as off-dry, and I can use many as dessert wines).

I voted for sweet Riesling, but like Dale I really enjoy many different sweeties.

[And one main Sweetie, of course. ]

A fun poll, Robin. I haven't thought about the category for awhile, just targets of opportunity at the moment of decision.

[James Roscoe]

Sauternes may be my favorite wine period. Especially with some age on it.

I voted for Sauturnes but would rate Australia's incredible array of Liquer Tokays and Muscats on an equal footing, not to mention the utterly mindblowing German Rieslings, Loire Chenin Blancs and the occasional Potuguese/Australian Vintage/Tawny Ports I've tried over the last two and half decades. Oh, and almost forgot .... and the odd wonderfully luscious Pedro Ximenez from Spain!

Come to think of it, I should have voted "all of the above plus a few more" in the "others" box. When you are a wine lover of most styles right across the board, and from just about every part of the globe, I find it difficult to rate any one style, grape or region as "the" favourite. Each has its own special place and what's probably the greatest thing about serious wine appreciation - the incredible diversity of high calibre wines available these days, not only from a static viewpoint, but with every year producing something a little (or sometimes a lot!) different to keep us all on our toes.

Lately, I probably drink more sherry that anything else. But I don't classify Amontillado as a dessert wine.

I did have an Ice Cider last year that just phenomenal. We don't drink many dessert wines as rule though.

Richard

And where's Tokaji (Eszencia) on that list? Surely the king of wines/wine of kings deserves some mention, no? I don't actually drink many dessert wines (nor eat many desserts, truth be told), but a Szepsy Tokaji 6 Putts has to rank close to the top.

Mark Lipton

[Robin Garr]

And where's Tokaji (Eszencia) on that list? Surely the king of wines/wine of kings deserves some mention, no? I don't actually drink many dessert wines (nor eat many desserts, truth be told), but a Szepsy Tokaji 6 Putts has to rank close to the top.

Good point ... the CompuServe poll structure is limiting, as it has to fit into a little square, so I generally just go with five or six choices plus "other."

That's what "other" is for ...

And where's Tokaji (Eszencia) on that list? Surely the king of wines/wine of kings deserves some mention, no? I don't actually drink many dessert wines (nor eat many desserts, truth be told), but a Szepsy Tokaji 6 Putts has to rank close to the top.

Mark Lipton

Damn right Mark! Surely Szepsy in particular and Tokaji in general deserve higher billing than 'other'.