Hi all sifus,

What type of red wines should I choose for sweet taste?

I only know white wines like Moscato are sweet. And Icewine are sweet.. Not sure what type of red wine to choose for sweet. Anyone care to share?

I have tried and found these are common ones. aeon have these usually: Lambrusco. Brands: Ogni Giorno and Riunite. Around RM40-50 a bottle

Thanks for the share !

Sweet Red Wine Hack:

Ribena in red wine bottle

what youre looking for is dessert wine

Em, any suggestions that you've tried before?

Merlot is also sweet

port

I've tried merlot.. Not sweet at all.. But of course there are many merlots out there.. Any particular brand merlot you tried that is sweet?

Cockburn's Special Reserve Port

Alright will check out Port as well later !

Ice wine do come in red too just costly

Port are fortified wine.

How sweet do you seek?

Red sweet limited
http://wines.com/sweet-wines.html

This post has been edited by patryn33: Jan 29 2016, 12:11 AM

mind to describe what food the wine is going to pair with...? or just a drink when chit chatting with friend?
because sweet is not always good/the best...

Check out ice wine festival there are some pairing info.

Dessert wine many times is drunk like a dessert not meant to drunk like wine. Which is why they are 200ml or 375 ml and cost more than avg wine.

Best is very subjective. Few ppl understand or appreciate dessert wine

This post has been edited by patryn33: Jan 29 2016, 07:55 AM

Hi all,

So we have tried this Lumbrasco from Reunite.. I personally find it okay, not too bad.. Certain reactions i got from friends generally are 2 types :

1. Heavy drinker find these are lousy, probably due to sweet and tasted like sparkling juice.

2. Lady drinkers find it very pleasing due to sweetness..

We were drinking at our normal CNY chinese food dinner only though.. We are not really those who knows how to appreciate wine, we are just drinking for some fun of it..

ya... have that problem before...
personally feel dessert wine can't pair well with chinese food, because strong sweetness may further de-appetizing especially in usual chinese dishes/heavy dinner, e.g. shark fin, scallope-mushroom-broccoli, roast pork/duck,...
strong oaky red will be over-powering the dishes, and not friendly to non-drinker...
sourness in white wine (suppose to wash away the fishiness/oiliness) may cause non-drinker to think this wine must be sucks, how come taste sour , ya.. white color is not so welcome...
...so usually will get pinot noir for the occasion that not too sweet like dessert wine, not too overpowering, with certain acidic taste (winemaker dependent)... but could be expansive for good one.
for budget wise... i think mcguigan merlot ~rm50-rm80 (not sure what series, middle tier should be fine) is quite ok that is considered quite fruity but not as sweet as sweet wine...

Hehe bro.. Me not so pro like you enjoying red wine.. for me, anything alcoholic i am ok already

But really thanks for the enlightenment on how to enjoy our red wine more

We were choosing red wine this time so that we can be more healtier, compared to our normal beer..

How about red / white wine that we should choose if we were using them for cooking purpose?

just sharing my little experience as budget drinker, not a pro
also no money/experience to pour half bottle of wine to cook a dish yet

Why would anyone pair dessert wine with Chinese food? Such as shark fin, it's like drinking Coke or banana milk shake with them...


Suggested pairing
http://terlatowines.com/brands/canada/pell...d-food-pairings

This post has been edited by patryn33: Jan 29 2016, 09:34 PM

Never try white ice wine before, will grab one to try out