sweet wine

collocation in English

meaningsofsweetandwine

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sweet
adjective
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/swiːt/us
/swiːt/
(especially of food or drink) having a taste similar to that of sugar; not bitter ...
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wine
noun[C or U]
uk
/waɪn/us
/waɪn/
an alcoholic drink that is usually made from grapes, but can also be made from other fruits or flowers. It is made by fermenting the fruit with water ...
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(Definition ofsweetandwinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Sweetwinegoes well with sweet and savoury dishes to mitigate the heavy sugar and stimulate the fruitiness.
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The earliest evidence ofsweetwineproduction, however, dates only to the 17th century.
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After dinner, the guests would stand and drinksweetwineand spices while the table was cleared, or voided.
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I come, my heart dry with thirst, to you, ocean ofsweetwine.
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Chocolate requires a very powerful wine so white wine selection is quite limited: a natural ambersweetwineis the best compromise.
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The area is known mainly for its white wine production which can range from oak agedsweetwineto cool fermented dry wines.
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Grapes when picked at a certain point during infestation can produce particularly fine and concentratedsweetwine.
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The satou is obtained by incorporatingsweetwinewith egg yolks together with sugar.
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How can you make a dessert andsweetwinefrom the same grape varieties used for producing a dry one?
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While the grape's acidity makes it ideally suitable forsweetwineproduction, the dry wines need to have considerable amount of fruit in order to balance that acidity.
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The filling principally consists of ground almonds, eggs and sugar, with additional flavouring of lemon zest,sweetwine, brandy or grape marc, depending on the recipe used.
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Traditionally, white wine was more popular than red or ros (except in some regions), andsweetwinemore popular than dry, but in recent years tastes seem to be changing.
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Both of these names meansweetwine.
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Sweetwineis added to the batter.
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This early version of ice wine would have produced sweet wines without the acidity of wine made from grapes harvested earlier.
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Castagnaccio is best served with ricotta, chestnut honey or sweet wines such as vin santo.
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This include both dry and sweet wines as well as fortified sherry-like wines aged in a solera.
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It is therefore often used for sweet wines, which are considered to improve with cellaring.
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The medium sweet wines go particularly well with foie gras and desserts.
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In addition to dry table wines, it is used to make sweet wines "passito" with deep golden coloring.
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