01 Canada · especially Ontario
Vidal Icewine
A Canadian dessert-wine classic: concentrated orchard fruit, golden sweetness and a refreshing finish.
- Apricot
- Peach
- Honeyed fruit
The sweeter cellar / Dessert wines
A sweet spot.
A long finish.
For the honeyed, the golden and the gloriously concentrated. Begin with Vidal Icewine and Tokaji, then follow your curiosity through the rest of the sweet-wine cellar.
Find your first glassThree glasses to get to know
Sweetness with character.
Read these side by side: the grape, the method and the place each offer a different reason to linger.
02 Tokaj, Hungary
Tokaji Aszú
Nobly sweet Hungarian wine, where concentrated fruit meets an unusually lively line of acidity.
- Dried apricot
- Honey
- Citrus peel
03 Bordeaux, France
Sauternes & Barsac
Concentrated sweet whites shaped by noble rot and a balancing thread of acidity.
- Apricot
- Honey
- Citrus peel
A producer to explore / Tokaj, Hungary
Royal Tokaji.
One producer. Several ways into a remarkable wine region. Choose the expression first, then explore the vintage.
Understand the Tokaji familyLate Harvest
A fresh, fruit-led introduction made with a mix of ripe, overripe and botrytised berries.
Read the importer’s notes ↗Aszú · 5 & 6 puttonyos
Explore the estate’s sweet Aszú wines, then read the details for the particular vintage and bottling.
Explore the producer’s Aszú wines ↗Know the label
Tokaji includes dry wines, too. Aszú, Late Harvest and Eszencia name different expressions; the full label matters.
Read the Aszú guide →Follow the flavour
Beyond the first favourites.
Frozen grapes, late picking, drying and fortification offer different routes to the sweet glass.
01 Canada, Germany, Austria & beyond
Ice Wine & Eiswein
Naturally frozen grapes yield concentrated sweet wine with a bright acid backbone.
- Peach
- Apricot
- Citrus
02 Wine regions worldwide
Late-harvest Dessert Wines
Ripe grapes, generous fruit and a wide range of sweetness: an accessible route into dessert wine.
- Ripe peach
- Honeyed fruit
- Citrus
03 Italy · especially Tuscany
Vin Santo
Dried-grape wine with an intimate register of nuts, dried fruit and patient cellar ageing.
- Dried apricot
- Nuts
- Honey
04 Jerez, Spain
Pedro Ximénez Sweet Sherry
Sun-dried grapes and oxidative ageing create an intensely sweet wine of raisins, figs and cocoa.
- Raisins
- Dried figs
- Cocoa
05 Portugal, Spain & historic fortified regions
Port & Fortified Wine
Port, Madeira and Sherry: wines whose fortification opens an unusually broad world of age and style.
- Dried fruit
- Walnut
- Orange peel
06 Madeira, Portugal
Madeira
Fortification, heat and oxygen create wines with remarkable freshness and mature complexity.
- Orange peel
- Walnut
- Caramel
Some families include dry wines as well as sweet ones. For Madeira, look for a sweet Malmsey or a clearly identified sweeter style; for Vin Santo, check the producer’s sweetness description.