dessert wine

[davebr]

I love dessert wines. I hate those little glasses that most restaurants pour them into. I use a white wine glass. How many ounces is a proper pour?

[bakerestates]

125 mililitres is a good amount in a glass that you can swirll it around easily without worrying about it spilling. Something that looks abit like this is ideal for me.

http://www.wineware.co.uk/Riedel+Sommelier...F60-details.htm

[Don Giovanni]

Dave,

No right or wrong on this one...I have seen 3/4 oz for a Ice Wine up to 1/2 glass or 2.5 oz in a glass...one customer drinks full glasses at dinner he tells me...very sweet and expensive...my problem with those small glasses is I have a large nose...this is good for winemaking...bad for drinking out of small glasses how in the #ell am I supposed to get my nose in the glass to enjoy the bouquet...

John

[Brad Ballinger]

I'm not sure there's a right or wrong with most dessert wines.

Typically, a little dessert wine goes a long way because of how intensely flavored they (most of them) tend to be. Other factors that have contributed to smaller pours are that the foods often served with dessert wines tend to be smaller in portion size. After a meal do you want a large dessert? Dessert wines come at the end of the meal when there may not be a desire to continue consuming alcohol to the same degree.

Port is often served in smaller pours because it is higher in alcohol than table wine. But most dessert wines don't attain the alcohol levels of port and other fortified wines. In fact, some dessert wines have lower amounts of alcohol than even table wines. So we need another reason to limit pour size, some of which I've mentioned above. Of course, it's largely conjecture.