Italian Dessert Wine

Passito, Vin Santo, Moscato — Italy's sweet wines are made from dried or late-harvest grapes and paired with cheese, biscotti, and fruit.

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Passito, Vin Santo, Moscato — Italy's sweet wines are made from dried or late-harvest grapes and paired with cheese, biscotti, and fruit.

💡 Pro tip: [('Vin Santo', 'Tuscany', 'Holy wine — dried Trebbiano/Malvasia grapes, aged 3-10 years in small barrels. Dip cantucci biscotti into it. Amber, nutty, caramel.'), ('Passito di Pantelleria', 'Sicily', 'Moscato grapes dried on volcanic Pantelleria island — golden, honeyed, apricot. Ben Ryé by Donnafugata is the benchmark.'), ("Moscato d'Asti DOCG", 'Piedmont', "Light, sweet, gently sparkling — 5.5% alcohol. The world's most approachable sweet wine. Perfect with fruit and pastry."), ('Sciacchetrà', 'Cinque Terre', "Rare dried-grape wine from Cinque Terre's terraced vineyards — tiny production, hard to find, extraordinary when you do. Buy from a producer in Manarola."), ('Picolit', 'Friuli', "Friuli's noble sweet wine — naturally low-yielding, complex, honeyed. Rare and expensive but one of Italy's finest sweet wines.")]

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