sweets

[wondersofwine]

I will provide two different answers. With chocolate some of your choices are Port, Banyuls and some say late harvest Zinfandel but I haven't found that to work very well.

With sweet desserts such as fruit tarts or pies or shortcake or non-chocolatey cookies, you might have a German Riesling Spatlese or Auslese, a Sauternes (France), a Muscat wine (from California or Italy--Moscato d'Asti). Banfi sells a sparkling red wine (Rosa Regale Brachetto d'Acqui) that seems to pair well with both chocolate and strawberry/raspberry desserts. (Banfi says it marries particularly well with dark or bittersweet chocolates.)