I know 5 German words now!

[RyanH]

Awesome! Thank you for the clearification! I have only one question... you said:

"The last two, typically expensive and requiring bottle age, are both full-bore desert wines, "

I thought I read that a dessert wine by definition has 14% or greater alcohol content. Also, I'm almost possitive the TBA I looked at last week at my local BevMo was only 8%. So... am I wrong about the definition of a dessert wine, or is the term used more losely, also refering simply to a very sweet wine that would go well with desert?