Meanings
noundessert wine (countable and uncountable, plural dessert wines)
plural dessert wines
- countableuncountableAny of many relatively sweet wines, traditionally drunk at the end of a meal.
- countableuncountableUS standards of identityGrape wine with an alcohol content of more than fourteen, but at most twenty-four, percent, by volume.
Origin
The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 4.21(a)(3).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan vi dolç
- vi dolçsweet wine
Dutch dessertwijn
- dessertwijnsweet wine
Finnish jälkiruokaviini
- jälkiruokaviinisweet wine
Hungarian csemegebor
- csemegeborsweet wine
Polish wino deserowe
- wino deserowesweet wine
Russian десе́ртное вино́
- десе́ртное вино́ (desértnoje vinó)sweet wine
Swedish dessertvin
- dessertvinsweet wine
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APA
dessert wine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dessert%20wine
MLA
“dessert wine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dessert%20wine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dessert wine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dessert%20wine.
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