The best store bought wine that is sweet?!
The best store bought wine that is sweet?
I am looking for a sweet tasting wine that is inexpensive!
Answers:
Lambrusco for the win.
It's sweet, easy to drink and only has 8.5% alcohol so it's practically alcopop. My wife brought home a bottle of it the other day and we had it with dessert.
St. Michelle's or Chateau Michelle's Reisling. Most reslings are on the sweet side. If you want really sweet, got with a Moscato, like Beringer or Electra.
Fuki wine. It is a plum wine. It is to die for. The only wine I like. It is made by the same people who make saki. You can buy it at Albertsons and a few other grocery stores. It costs about 12.00 to 15.00 a bottle depending on where you live.
manischewitz wine! its very cheap and very sweet! i have it at my church every sunday, trust me ;)
It's hard to tell you a particular brand or vineyard because I can't know what exactly is available in your area, but I can tell you the types of wines to look for. If you want a sweet WHITE, there are many degrees of sweet. There are dessert wines out there that can be very, very sweet, like Icewine/Eiswein, and dessert rieslings, but those have specific uses.
For sitting around and drinking casually, and not quite so sugary, especially on a summer's night, I would recommend a regular old Riesling or a Gevurtztraminer, and even more fun than those whites (domestically found best from the Northwest US, but found from Europe in the areas bordering France and Germany), would be a sweet Rosé. These pink wines can be pretty sweet, very drinkable to most people, even those who don't like wine much, and very affordable. They also go great with backyard cookout food, I think.
I would suggest these (especially if you're trying to please the wine cooler crowds who really need to up the antes on their palates). Hope this helps.
Lambrusco or Arbor Mist.
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might as well drink everclear
I favor the Lambrusco also! But it has to be chilled very well!
Try Woodbridge Gurweitzerminer. Woodbridge is a winery from central California that is owned by Mondavi. It should be a sweet white wine and less than $8 a bottle at any grocery store with a decent wine selection...like Raleys.
Sweet wine questions are asked on answers numerous times a day. You might want to use the search box and look for "sweet wines" to get some additional recommendation.
The sweetest wines are dessert wines. These will be ice wines, late harvest wines, sauternes and ports. These are typically easy to find in any supermarket wine section or liquor store. They range from being disgustingly sweet to being fabulously citrusy or vanilla-y with a hint of sweet.
From there, white wines that are sweet include a non-dry Reisling, Viognier, Muscat, and Gewurtztraminer. In these, often the cheaper the wine (less expensive), the sweeter it is. Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Fume Blanc, and similar whites are not typically sugary sweet.
Red wines are not traditionally sweet unless they are the cheap wines with flavours added. You can find non-dry red wines that have fruity undertones, like Zinfandel and Shiraz/Syrah. These will frequently have a flavours of plum, cherry, black currant, and rich dark fruits. Steer clear of inexpensive cabs.
Some to try:
Maryhill Viognier
Maryhill Gewurtz
Fetzer Gewurtz
Allegro Muscat (in a cool tall bottle)
Sineann late harvest Zin
Reuscher Haart Reisling
Six Prong Red
Cycles Gladiator Syrah
The next best thing to do is to start attending tastings. Most wine shops have them, so start going. Write down wines that you like and what you like about them. Also, do the converse. If one tastes like dirt, write down that's why you don't like it. Don't get hyperbolic and write things like "it tastes like gasoline" or simply "it sucks" as you'll never be able to pinpoint what it is that you are disliking. Once you have your list, talk to the shop person about it. Have them help you pick something out that has the traits that you like while avoiding the traits that you don't.
Good luck and have fun!