14 California Dessert Wines

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Sémillon from Chalk Hill makes an intriguing near-classic dessert wine.

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Monday, January 23, 2012 10 California Chardonnays
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A range of styles from Sauternes-like offerings to wines reminiscent of German TBAs to true ice wines

MaryAnn Worobiec
Posted: February 1, 2010

This week’s Tasting Highlights focuses on California dessert wines. Some of them mimic the great Sauternes of Bordeaux. Others follow the late-harvest Rieslings of Germany. Yet others follow their own rules.