Grape Wine Journey

What is the one thing in common for the following wines – Ice Wine, Late Harvest Riesling and Sauternes?  They are all sweet wines made from white grapes.  

For my debut in teaching wine tasting later this month, I was trying to find a sweet red wine for one of the classes.  Then I realized the ones I know and tasted are all made from white grapes.  So is there such a wine? 

After one of the wine tasting class I was attending, I posed the question to the instructor.  Well, yes but there is only one choice – Recioto from Veneto Italy.

Found one today at an Italian grocery store, the wine showed very strong dried raisin and rum flavor.  The ideal food to pair is blue cheese, well an acquired taste for most Asians.  I bought a piece of dark chocolate mousse cake to pair with the sweet red wine, and it was perfect!