Serving Wine With Cheesecake
Serving Wine With Cheesecake By Jay Wesley You've ordered your cheesecake online, the table is set and decorated, and now you're ready to entertain! But wait! What wine do you serve with your delicious dessert? That depends on the flavor of your cheesecake. You want a light, dessert wine, but finding one that is not too sweet is tricky. For chocolate, marbled, or turtle cheesecake, you might want to consider a zinfandel, a muscat, or a riesling. For raspberry, strawberry, blueberry or other fruit flavors, a nice ice wine or a muscat would work well. For a plain New York style cheesecake, try a light pink wine or a sweet white Bordeaux. If it's a really festive event, Champagne is complimentary to your cake as well. In either case, serve the cheesecake and wine accompanied by fresh fruit and nuts and avoid any other really sweet desserts, which will not go well with the lighter wines. Avoid heavy red wines altogether, as they are too powerful to mix well with the cheesecake,...