Sweet Wine in Galway

Amik · 20-01-2011 3:49pm #1

Does anyone know where I can buy a sweet wine in Galway? My wife and a few friends enjoy this kind of wine over traditional but can't find a bottle in any shops around town.

wobzilla1 · 20-01-2011 4:02pm

As in dessert wine?
Any Supervalu should be able to get it in. Musgraves (The main SuperValu supplier) have an Australian one mad by Nugan. It's called botrytis or something.
Costs about €14 a bottle

Amik · 20-01-2011 4:26pm

That sounds almost right, I'll have to pay SuperValu a visit! It's not quite a dessert wine that I'm looking for.

According to this Wikipedia article, it's called a Medium Sweet wine. In Italian, "amabile". For sparkling wines, it's "Demi-Sec, Semi-seco".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetness_of_wine

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 20-01-2011 5:01pm

And of course there's Buckfast

snubbleste · 20-01-2011 5:14pm

A bottle of ordinary wine and a bag of sugar/sweetener?

Eviledna · 20-01-2011 5:24pm

Woodberys in Middle st would be your best bet.

FrankWalter · 20-01-2011 5:41pm

Cases on the Tuam road also do a good selection

biko · 20-01-2011 6:24pm

The wine buffs will know.

wobzilla1 · 20-01-2011 6:38pm

If it's a sparkling one you want, The Italians make a type called Asti Spumante. It's not fermented for long so there's a fair amount of sugars still left in it. It results in it having a low ABV though. About 8%

deRanged · 20-01-2011 8:32pm

popped along to recommend Cases as well.
they have a good range. I'd quite like to try this.

ben.schlomo · 21-01-2011 4:08pm

M&S do two sweet whites and a sweet Rose too.

Sweet Wine in Galway

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