Dry isn’t necessarily better. Turn your nose up at sweetness and you’ll bypass some delicious drinking. Here, our wine columnist’s palate-expanding list of top sweet wines for the holiday season or anytime.
Lettie Teague
Wine Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
Lettie Teague has been The Wall Street Journal’s wine columnist for 13 years, covering the world of wine from Argentina to Washington State and all the wine countries, regions and winemakers in between.
Her coverage on wine ranges widely and includes trends, news and reviews as well as profiles and pet peeves.
Before joining the Journal in 2010, Lettie was the executive wine editor and columnist for Food & Wine magazine. She is the author of two books, “Wine in Words” and “Educating Peter,” and co-authored and illustrated “Fear of Wine.” She is currently working on a biography of best-selling children's book author Marguerite Henry.
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