What are some recommended wines to drink with desserts like coconut cream pie?

Answer 1

Coconut-cream pie and wineWith such desserts a fruity, light-bodied white wine that is sweet so that it does not kill the dessert. If the wine you are serving with a dessert is a full-bodied white, then obviously you are killing the dessert. The dessert mentioned here is coconut cream pie, which has coconut, cream, and a base of pie crust. Cream contains fat, and coconut has its own sweet flavor that contributes to the dish.

If you want to retain the flavour of coconut and cream in the dish idealy a greener, lighter and semi-dry wine should be served, as it won't be very sweet to overpower the dessert nor will it be very dry to kill the dessert. The wine that can be recommended is any SAUTERNES or sweet German white.

Other people say:The best beverage to have with coconut-cream pie is coffee. The term "dessert wine" is an unfortunate misnomer. I would not pair any wine -- even very sweet ones such as late-harvest rieslings and muscats -- with a pie, particularly one as cloyingly sweet as coconut-cream pie. If your dessert is not very sweet and tends toward the bitter, such as bitter or Dark Chocolate confections, then you might consider a Port. But save the Sauternes and other dessert wines for AFTER dessert.

Try a sparkling wine semi sweet wine they pair well with sweet desserts and the bubbles help to clean the palette