A dessert wine creates the ideal ending to a dinner party, whether it’s a virtual or in-person event. Bring your taste buds alive with sweet or dry wines, with each at-home person choosing their favorite! A dessert wine can replace the dessert or be served as a complement to pastries, cakes or pies.

Fortified wines, which include ports, sherries, marsalas and ginger wine, are popular after-dinner drinks. The brandy in them creates rich flavors. Choose a sweet port from Portugal or a dry sherry from Andalusia, Spain, to lengthen a spectacular online evening. Pour them into small dessert wine glasses because these aren’t drinks to rush. Select a marsala from Italy for a smooth wine, either dry or sweet, to serve at room temperature. The warm raisin flavor creates a delicious nightcap and is also useful for cooking. Marsalas, including select semi-dry amber wines, come from Sicily, Italy. Warm a winter evening with your partner by sipping a green ginger wine from England. Made from ginger root and raisins, this spicy wine smooths the chill of a cold night. Add lemonade or ginger ale to it for a fresh summer cooler during an outdoor picnic party.

Serving wine as a digestif, to help you digest your food, is a tradition that likely began with the Greeks. Made from mixtures of spices, plants and herbs, medical practitioners throughout history used digestifs as medicinal drinks to treat nearly any ailment. By the end of the 18th century, digestifs assumed the role of providing an ending to a great meal, and that tradition continues around the world today. Popular digestifs include dry vermouth wines, which are easy to keep handy because their high alcohol contents allow them to be stored in the refrigerator for up to three months. Browse the dry vermouths from France or select their cousins, red and sweet vermouths from Italy.

For special occasions, get something bubbly like sparkling wine, available in sweet or dry varieties, so when you want to celebrate birthdays, engagements and anniversaries, you have the perfect wine in your “cellar.” Have fun discovering each style of dessert wine until you find your favorites. Shop on Drizly or see if we’ve made it to your city. Click these handy links to search for Drizly in your city and look for liquor stores on Drizly near you.