I have recently started having a glass of wine with dinner or right after dinner, and I definitely have a preference for sweet wines. The problem is being able to tell what is what at the wine store. One of the local vineyards here in New York has a scale on the back of their labels indicating the degree of dryness or sweetness, which I find very helpful. Unfortunately, they seem to be the exception and not the rule. It’s impractical for me to do a wine tasting and I don’t want to have to guess, spending money on a bottle only to get home and find that I don’t like the taste. I’m basically looking for sweet wines in the or less range. -And NO, I don’t want to drink wine coolers!

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OK—more details. I like merlot, but my GF does not. She’ll only drink certain nasty-sweet wines like arbor mist. Im looking for something that is very tasteful, but also sophisticated. We can accomodate the dining to the wine if necessary.

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(United States)
I like sweet wines.
Last night I had an excellent wine from a Pennsylvania winery, Stone Villa Wine Cellars, Pink Catawba, 2006. I very much enjoyed it. I like to try wines from small, domestic wineries–especially in and around Western Pennsylvania–but I am not limited to such. Any recommendations?

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