How to Deliciously Pair Wine with Ice Cream

Ice cream is a popular choice for dessert and is commonly served in almost all restaurants worldwide. Have you ever given up the chance to end your meal with a delicious ice cream for dessert because you thought it wouldn’t pair well with your wine? Well we’ve got good news for you – those days are over! There are a variety of wines that pair deliciously with ice cream. After reading this, you’ll see how you can eat your ice cream and have your wine too.

Vanilla Ice Cream

The savory taste of vanilla ice cream pairs delightfully with Oloroso Sherry. This rich wine has tasting notes of caramel, raisins and walnuts. Another very sweet wine that pairs deliciously with vanilla ice cream is Pedro Ximinez. This is a very sweet sherry style of wine that will most likely become your favorite, if you’ve got a sweet tooth.

Chocolate Ice Cream

The flavor of chocolate is adored worldwide, especially rich chocolate ice cream. A sweet wine such as Madiera is a perfect match, since it has tasting notes of hazelnuts, almonds and caramel. Maury and Banyuls wine from France provide a richness that pairs incredibly with the richness of chocolate ice cream. Ruby Port is another amazing wine that goes well with chocolate ice cream since it is a fruit flavored, sweet wine. It has tasting notes of cherry, cassis and licorice.

Strawberry Ice Cream

Super-sweet Black Muscat wine is an exquisite match when paired with strawberry ice cream. The notes and aromas of ripe red berries that run throughout the wine bring out an intense strawberry flavor in the ice cream. A sparkling white Zinfandel is also a great pairing, since this type of wine is often full of strawberry flavors. You can never go wrong with any sweet sparkling wine.

Wine can be paired in an infinite amount of ways. Amaze your family and friends by pairing some of these wine picks with their favorite ice cream flavors. You’ll soon become their favorite wine host!  Here’s a bonus: You can soak golden raisins in sweet wines and use them as toppings for ice cream. You can also lightly pour the wine over the ice cream and add hazelnut toppings to create an extraordinary treat. Craving something a little more creative? Try soaking red berries, cherries, prunes or plums in the wine that best pairs with each ice cream flavor and use them to add a delicious touch to your sweet treat.