Quady’s Dessert Wines

Sweet wines are definitely a category of wine that needs to be explored.

Properly made sweet wines can be an absolute joy. New Africa/Shutterstock

From the end of Prohibition (1933) until Robert Mondavi founded his Napa Valley winery (1966), the wines that most Americans consumed had roughly 18 percent alcohol and had brandy added to them.

Dry table wines almost did not exist in this country.