This is a real treat at £7 - full of vibrant fruit flavours, great acidity and a sweet, but not sticky palate.

Obviously it's a bit foolish to rely on your vines freezing in California, so Bonny Doon don't - they simply pop them in the freezer for a bit! Might sound bonkers, but it does produce a great copy of the Icewine style - and at a small fraction of the price

Vol des Anges means Flight of the Angels, and this is pretty heavenly stuff. Light on its feet and elegantly constructed, this gives Sauternes a good run for its money.
www.bonnydoonvineyard.com

Classic sweet wine form the heart of Sauternes, this has everything you'd look for. Try with Foie Gras or blue cheese

The Loire is a hotbed of under-regarded sweet wines, and for the most part remains in the shadow of its southerly rival, Bordeaux. Good for you, then as it makes them great value for money! This is a real treat - good honeyed fruit, a touch of must and a complex finish - even a hint of minerality.

The Barsac region of Bordeaux is generally fantastic value for money for sweet wines, and this classy wine is no exception. Try with blue cheese - it's awesome!
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www.chateau-climens.fr (english pages available)

When the grapes are ready for drying, the vine's grape-bearing branches are slashed so that the grapes dry on the vine. This creates the outstanding style of sweet wine you'll find when you crack this bottle

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Oremus is Vega Sicilia's Hungarian project, although the vines date back to way before their acquisition of the winery. This Late Harvest wine, made purely from Furmint, is lighter than the traditional 'Aszu' wines, but has more pronounced floral characteristics

Rutherglen-style Muscat starring 'Rancio' and co-starring dried fruit aromas including sultanas, apricots and dates. This wine is a perfect encore for a fab meal, great with chocolate or even Chrsitmas Pud

Recioto is regarded in Soave as the pinnacle of winemaking. Garganega grapes are dried on mats in a loft at the Pieropan family home where they develop botrytis and shrivel. The resulting wine is rich and bursting with passionfruit aromas with spun sugar and apricots on the sumptious palate which is fresh despite its weight. A steely minerality is revealed on the finish - awesome with gorgonzola!

www.pieropan.it/

Ever wondered what to drink with chocolate dessert? Here's the answer. Dried fruit, toasted nut and sweet molasses - and a balancing acidity to keep the palate fresh

Kate and I tasted this at the end of a long and heavy trade tasting in London, and boy, did it revive our spirits! Unique and complex, with the expected 'rancio' notes, but full of so many other sweet delights, it's impossible to list them all. Just buy a bottle and join the fanclub.

Wow - what a price for TBA - they normally start at £50 a bottle. But then, I guess we've come to expect great value wines from Sepp Moser. This really is everything you dream it's going to be