DWACON wrote:

> Went to the store to stock up on some wines and saw this tiny bottle
> of white wine that went for $90 (but was on sale for $79.99). It was
> called Dolce and labeled as "Late Harvest Wine," a descriptor that I
> was not familiar with.

Late harvest means less humidity which results in much higher sugar content,
and sometimes also bothrytis cinerea (which gives botritised wine, as
Sauternes and Tokaji) attacking the grapes during autumn.

> Are there any recipes or desserts that would make use of these sweet
> wines, or should they simply be consumed from a glass by the
> fireplace?

Most of the lood late harvest wines, as the raisin wines, are very nice by
themselves, so the fireplace option is a good one (if temperature allows
it).
Otherwise these wines can be paired with many thing, mainly desserts but non
only that: a good late harvest can be matched with foie gras, for exemple,
or with blue cheeses as Stilton, Gorgonzola and Roquefort (in my personal
preference order).
For desserts pairing, if you could be more precise about this wine I could
try to help.
"Dolce" is very few info, it simply means "sweet" in italian... are you
still in possession of the bottle? If so, post here the details you find on
the label and we could arrange some wine-food pairings for it.
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'