Wine and trifle pairings

Trifle is a collective name for all kinds of desserts with fresh fruit, whipped cream and cake, ladyfingers or sometimes gingerbread. A good trifle also goes with a dash of liqueur. Because of the large variety of trifles, choosing the dessert wine is custom work. In general, Beerenauslese or a sweet muscat goes well together.

Try to match the wine to the sweetness of your trifle (the sweeter and heavier, the sweeter the wine), the fruits you use (how acidic is their content?) and the (amount of) liqueur you use. For example, a not-too-sweet trifle with not too much liqueur and fresh grapes combines well with a sweet muscat. A heavy trifle, with lots of cake, whipped cream and liqueur could use some counterplay from a German or Austrian Beerenauslese.