Meditation wine

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Above all in Italy, but to some extent also in Germany and Austria, a common name for heavy and mostly sweet wines. It also appears in many wine brochures, but is not a standardised and generally valid definition. Meditation wines are normally not consumed as a food companion, but with the necessary leisure "alone to enjoy". The well-known Italian wine author Luigi (1926-2004) describes them as "particularly complex, not everyday wines, which are suitable for being enjoyed sip by sip around the fire on a long winter evening and which create a bit of surprise, comforting warmth and happiness with every sip". Typical meditation wines are sweet wine types like , , or . But also dry wines of the type, as well as and are often referred to as such. The term is not without controversy, as it contradicts the actual meaning of meditation.

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