Weddings & Wine
Dessert Pairing Ideas
If you're looking for new wedding dessert ideas, consider these – and their perfect wine pairings
- Traditional and not-so-traditional Wedding Cakes
- White or yellow cake (with or without a fruit filling) with vanilla buttercream frosting paired with Mirassou Riesling
- Spice cake with vanilla or cream cheese frosting paired with Mirassou Riesling
- Carrot cake with vanilla or cream cheese frosting paired with Mirassou Riesling
- Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting paired with Mirassou Cabernet Sauvignon
- Chocolate cake with black cherry filling, or mocha- or espresso-flavored filling, or dark fruit coulis, paired with Mirassou Cabernet Sauvignon
- Flourless chocolate torte with Mirassou Cabernet Sauvignon
- Cupcakes/Mini cupcakes:
- Chocolate with chocolate frosting paired with Mirassou Cabernet
- Vanilla with vanilla frosting paired with Mirassou Reisling
- Carrot or spice cupcakes with vanilla frosting or cream cheese frosting paired with Mirassou Riesling
- Mini fondant cakes
- Chocolate with chocolate fondant paired with Mirassou Cabernet Sauvignon
- Vanilla with vanilla fondant paired with Mirassou Riesling
- Petits Fours
- Vanilla sponge cake with fruit filling and buttercream fondant paired with Mirassou Riesling
- Mocha sponge cake with chocolate buttercream filling and chocolate ganache paired with Mirassou Cabernet Sauvignon
- Cookies
- Vanilla cream cookie sandwiches paired with Mirassou Riesling
- Dark chocolate cream cookie sandwiches paired with Mirassou Cabernet Sauvignon
- Fresh fruit tarts
- Light fruits, such as apple and pear paired with Mirassou Riesling
- Dark fruits, such as plum and cherry paired with Mirassou Pinot Noir or Mirassou Cabernet Sauvignon
- Poached Fruits
- Cherries in Cabernet syrup, then chocolate-dip or served with chocolate paired with Mirassou Cabernet Sauvignon
- Small apples or pears in Riesling syrup paired with Mirassou Riesling
- Mini vanilla crème brûlée paired with Mirassou Riesling
- Dark chocolate truffles with dark chocolate center, red wine ganache center, port ganache center, cherry, cassis or nut center paired with Mirassou Cabernet Sauvignon
- Candied apples, caramel apples paired with Mirassou Riesling
Wedding Desserts & Wine Pairings 101:
Where to Buy Mirassou
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Featured Wine: Riesling
Our Mirassou® Monterey County Riesling is made in a bright, fruit-forward style that pairs well with a variety of wedding desserts.
Featured Wine: Pinot Noir
If you add a red varietal to round out your wine offering, Mirassou Pinot Noir is also extremely flexible and pairs well with a broad range of foods.
Featured Wine: Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon is the best selling red varietal wine in America, and chocolate and Cabernet Sauvignon pairings are very popular.






