This sherry shines

Dessert wines tend to have a bad rep. If you're lucky, they'll taste like cheap Merlot doused with sugar. Many however, will taste like children's cough syrup.

But when they're good, they're really good and at the risk of sounding totally biased, I would say the triple cream sherry at Rancho de Philo falls in the good category.

The boutique winery on 10050 Wilson Ave. is having its annual sale now until supplies are out. They are opened every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. selling this year's vintage at $24.95. (Wine maker Janine Biane Tibbetts hasn't raised prices since 2005.)

Tibbetts' sherry wins accolades every year but 2007's vintage was special. It beat out 2,500 other varieties and got her the best wine of show award at the Pacific Rim International Wine Competition. Not bad for a sweet and often misunderstood wine.

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