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A Texas Pairing from Houston Sommelier Sean Beck

The fudgy, rich texture of a Texas sheet cake just begs for a dessert wine with some serious flavor. We thought it appropriate to ask Houston sommelier Sean Beck for a recommendation. Here, the sommelier for Backstreet Café, Treviso, and Hugo’s suggested that nothing works better with this moist buttermilk cake flavored with cocoa and topped with chocolate icing than a delicious dessert wine from Sicily made from Zibibbo grapes, also known as Muscat. This wine elicits a bouquet of apricots and oranges -- perfect with chocolate. Additionally, the wine offers enough texture and body to stand up to the wealthy flavors of the cake. It is the sort of dessert wine sure to appeal to beginners and wine enthusiasts alike. For a classic Texas sheet cake recipe, go to www.myrecipes.com.