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The sweet wine snobbery comes from the fact that in general they're easier to produce and are still very much a legacy of the Liebfraumilch 1970's. As it was the only thing that was on the shelves and people were not offered the choice we have these days, just like food. Château d'Yquem stands out as one of the more expensive white wines. There is a bit of a trend at the moment where winemakers are using grapes that were previously used for the production of sweet wines and are now making dry wine with them, Riesling is a prime example.
However if we're talking dessert wines such as Eiswein (ice wine), these are highly complex wines, both in flavour and to produce, very labour intensive and therefore expensive.
these are not facts