What is a fortified wine? Don’t feel bad if you don’t know…many wine drinkers are confused by the term. The simple answer is a fortified wine is a wine that has had a distilled spirit, such as brandy, added to it to increase the alcohol content and to enhance the wine’s flavors…
Commandaria, dessert wines, dry, fortified wines, Madeira and Marsala, Moscatel de Setúbal, port, semi-sweet, sherry, sweet, Vermouth
Following up on Carl’s blog last week on aging wines and sweetness, here is a brief overview of a category that is bigger and more diverse than many people might expect: Dessert Wines. Each category could be its own blog (if you’re geeky enough)! Sweet wines are not consumed with near the frequency of dry wines…
dessert wine, fortified wines, ice wine, late harvest wine, noble rot, port, sherry, Sparkling wine, sweet wine, Tom Welsh