{"id":18161,"date":"2022-11-09T14:05:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wine365.com\/?p=18161"},"modified":"2022-11-09T14:05:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:05:23","slug":"qa-what-is-fortified-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/qa-what-is-fortified-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A: What does &#8220;fortified wine&#8221; mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Q. What does &#8220;fortified wine&#8221; mean?<\/p>\n<p>A. A fortified wine means that a distilled spirit has been added to the wine, usually brandy (a neutral grape spirit), during fermentation. This results in a wine whose natural sweetness is preserved and gives a full, rich texture to the drink. Some examples include Port, sherry, madeira, Marsala, and vermouth.<\/p>\n<p><em>The other answers are wrong because&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not extra tough&#8230;it&#8217;s extra sweet! The residual sugar in a bottle of Port is around 100 g\/L, while a bottle of dry wine has around 0.2 to 2 g\/L.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s neither fortified with vitamins and minerals nor good to pour over your breakfast cereal, so we wouldn&#8217;t claim it&#8217;s part of a &#8220;balanced diet.&#8221; However, as they say, everything in moderation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And, the only possible obstacles in your way to drinking a delicious fortified wine (besides the fences) are a) how do I drink it? or b) &#8220;I don&#8217;t like sweet wine.&#8221; To answer the first, fortified wines all benefit from a bit of a chill and are great after dinner alongside, or in place of, dessert or a cheese plate. Vermouth, of course, has its own thing going on with cocktails. And for the second obstacle, well, all we can advise is: just try &#8217;em! Fortified wines have centuries-long histories and traditions, complex flavors, and legions of fans who can&#8217;t be wrong. This is not your basic wine that was sweetened with sugar to cover up what is otherwise a horrible wine, but truly delicious bottles you&#8217;d be missing out on if you categorized them as simply &#8220;sweet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>While we don&#8217;t currently have fortified wines available in our Wine365 Shop, the below pack includes another sweet wine that we highly recommend you try before judging it: a classic Lambrusco, crisp, bubbly, and well-balanced. 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What does &#8220;fortified wine&#8221; mean? A. A fortified wine means that a distilled spirit has been added to the wine, usually brandy (a neutral grape spirit), during fermentation. This results in a wine whose natural sweetness is preserved and gives a full, rich texture to the drink. 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