What is Fortified wine?!
What is Fortified wine?
Some brands are sold as fortified wine.How is it made and different from other wines?
Answers:
To preserve a wine by adding alcohol, most common being brandy is known as fortification of wine and the wine becomes 'fortified wine'
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fortified_w...
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Port is a fortified wine when made in the United States. When the wine is fermenting and it reaches the desired sweetness you add grape brandy to it to stop the fermentation, you add enough that your alcohol % will be above 18% and the sugar stays where it is.
about 15 to 25
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sweet wines are fortified wine
it has alcohol added to it
Fortified wines are those to which we add alcohol. The best examples being Port and Sherry. Their alcohol content is higher than that of sparkling and table wines.
In France they are also known as VDN Vin Doux Naturel.