: a wine (such as sherry) to which alcohol usually in the form of grape brandy has been added during or after fermentation
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Recent Examples on the WebWoodinville Whiskey became first to give a bourbon a secondary maturation in casks previously filled with the sweet, fortified wine from Portugal called Moscatel de Sebutal. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2022 The Signature expression is finished in ex-fortified wine barrels and bottled at 46 percent ABV, with notes of orchard fruit, black cherry and cocoa on the palate. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2022 Constellation had offered Haus $10 million in funding, but rescinded the offer when the fortified wine company ran out of cash before the deal could be finalized, according to Haus co-founder Helena Price Hambrecht. Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2022 The Brits turned to Portugal, which had developed a fortified wine grown only along the Douro’s steep hillsides.Fox News, 2 Aug. 2022 Pineau des Charentes is a specific style of fortified wine from the Charentes region of France. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 July 2022 Sherry is Spain’s fortified wine, with the Pedro Ximenez, or PX, variety producing intense, nutty, raisiny dessert wines from grapes dried in the sun to concentrate their flavors and sugars.Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021 This 5 year old whisky from the Cotswolds distillery was matured in a single ex-Madeira fortified wine cask. Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 28 June 2022 Much like how a sea voyage turns plain old fortified wine into Madeira, flying deepens and melds the muffuletta’s flavors, turning a superior sandwich into a phenomenon. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 10 June 2022 See More