Fortified Wine

 

Fortified wine is generally associated with warmer climes such as Portugal, Spain, Sicily and the Madiera islands. A spirit, usually brandy is added to wine to produce a more intense flavour. The original reason creating fortified wine sherry and port was to preserve wine with the natural antiseptic properties of alcohol. Over time and with experimentation however it became a much treasured beverage in its own right with methods of preservation and casking creating a deliberate variety of flavours.

The types of alcohol added to the wine for the purpose of fortifying it together with the stage in the wine's fermentation at which it is added largely influence the final flavour. Generally speaking the finished result is both stronger with an average alcohol content of around 20% and sweeter than the original wine.

On our fortified wine online pages you will find port, sherry, madiera, marsala and vermouth from our top rated resellers and will find something to suit all budgets and preferences.

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Taylor's Select Port 20cl
£2.97  
Taylor's Select Port 20clAsda groceries direct to your door. Delivery from £3.Taylor's Select Port 20cl | Drinks > Sherry, Port & Fortified Wines > Miniatures
Mansion House Cream 70cl, Cream
£3.22  
Mansion House Cream 70cl, CreamAsda groceries direct to your door. Delivery from £3.Mansion House Cream 70cl | Drinks > Sherry, Port & Fortified Wines > Fortified Wines
Asda Ginger Wine 70cl
£3.42  
Asda Ginger Wine 70clAsda groceries direct to your door. Delivery from £3.ASDA Ginger Wine 70cl | Drinks > Sherry, Port & Fortified Wines > Fortified Wines
Scotsmac Fortified Wine 70cl
£3.75  
Scotsmac Fortified Wine 70clAsda groceries direct to your door. Delivery from £3.Scotsmac Fortified Wine 70cl | Drinks > Sherry, Port & Fortified Wines > Fortified Wines
Club Royal Montilla Pale Cream 75cl, Cream
£4.27  
Club Royal Montilla Pale Cream 75cl, CreamAsda groceries direct to your door. Delivery from £3.Club Royal Montilla Pale Cream 75cl | Drinks > Sherry, Port & Fortified Wines > Sherry
Asda Fino Sherry 75cl
£4.67  
Asda Fino Sherry 75clAsda groceries direct to your door. Delivery from £3.ASDA Fino Sherry 75cl | Drinks > Sherry, Port & Fortified Wines > Sherry
Dow's Midnight Port 50cl
£4.93  
Dow's Midnight Port 50clAsda groceries direct to your door. Delivery from £3.Dow's Midnight Port 50cl | Drinks > Sherry, Port & Fortified Wines > Port
Qc Pale Cream 1l, Cream
£5.15  
Qc Pale Cream 1l, CreamAsda groceries direct to your door. Delivery from £3.QC Pale Cream 1l | Drinks > Sherry, Port & Fortified Wines > Fortified Wines
Oriano Grillo Di Sicilia 2010/2011
£5.59  
Oriano Grillo Di Sicilia 2010/2011The little-known Grillo is native to Sicily and southern Italy, and is one of the region's most ancient white grape varieties. It is more widely found in the region's fortified wine, Marsala, but is here used to make a unique dry white. Straw...
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On a historicl note fortified wines gearnered something of a bad rep in the dark days of the 20's and 30's when the great reccesion provided an opportunity to unscrupulous producers of cheap and nasty fortified wine.

With so many people people finding themselves in hopeless destitution there were many who looked for oblivion in the form of a cheap bottle of strong drink to forget their troubles. The term wino probably came from this period and was used to describe the unfortunate souls who fell victim to the charms of a wine with more "bang for the buck" and were less interested in the raisiny flavours and deep chracter of a fine sherry !

Although there remain some notorious examples of this type of spirirt enhanced beverage today, we prefer to focus on the truly delicious fine fortified wines offered by the top retailers whoes products you will find on these pages. 

With over 110 wines to choose from we cover all the best fortified wine styles allowing you discover old favourites and new taste experiences alike. All of our products are refreshed on a weekly basis so keep coming back to see what's new. We also continually look for new and interesting retailers who have products we think you'll like so it really is a moveable feasr here at WinedayUk.