fortified wine

American  

noun

1. a wine, as port or sherry, to which brandy has been added in order to arrest fermentation or to increase the alcoholic content.

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fortified wine British  

noun

1. wine treated by the addition of brandy or alcohol, such as port, marsala, and sherry

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Etymology

Origin of fortified wine

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

It instructs the reader to fry egg-coated slices, mix these with raisins, sugar and fortified wine then place the mixture in a pie dish on top of apples.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024

Port is a fortified wine produced in the Douro Valley in Portugal and comes in somewhat confusing varieties, including dry, semidry, white, rose, ruby and tawny.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022

The locals also favored a white fortified wine called Angelica.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022

The fortified wine is still drinkable, even though it is so old.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 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.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021