fortified wine

for·ti·fied wine

(fôr′tə-fīd′)n. Wine, such as sherry, to which alcohol, usually in the form of grape brandy, has been added during or after fermentation.

fortified wine

n (Brewing) wine treated by the addition of brandy or alcohol, such as port, marsala, and sherry

for′tified wine′

n. a wine, as port or sherry, to which brandy has been added to arrest fermentation or increase alcoholic content.

Thesaurus

Noun

fortified wine - wine to which alcohol (usually grape brandy) has been addedvino, wine - fermented juice (of grapes especially)Madeira - an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islandsport wine, port - sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugalsherry - dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitifMarsala - dark sweet or semisweet dessert wine from Sicilymuscadel, muscadelle, muscatel, muscat - wine from muscat grapes

Translations

vino rinforzatoкреплёное вино

Fortified Wine

wine to which alcohol has been added during preparation. The term “fortified wine” should not be confused with the term “strong wine.” Wine in which all the alcohol is a product of the fermentation of the natural sugar in the grapes may be comparatively strong. Under favorable conditions, yeast strains that are less sensitive to alcohol may yield a wine with an alcoholic content of 14—16 percent by volume. As a rule such wines are dry or have a small sugar residue. To retain the desired amount of sugar in the wine, fermentation is stopped at the stipulated moment and a certain amount of alcohol added. Alcohol may not be added to table wine. Among the fortified wines are the strong wines (port, Madeira, sherry, Malaga, Marsala) and the dessert wines (muscatel, Tokay). The alcoholic content of dessert wines usually does not exceed 13.5-14 percent by volume. The maximum alcoholic content of fortified wines is 20 percent by volume.

REFERENCES

Gerasimov, M. A. Tekhnologiia vina, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1964.
Vinodelie. Edited by K. S. Popov. Simferopol’, 1960.

N. S. OKHREMENKO

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noun wine to which alcohol (usually grape brandy) has been added

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