How to Use fortified wine in a Sentence

fortified wine

noun
  • Neubauer revived him during a pit stop with fortified wine, black coffee, and the yolk of a raw egg.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Eat the cake while sipping on a fortified wine like sherry or Madeira — something that can put up a fight against the its big dairy flavor.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 30 July 2020
  • 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
  • The classic 50/50 martini recipe is made with equal parts spirit and fortified wine.
    — Popular Science, 29 May 2020
  • Pineau des Charentes is a specific style of fortified wine from the Charentes region of France.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 July 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
  • Port dominated the fortified wine category with eight of the nineteen Gold medalists.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 19 May 2021
  • Madiera, the Portuguese fortified wine, is also spectacular with the nutty, spiced, and caramel flavors that are so common in Thanksgiving desserts.
    — Kristin Tice Studeman, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2018
  • This specific release hails from Glendullan, and consists of whiskies that were reracked into two ex-Madeira fortified wine barriques for 14 years before bottling.
    — Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • This city and region are also known for Vernaccia di Oristano—the name of a white Sardinian grape used to make a fortified wine produced in an oxidized style—with air kept in barrels during fermentation.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 July 2022
  • Woodinville 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 plan is to turn the fruit into Angelica, a historic style of sweet, fortified wine that was popular during the early years of California’s Franciscan Missions.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 15 Oct. 2020
  • To preserve the integrity of this wood that fosters all the color and the flavors, the wood is allowed to air-dry naturally for one year before being shipped to Jerez, the Spanish region famous for producing sherry, a fortified wine.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2022

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