http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortified_wine
Random Wikipedia of the Day (RWotD) Fortified Wine, I always thought they meant they added something that either had nutritional value (ie Fruit Juice) or that people thought added nutritional value (ie a traditional supplement).
But what they are Fortifying with is Distilled Spirit, originally to reserve it, from what I understand.
My original misinformed understanding is closer to Mulled Wine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulled_wine
So there you go, trivia for your next cocktail party, if you don't know much about alcohol, I certainly don't ^_^
I prefer a well aged Baccus Black, what characters in Keith Laumer's Retief series called aged Pepsi, to most alcohol.
Or even better Amber Baccus, ie Mountain Dew my own homage to Keith Laumer.
For more on Keith Laumer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Laumer
His most well know series were Bolo & Retief, I think there are some board games based on the Bolo series out there, he also wrote some Comics/Graphic Novels.
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