Happy Cinco de Mayo! It's May 5th, and in honor of the Mexican holiday that may actually be more important in the States than elsewhere, we're going to nevertheless look at Mexican and other Latin American flavors.
The most famous types of wines are red and white wines, followed by rosÃ© and sparkling wines. There are other wine specialties around the world, such as the Portuguese Port Wine, a very rich flavor, often used by chefs in their signature dishes. A glass of wine is classy, but can also fit any occasion.
Fortified wines can be made in either dry or sweet style (with the middle-ground of medium-sweet or medium-dry covered in virtually all types of fortified wine categories). 1  The most common types of fortified wines are Port, Sherry, Marsala, and Madeira. Many fortified wines are blends of various grapes and various vintages. The majority of fortified wines are stylistically similar in their classifications of being made into either a dry fortified wine or a sweet fortified wine.