Fortified wine Madeira Islands. The wine is produced in a variety of styles ranging from dry wines which can be consumed on their own as an aperitif, to sweet wines more usually consumed with dessert. Madeira is deliberately heated and oxidised as part of its maturation process, resulting in distinctive flavours and an unusually long lifespan once a bottle is opened. Marsala wine is a wine from Sicily that is available in both fortified and unfortified versions. It was first produced in 1772 by an English merchant, John Woodhouse, as an inexpensive substitute for sherry and port, and gets its name from
Agave wine tequila, agave wine is then filtered and 100% de agave blanco tequila at 55% ABV is added to "fortify" the wine to 24% ABV. Like tequila, if the label does not say "100% de agave" it is made with a neutral spirit other than tequila. In a "mixto" agave wine the fermented aguimel is fortified in, most cases, a grain neutral spirit which is far less expensive. Agave wine is popular in Mexico, and is growing in popularity in the United States. Agave wine Agave Wine originates from Mexico. It is similar to tequila, in that it is harvested from