Fortified wines, such as ports and sherries, suffer less after being opened than unfortified wines. They’ll keep a week or so in the fridge, but will slowly lose potency, says carswell. ...

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Liqueurs and Apéritifs

This month’s Imbibe takes a stab at introducing a rarely covered but juicy topic in the world of potent potables: port.

I buy a French brand of dry vermouth for dry white wine cooking, Noilly Prat. It is not too expensive, is widely available, and keeps on the shelf after it is opened, since it is a fortified wine. It has a slightly herbal flavor...

wine, such as any fortified wine (port for instance), and an ice wine would also be a bit heavy. However, a light muscat would do it for me. I’d probably get the best Moscato D’Asti I could find.

I have used sweet wines for poaching pears, most often port. Using leftovers is a good idea, but how often does one have leftovers of pricy sweet wines? I never do, except for fortified wines.

wines including fortified wines. The results were amazing. Private Preserve did definitely help keep wines longer than doing nothing, but the argon system held wines for many days longer and often in perfect condition. Also,...

airhead that I often am, I forget to ascertain their assumed stores of Xiaoxing wine. At Sam’s Wine and Spirits recently, on a whim, I asked after Xiaoxing only to recieve blank stares and a half-hearted gesture towards the...

OK, for the moment . . . I would avoid reds and sparkling wines — most of which are dry (the opposite of sweet). I’d also avoid fortified wines, due to the increased alcohol. Stick to whites first. Try some California...

in the fortified dessert wines.

to drink cheap champagne, period. i’d rather have the orange juice with the waffles and have fortified wine with the gorgonzola. "Tastes are so individual that even if it frustrates you that someone doesn’t share your...

but I’d like to try using a white wine. I’m thinking of using a dry white since the Marsala called for is dry, not sweet, but since Marsala is a fortified wine I’m wondering if that would make a big difference...

Port is a fortified wine. Fortified means that it is 'fortified' with a neutral spirit, commonly brandy. Since no winery’s specifically make dessert wines (with the exception of some port houses) “good” dessert...