Turkish syrup is, but it added a nice sweetness to the dish. Silavno Garcia Monastrall 2003, was the wine that accompanied this dish, it is a superb fortified wine that is made with vine raisoned grapes. The dinner was for forty...

and assume he’s a boor for engaging in it. Aside from the occasional cube dropped into a warm glass of white or rosé and fortified/doctored wines like white port, vermouth, sangria and Pineau de Charentes, adding ice to...

wine neglect. Which brings up another point, that the worse the conditions, the more "fortified" wine will outperform lower alcohol varietals. So, if your friends have really bad conditions, maybe consider a Port, Sauternes,...

fair approximation of an Italian moscato — don’t recall its name at the moment, tho. Electra is a fair choice as well — it’s not as heavy and alcoholic as Essencia (or the prototypical French-style...

on various fortified goodies from Iberia. He even enjoys “port” and Sauternes knock-offs from Australia. But I cannot recall drinking or even ordering dessert wine from the state of California. I cannot explain why this...

No apologies for not knowing Tokaji, Pat. I just read a snippet in Harper’s that mentions that Michel Bettane, France’s leading wine critic, referred to it as a fortified wind. Not! Tokaji Essencia has been credited...

Please help me solve an argument.. is it possible to have a SWEET CHARDONNAY wine ? ? Thanks. all explanations required. Tom

, that means a damn fine wine for the price. So, please, share your recent $10 and under bottles and where you found them. Red, white, pink, bubbly, and/or fortified.

those listed in the post above will result in a truly vile, sickly-sweet, unbalanced sludge on the palate. Sweet reds and fortified wines may fair a little better, but dry reds will be an abject disaster. Simpler chocolates can...

They taste different, but not wildly so. As candy has said, vermouth has herbal flavors added. It also is fortified by adding extra alcohol which helps it to be shelf stable over longer periods. It usually a good sub for white wine...

In SF proper there is always San Francisco Wine Trading Company. They aren’t the cheapest and don’t have the broadest selection, but they have a very well thought out selection and the staff there is incredible.

://www.burghound.com/ Roy Hersh’s “For the Love of Port” covers, obviously, Porto but also some table wines and other fortifieds — http://www.fortheloveofport.com/ Winestate covers Australian wines better...

customer service to serve one customer wine at its best, but the person who tastes it four days later gets something that reflects exposure to the elements. Fortified wines and spirits, however – whiskies, gins, Cognacs,...

Kenito799, have you been to Tinto Fino, the new all-Spanish wine store in the East Village yet? I was disappointed with their selection of sherry, but the non-fortified wine selection seemed pretty wide and quirky to this novice...

Australian selection, a respectable Italian Chianti section, maybe a dozen wines from France, and none from Germany. The thing is, I’m most interested in traditional European wines, especially French, but also Spanish,...