# Fortified wine

Wine whose alcoholic strength has been increased by adding grape spirit or another permitted wine-derived alcohol.

Alcohol: 18% ABV

## Types

- [Madeira](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/madeira.md): 19% ABV. A protected fortified wine from Madeira, shaped by heat and oxidative ageing into styles ranging from dry and tangy to rich, caramelised, and sweet.
- [Port](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/port.md): 20% ABV. A protected fortified wine from Portugal's Douro region, made in styles ranging from youthful and fruit-led to wood-aged, dry white, and richly mature.
- [Sherry](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/sherry.md): 18% ABV. A protected fortified wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain, spanning biologically and oxidatively aged styles.
- [Vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/vermouth.md): 16% ABV. An aromatised wine whose characteristic flavour comes from wormwood and related Artemisia botanicals.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fortified-wine
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/ingredients/fortified-wine-c8ddba44.webp
- Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013R1308