{"id":13909,"date":"2017-02-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/3-reasons-to-drink-more-fortified-wine"},"modified":"2017-10-05T14:44:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T12:44:41","slug":"3-reasons-to-drink-more-fortified-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/en\/3-reasons-to-drink-more-fortified-wine","title":{"rendered":"3 Reasons to drink more fortified wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world of wine is beautifully diverse. So diverse, in fact, that it\u2019s virtually impossible to ever taste – let alone understand – everything. Master Sommeliers, Masters of Wine, and other diehard professionals spend their entire careers at it and may not come close. Where, then, does that leave the average wine lover?<\/span><\/p>\n

Unless you\u2019re a wine professional dedicating every working (and waking) hour to learning about and tasting different wines<\/strong>, there just aren\u2019t enough hours in the day. There\u2019s simply too many options, so you\u2019ll have to make choices and narrow down what you drink. This doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t explore, though. Quite the opposite, in fact: it\u2019s all the more reason to explore and to try something different! Too many wine lovers stick to the same few tried and tested grapes or regions, and consequently miss out on that big wide wine world. If that sounds familiar, then now is the time for a change, and to try something new.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, we\u2019re going to try to convince you to leave the Bordeaux, Rioja and Champagne to one side and go for something completely different: <\/span>Fortified wine<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Three reasons to drink more fortified wine<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There are a whole lot of reasons not to drink fortified wine, most of which are built upon misconceptions and age-old stereotypes of old women drinking sickly sweet <\/span>cream Sherry<\/span><\/a> at Christmas. It\u2019s too alcoholic, it\u2019s too sweet, it\u2019s too expensive. So on and so forth. These are outdated and inaccurate, so let\u2019s forget about them and instead focus on three good reasons why you should work more fortified wine into your repertoire.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. There\u2019s so much variation<\/b>. Many people think that all fortified wines are extremely sweet, extremely alcoholic, and not much else. This is flagrantly not true. Even within the two most popular categories of fortified wines – <\/span>Sherry<\/span><\/a> and Port – there is a wide range of styles ranging from bone dry to lusciously sweet. That is not to forget other great wines and regions such as <\/span>Montilla-Moriles<\/span><\/a>, Madeira, Marsala, Rutherglen and French Vins Doux Naturels. Fortified wine is a vast universe within itself, one that is dying to be explored and that will certainly reward the adventurous new wine lover.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. You are drinking history.<\/b> Many wine regions have colourful and storied histories: The old world of wine reflects many centuries of European history, and many older wineries have fascinating stories. This is the case in Port and Sherry, among other regions. Vintage Port has an exceptionally long life and is literally like drinking history. Many solera systems used in Sherry production date back almost a century or more, such as <\/span>El Tresillo 1874 Amontillado Viejo<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Fortified wine loves food.<\/b> Whether as a food pairing or cooking with fortified wine, these wines are very food friendly indeed. Sweet Sherries and Ports are perfect dessert wines, equally at home with sweet desserts and with ripe aged cheese. Dry and medium Sherries are highly versatile with Spanish mixed plates such as tapas and pintxos. Cream Sherry is an incredibly useful cook\u2019s ingredient, in everything from soups and tapas to rich and sweet desserts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    What do you think of fortified wine? Do you have any other reasons to convince a fellow wine lover to try more Port, Sherry or Madeira?<\/span><\/p>\n

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