Northern Foods was Re: SV: SC - Introducing Myself

[Philip & Susan Troy]

"Decker, Terry D." wrote:
> 
> Good enough, but it does bring up an interesting point, for which I can not
> recall any references.  Fortified wines are normally created by adding
> distilled spirits, usually brandy in the case of wines.  Brandy does not
> appear until the 14th Century (IIRC).
> 
> Malvasia, according to some sources, was drunk in Antiquity and predates
> distillation as we use it.  If this is the case, then it is likely that the
> wine was originally unfortified and at some point the recipe was changed to
> make it a fortified wine.  So, when, where and how did the practice of
> fortification begin?
> 
> Bear
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