Fortified Beverages
- Fortified wine: Fortified wine is wine with an added distilled beverage (usually brandy). Fortified wine is distinguished from spirits made from wine in that spirits are produced by means of distillation, while fortified wine is simply wine that has had a spirit added to it. Many different styles of fortified wine have been developed, including Port, Sherry, Madeira, Marsala, Commandaria wine and the aromatized wine Vermouth.
- Mixed drinks: Mixed drinks include alcoholic mixed drinks (cocktails, flaming beverages, fortified wines, mixed drink shooters and drink shots) and non-alcoholic mixed drinks (including punches). Blending and caffeinated alcoholic drinks may also be called mixed drinks.
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