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A heady mix of wine and spirit (usually brandy), <a href="https://wine.qantas.com/c/red-wine/fortified">fortified wines</a> formed the backbone of the Australian wine industry for the longest of times. While the prevalence of fortifieds might have faded somewhat over recent decades, their impact on Australian winemaking is as apparent as ever.Fortified wine. To many it is a blast from the past; a drink belonging to generations preceding. It’s this fact, perhaps, that explains the apparent mystique that fortified wines carry today – ask a person on the street to tell you how a fortified wine differs from a non-fortified, and you’ll most likely get a blank stare. But as recently as the 1970s fortifieds weren’t the exception, they were the rule. In fact in the first half of the 20th century if you were to sample fermented grape juice at a dinner party, with a nice meal out or during a day at the park, it’d most likely be in a fortified form.

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Fortified Wine titbits

<ul><li>Seppeltsfield is the only wine label in the world to produce a 100 year old single vintage wine each and every year, a tradition it began with its 1878 tawny.</li><li>Port is named after Porto, the Portuguese coastal city which began exporting the wine to the rest of the world after the signing of the Methuen Trade Treaty with Britain in 1703.</li><li>Sherry pairs surprisingly well with tequila.</li></ul>

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