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Fortified Wines: An Introduction and Some Interesting Details About Them

Fortified wines

Before we begin, please note that fortified wine is a type/style. In a layman’s language, fortified wines are regular wines that are “fortified” by adding a hint of brandy (or some other distilled spirit), to give them a longer shelf life. The Italian Marsala or Portuguese Port, are some of the popular examples for fortified […]

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The Best Chicken in Wine Sauce

chicken in red wine sauce

This creamy but flavoursome dish of boneless chicken breasts, in a mushroom-laden, fortified wine and chicken stock-based sauce is a take on ‘chicken marsala’. Marsala is an Italian fortified wine, but any brandy-fortified wine will do.

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