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Fortified versus Sweet/Dessert - 11/22/2008 12:46:15 PM

iByron

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Can we have some guidance as to when to use "[Red/White] - Fortified" versus "[Red/White] - Sweet/Dessert" in CT?

Not every fortified wine is a dessert wine, and not every dessert wine is fortified wine, but there are many that are both and while CT seems to lean toward favoring the Fortified category it's not universal: the Rasteau Vins doux Naturel seem to be split.

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Byron

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RE: Fortified versus Sweet/Dessert - 11/22/2008 1:19:48 PM

Eric

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Late Harvest wines are usually sweet dessert. Fortified should be used if a dessert wine was fortified with a spirit of some sort. Inconsistency is not likely intentional here but rather just an error.

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