DAWN OF FORTIFICATION

What does one particular boating tragedy have to do with adding brandy to fortify Port wine? Beginning in the 18th century to increase the wine’s transportability overseas and becoming ubiquitous in the 19th, fortification is one of the most crucial parts of the Port wine making process. Learn why Port wine might never have become what it is today if a certain fierce opponent to fortification had survived another day in 1862!