On 23 June 2014 07:45, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا <[email protected]> wrote:
> The long voyage to India, over hot weeks and stormy seas, changed the wine. > It acquired a more intense flavour with notes of burned caramel and cooked > berries — which consumers in India liked so much they sent the wine back on > ships, and then back again to India, making for a much prized "three times > around the Cape" finish. > > Read more at: > > http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/36561845.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst > -- > FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in > COMMENT: Madeira wine is fortified with alcohol as is Port. This to make transportation better without the wine going bad. See also:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Portuguese_wine Brandy is produced in many places including "German Brandy" see:- http://drinkgal.com/2011/12/history-of-brandy/ Drinking fortified wine and Champagne can give one a bad dose of gout, ouch that hurt! -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
