The OFT said a further consultation over fortified wine measurements would take place within the next 12 months.

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Karanja says the hikes made her product too expensive for her target customers, forcing her to stop producing fortified wine.

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And a dessert of macaroons and field berries uses an apple mistelle (a fortified wine) from local cider producer Pedneault.

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Karanja's journey in Kenya's drinks industry started in 1997, when she started a fortified wine business aimed at the lower end of the market.

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And, if gold prices collapse and take the sheen off the gold spa treatment, Ms. Kanokporn has a backup plan: Jacuzzi baths in specially fortified wine.

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History is central to understanding this underappreciated fortified wine.

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The varying types of vermouth fortified, amortized wine that varies enormously in taste made for three completely different tasting cocktails.

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Although all Port, produced in the Douro River Valley of Portugal, is made the same way (partially fermented wine is fortified with a neutral spirit, which stops fermentation and raises the alcohol level), there are two distinct types: ruby and tawny.

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