Fortified wine
Across
- 2. One of several Vins Doux Naturels made from Grenache
- 4. Another of Portugal's renowned sweet fortifieds (8,2,7)
- 6. The chalky, porous, white soil that's great for retaining water in Jerez's hot summers
- 7. The name of a grape and the dark, intensely sweet fortifieds made from it, from the DOs of Jerez and Montilla-Moriles (5,7)
- 8. The famous sweet wine of Cyprus
- 10. The system or process of fractional blending
- 11. An aromatised fortified wine that's a key ingredient in a Negroni cocktail
- 16. Where would you find the lodges used to mature Port wines? (4,4,2,4)
- 18. California's historic fortified wine, made from the Mission grape
- 19. Australia's Liqueur Muscats and Liqueur Tokays come from Glenrowan and which other Victorian town?
- 20. The most common white grape family used for making fortified wines in Languedoc-Roussillon
Down
- 1. The layer of yeast under which Sherry matures
- 3. Nacional and Franca
- 5. The main grape used to produce Sherry
- 9. You need this for your tiramisu
- 12. This grape makes the sweetest style of Madeira, also called Malmsey
- 13. A style of Maury and other fortifieds where the wine is put into glass jars and left to oxidise under the hot summer sun
- 14. Most commonly made from Grenache, the production area for this fortified is the same as for AC Collioure
- 15. A tawny Port from a single vintage
- 17. Name for Port wines aged in barrel rather than in bottle