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Joannm
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What is meant by a “fortified” wine? Do they add something to it?
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marytk
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Of course if someone agree with MY tastes, they have “horrible taste”.
What I don’t get is if you hate the taste that much just receive the sacred body. I hope we don’t get posts about how that tastes too.
And you only need a tiny sip.
Are we to spend our Churches’ budgets on fine expensive wine now?
What I don’t get is if you hate the taste that much just receive the sacred body. I hope we don’t get posts about how that tastes too.
And you only need a tiny sip.
Are we to spend our Churches’ budgets on fine expensive wine now?
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jkarp
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Yep, I believe that they add brandy to Angelica wine (brandy is distilled wine). Other types of fortified wines are port, sherry, vermouth, etc.
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Aramis
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a fortified wine is made by dividing the batch, and distilling part of it, then adding that portion back to the undistilled portion.
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Ceil-1
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Brandy is distilled wine? I did not know that.
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jkarp
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Yep, to make a fortified wine, it (or any other distilled spirit) is added to regular wine during the fermentation process. The distilled spirit halts fermentation, leaving a sweeter tasting wine (albeit with a higher alcohol content). These wines are generally referred to in the U.S. as “Dessert Wines.” The purpose of fortification is to utilize the antiseptic properties of the stronger alcohol to preserve the wine. Like I said in my earlier post, this property was the reason our pastor chose the fortified wine - everyone is sharing the same cup and it sure can’t hurt for the contents to be slightly antiseptic!
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jkarp
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This is how most varieties are made but the spirit added to the wine doesn’t necessarily need to be distilled wine, it just has to be some form of distilled spirit. For example, marsala is made using grain alcohol instead of brandy.
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wisdomseeker
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I was taught that the wine used has to be a pure wine without any preservative or anything that taint it. so i dont understand why some of the wines does taste different in different churches…
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MarieVeronica
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The wine our parish uses, makes me cough.
Granted, I don’t “partake” of wine… outside of Holy Mass. So… I guess I’m not used to it.
When I receive the Precious Blood… I take the teeniest, tiniest droplet possible… just barely moistening my tongue; so as not to expel any, should I start to cough.
Interesting thoughts (above) about “bitter wine” use.
Granted, I don’t “partake” of wine… outside of Holy Mass. So… I guess I’m not used to it.When I receive the Precious Blood… I take the teeniest, tiniest droplet possible… just barely moistening my tongue; so as not to expel any, should I start to cough.
Interesting thoughts (above) about “bitter wine” use.
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jkarp
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Fortifying wine is different than adding a preservative.
Not all wines taste the same. It’s much like the difference between Pepsi, Coke, RC Cola, etc. Sure they’re all cola but they are distinctly different. Also, wines taste different from year to year depending upon a bunch of variables (weather, types of barrels, etc.) So even if two parishes use the same kind of wine (e.g. burgundy) they will probably taste different.
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Hoxbar
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What type of wine do most parish’s use. Somebody said that their used Carlos Rossi Burgundy. What about yours?
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Newbie2
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It’s in a big glass jug labeled “Altar Wine”. 
Don’t know the brand.
Don’t know the brand.
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fbl9
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that is the type we use i thinks,to me it tastes along the lines of whiskeyIt’s in a big glass jug labeled “Altar Wine”.
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