Wine
What fortified wine is
Wine with added spirit. The serve that equals about one standard drink is smaller than a table-wine glass.
- Typical labelled range
- ~17–20%
- ~20% ≈ one standard drink
- 60 mL
- 100 mL at 20%
- ~1.6
- What “fortified” adds
- Spirit
Fortified wine is wine with distilled spirit added, which raises the alcohol by volume. NHMRC’s example of about one Australian standard drink is 60 mL at about 20% ABV. A 100 mL pour at 20% is about 1.6 standard drinks — more than the 100 mL table-wine example. Typical labelled ranges are around 17–20%.
Definition
Fortified wine. Wine whose alcohol has been increased by adding distilled spirit. Port, sherry/apera, and muscat-style products are common examples. The category name is not a serve size.
Fortified versus table wine
| Compare | Fortified (NHMRC example) | Table wine (NHMRC example) |
|---|---|---|
| About one standard drink | 60 mL at 20%. | 100 mL at 13%. |
| A 100 mL pour | About 1.6 standard drinks at 20%. | About one at 13%. |
| A 750 mL bottle | About 11.8 at 20% — far more than “a bit of dessert wine”. | About 7.7 at 13%. |
Questions
Questions people actually ask
Wine with distilled spirit added, so the ABV is higher than most table wine. NHMRC’s about-one-standard-drink example is 60 mL at 20%.
Smaller glass, same 10 grams
Use the wine hub if you are comparing to table wine, and the spirits hub if you are comparing to a nip.