Editing Fortified wine (section)

===Marsala wine===
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Marsala wine is a wine from [[Sicily]] that is available in both fortified and unfortified versions.<ref name="Wordsworth" /> It was first produced in 1772 by an English merchant, John Woodhouse, as an inexpensive substitute for sherry and port,<ref name="Hailman2006">{{Cite book |last=Hailman |first=John R. |url=https://archive.org/details/thomasjeffersono00hail |title=Thomas Jefferson on Wine |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-57806-841-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/thomasjeffersono00hail/page/306 306] |quote=Marsala wine. |access-date=4 April 2009 |url-access=registration}}</ref> and gets its name from the island's port, [[Marsala]].<ref name="Wordsworth">{{Cite book |last=Halley |first=Ned |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5X6oVI-qngwC&q=Marsala+wine&pg=PA384 |title=The Wordsworth Dictionary of Drink: An A–Z of Alcoholic Beverages |publisher=Wordsworth Editions |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-84022-302-6 |page=384 |access-date=4 April 2009}}</ref> The fortified version is blended with [[brandy]] to make two styles, the younger, slightly weaker ''Fine'', which is at least 17% [[abv]] and aged at least four months; and the ''Superiore'', which is at least 18%, and aged at least two years. The unfortified Marsala wine is aged in wooden casks for five years or more and reaches a strength of 18% by [[evaporation]].<ref name="Wordsworth" />