Marsala Fine

he more accredited version of the birth of Marsala as fortified (or fortified) wine is centered on the figure of the English merchant John Woodhouse who in 1773 landed with the ship on which he traveled in the port of Marsala. ^[

According to tradition, during the break he had the opportunity, together with the rest of the crew, to taste the wine produced in the area, which was aged in oak barrels assuming a taste similar to the Spanish and Portuguese wines very common in that period in England.