Photo: Mistela Wine Spain

Bottles of Mistela wine is sold at a local grocery store in the Spanish speaking town of Xalo in Valencia, Spain in Europe.

There are many different ways to pronounce and spell Mistela, but in the town of Xalo in Valencia, Spain where people speak Spanish, they spell this unique blend of wine as Mistela. Bottles of wine line the shelves in a grocery store in Xalo, where Mistela is a popular type of wine that many people buy.Mistela is a type of base wine that is made by adding alcohol to a non-fermented or partially fermented must so that you can add more alcohol to make the taste sweeter. The more alcohol that is added to this wine, the more it stops the fermentation process and then only a small portion of the grape sugars are converted to alcohol.The process of making Mistela is a little more detailed, but when walking into a store or cellar where Mistela sits in nice covered bottles such as these, the temptation is too much not to try out this wine. This unique type of beverage is aged in oak barrels which makes it develop into a well balanced, fortified sweet wine. ... continue below the picture...

... If you are looking for a base for apertifs or wines such as Vermouth, Marsala or Sherry, then Mistela is what is needed. Spain is an excellent place to purchase Mistela if you have never had the chance to try it.Mistela, Wine, at a Bodega, Co-Operative Valenciana Virgen Pobre de Xalo, Jalon, in the village of Xalo, Valencia, Spain, Europe.