The average among these wines are bolstered by blending with some older wines, aging the blend a little longer and then bottled simply as ruby port. Slightly higher in quality and price (still under ...

As the holiday season begins, it’s not uncommon to start seeing port pop up on menus. This rich, fortified wine, which is made in the Douro Valley of Portugal, is often underappreciated, particularly ...

There's hardly a finer companion on these bone-chilling winter nights than a glass of port wine. Port is a wine that is fortified with brandy, which is added to the fermenting juice. The result is a ...

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Simmering port wine with orange, cinnamon and honey into a luxuriously syrupy sauce is just the thing to tame a medley of crisp fall fruit into an elegant dessert. Be sure to use a ruby port, as ...

Port may be your grandma’s drink, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be your drink, too. Because here’s the thing: Port is really good. Named after Portugal’s city of Oporto, port is a fortified wine ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you've heard of port before, but never tasted it, the name may remind you of something a grandparent used to drink after dinner, a beverage ...

As the chill of autumn settles over B.C., and the rains return, few wines offer the warmth and richness of a well-aged Port from Portugal’s Douro Valley and, in more recent times, some of its ...

Winter is a great time to reflect upon the appropriate seasonality of certain wines. Summertime often brings to mind light, easy quaffs like rose. On the other hand, colder weather inspires us to ...

Millennials are discovering the world of Port wine. Port refers to a fortified wine produced in Portugal’s Douro Valley. It has been in existence since the 15th century, and has been consumed in the ...