Portuguese Port Wine

Port wine in cooking: fortification and reduction

Port wine — a grape spirit-fortified wine from the Douro Valley — has an essential role in Portugues…

Tawny port: oxidative aging in small barrels

Tawny port ages in small 550-litre pipes (pipas) rather than the large vats used for ruby port — the…

Vintage port: the long aging tradition

Vintage port is the most celebrated and longest-lived style in the port wine spectrum — declared onl…

White port and tonic: summer aperitif

Porto's contribution to the aperitif tradition — white port served over ice with tonic water, a lemo…