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Port Wine

Port wine is a sweet fortified wine from Portugal. Although many port-style wines are made around the world, the strict usage of the terms Port or Porto refer only to wines produced in Portugal. Vintage Port wine is typically aged in a barrel for more than a year. After which, it is bottled and very often aged for ten or more additional years.

Port wines are ruby red in color and sweet in flavor. Ports typically taste of sweet fruits; cherries or plums. Ports which have been aged a long time will also have a strong fruity aroma to enjoy while you let the wine breath.

More myths and traditions have developed around the drinking and enjoyment of port than probably any other wine. The most widely-known tradition is that of "passing the port." British naval officers started the custom. They passed the port wine from "port to port" - to the left. The decanter of port is placed in front of the host who then serves the guest to his right and then passes the decanter to the guest on his left. That guest does the same until the decanter has made it all the way around to the host again.

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