A fortified wine that’s produced in Portugal – specifically, in the Douro Valley in the north – port is typically red and sweet, and because of such has become synonymous with the festive season, usually drunk as a dessert wine after dinner is done.
But it’s so much more versatile than that, whether mixed into cocktails, enjoyed throughout the year or savoured as an aperitif, and comes in a range of colours from ruby to white and rosé. And that’s before you’ve even begun to dig into the differences between tawny, vintage and crusted, amongst others.
