Showing posts with label Wine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wine. Show all posts

Monday, April 07, 2008

Porto 3: Port in a storm

[April 7, Porto]

The name of the fortified wine port comes from Porto. The process of making port was discovered somewhat accidentally, by the need to add brandy in order to stabilize wine for shipping long distance. The British found that the necessity was in fact a virtue and have loved port ever since. British names (Taylor, Croft, etc) still dominate the industry.