What differentiates a port wine from all other wines?

Answer 1

Port is a fortified wine. That is to say it has had alcohol, usually brandy added to it to bring the alcohol content up to 191/2 or 20%, which is a little less than twice as strong as most regular wines. There is non vintage port called tawny, or a brand name like six-grapes. they are drinkable almost upon release. A few good tasty inexpensive ones are Benjamin and Grandfather or clocktower, I forget which. Both are $10. and from Australia.
Graham's makes six grapes and it is about $20.00.

A vintage port is cellared for 10 to 25 years before it becomes mature enough to drink. It is then quite a bit sweeter and has lost color but gained complexity and sweetness for an after dinner sweet.

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Answer 2

Port is a fortified wine made in Portugal -- that is the only distinguisher. Port is controlled by legal restrictions on its methods of making, garpe varieties used, aging and etc

Some countries make excellent fortified wines which they call 'port', but since they have no legal restrictions on what they put into the bottle it can't be said that thay have anything that differentiates them from other wines -- since there are many different fortified wines.

(A fortified wine is one that has a spirit, usually brandy, added to stop fermentation. Since fermentation usually changes the sugar in a wine to alcohol, a fortified has much of its sugar left unconverted and thus tastes sweeter.)

Answer 3

Port wine (also known as Vinho do Porto, Porto, or simply Port) is a sweet, Fortified wine from the Portuguese Douro Valley in the northern part of Portugal. Port is produced with grapes from the Douro region, fortified with distilled grape spirits, and stored in caves in Vila Nova de Gaia. The drink was named Vinho do Porto in the second half of the 17th century when it was first sold in the city of Porto. Much of the wine would then be exported to the rest of Europe from the Leixões docks.

Answer 4

Not a drinking wine, more like a sipping wine. Very heavy taste...not a good dinner wine.

Answer 5

Port wine is fermentated grapes plus sugar added. Others are only fermentated grapes only

Answer 6

age ,consistency it is a much heavier wine than the normal one and usually is only drunk after dinner instead of brandy ,has to be decantered and is served room temperature

unles it is white which is much lighter and is served cold or chilled, as an aperative before dinner