Port Wine

Port wine has an interesting historical background. English imported wines from France but they fought each other at that time. So, English merchants import wines from Portugal but the wine taste went bad due to long travel. People added brandy to port wine (around 20% of total volume) to fortified the wines and it created a new type of wine.

Port wines are produced in the valley of Duoro and transported through the Duoro river to Porto the coastal city in northwest Portugal.

Never tried this before as I knew port wine is sweet and strong (19~20% alcohol), expensive (famous winemakers), but just bought a bottle of inexpensive one (Cockburn's ruby) and tasted it. It is stronger than regular wine but has a unique aroma, taste. Good pairing with chocolates as a dessert wine.

P.S.: There's no D & J winery (just derived initials from me and my son), 2010 is the year when my son was born.