New World Not-Port?
Posted: Jul 1, 2008 11:01am ET
What do you call a sweet red wine that's had some alcohol added to it to bring it up to about 20 percent? If you said Port, you're soon going to be behind the times. Australia, which makes some of the world's finest fortified wines, including stuff it has been calling Port, has concluded an agreement with the European Union to desist in using names like Port and Sherry for their fortified wines.
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