Port 101 | The Basics of Port Wine, The 3 Types, Vintage Port, & More!
Port Wine can be a confusing topic, but this video will help you understand all about it! There 3 types of Port wine; White Port, Tawny Port, and Ruby Port. And while a lot of people think Port is a spirit or liquor, you'll learn that Port is simply a fortified wine made in Portugal, specifically in the Douro Valley and the city of Porto! We'll talk about how Port is made, the 3 types of Port wine (white, tawny, and ruby) as well as the difference between vintage and non-vintage Port!
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Just got back from Porto. Fantastic wine, port and food. A very enjoyable visit.
@visforvino
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Such a great city. Food scene is awesome.
Great video! 2 corrections, based on my experience during my tour of 3 different wineries in Douro yesterday: (1) There's a 4th type of Port - Rose. It was more recently given official status by the DOC as an official port, but from the producers I spoke to, they all think it's trash and has no business being called a Port, (2) at ~4:42 you said that producers decide whether a wine is vintage or not - according to my tour guides, the DOC decides whether a port can be called Vintage.
@visforvino
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I decided to leave rosé Port out for now. Let’s see if it “sticks” in the long term haha. Good call with the vintage. My understanding is the producers decide whether to “submit” but the final approval is by the DOC as you said 👍
Learnt so much from this as a Bartender.Thanks a million times.🙏🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@visforvino
6 ай бұрын
Happy to help!
wow, I learnt so much about one of my favorite styles of wine in this short clear straight forward explanation on how it's made!
@visforvino
Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!!
Great and quick info. Thanks for sharing. I was looking for more info about white port and glad you gave it.
@visforvino
4 ай бұрын
Glad we could help!
Very clear and informative. You have a passion and it comes across.
@visforvino
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad it helped!
Awesome, bravo! Love Port.
Awesome video! Really enjoy these.
@visforvino
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!
Thanks! I personally like the cheaper tawny's best. The more expensive I tasted moved towards a kind of medium dry sherry.
@visforvino
Жыл бұрын
Totally get it, those are much "fresher" so to speak!
Thanks for the info
I love port, one of the only things I ever drink.
@visforvino
4 ай бұрын
I love it too!
Always great videos and information driven. Is there a 'Select' type/style of Port? I have a few bottles of different labels and I note 'Select' on them. Cheers! Chris.
@visforvino
Жыл бұрын
I think select means the same thing as "Reserve."
I have never had it. After this video, I think I'm going to buy a bottle.
@visforvino
Жыл бұрын
A good Ruby Reserve is a great place to start!
@michaelkaiser1864
9 ай бұрын
Im not a wine fan but fine tawny is amazing!
I'm actually mad. I've never heard of this shit before today 😂😂😂😂 boutta be draining my bank account now 😂😂😂😂💚💯
@visforvino
10 ай бұрын
hahaha
Thank you for this very informative video. I have never tasted port!. I have just purchased a Kopke : White Colheita 2008. I'm wondering if i made a good buy. and what it tastes like?.
@visforvino
11 күн бұрын
Nice! The white ports are fun, you'll enjoy it. But for a more "classic" Port I'd try Tawny and Ruby next!
Just started drinking port. Maynard's and croft are excellent
@visforvino
Жыл бұрын
It's a super interesting wine category to explore for sure!
I enjoy port, mostly Tawny ports. I haven't tried one labeled white port, but I've seen people saying that Tawny ports are a type of white port. This confuses me; I have always thought a tawny was a ruby port that has been aged longer in barrels, so I'm a little confused. I had a party recently and a guest brought me Graham's 30 year Tawny. It was very good.
@visforvino
7 ай бұрын
Nice! Great wine. And yes, you are correct, Tawny port is aged/oxidized Ruby!
@puroruso
6 ай бұрын
A Ruby is a Ruby and a Tawny is a Tawny. Rubies are younger with lots of berries on the palate, Tawnies are aged with caramel, nutty, raisins flavors. A Tawny cannot be a white port because white ports are made from Malvasia Fina, Viosinho, Gouveio (which are white wine grapes) and Rubies and Tawnies are made from Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, etc. (which are red wine grapes).
Are going to talk about Sherry and Madeira next?
@visforvino
Жыл бұрын
Hoping for an episode at both those places one day, but haven’t been able to make it happen yet unfortunately!
@numanuma20
Жыл бұрын
@@visforvino The WSET level 3 has a section on fortified wines which only covers Sherry, red Port, and fortified Muscat (Muscat de Beaumes de Venise and Rutherglen Muscat).
Hi. Thank you for great show. Are you from Libanon? I that i heard that in a episode. Can you talk about Libanon wine like musar and others. There wines are wery popular here in norway.
@visforvino
Жыл бұрын
Really hoping to go there this year for an episode; fingers crossed!
Sorry, but what do you mean standard Tawny is aged for 2 years? Tawnys are usually 7 years and up. Reserve is Ruby category, not a Tawny one.
@visforvino
6 ай бұрын
There actually is both a "Tawny" and "Tawny Reserva" designation; it's just that most houses don't use both; they just pick one or the other. But technically, Tawny is about 3 years age while Tawny Reserva is around 7 years age. But many houses just have a "Tawny" OR "Tawny Reserva" that has around 7 years age, and then jump right to 10, 20, 30, etc. Here is a good example of a Tawny Reserva: www.wine.com/product/ferreira-porto-dona-antonia-reserva-tawny-port/420460
@puroruso
6 ай бұрын
@@visforvino Good example, but most of the producers that I've talked to (I live in Portugal) consider port a Tawny after 7 years of aging. 3 year old port cannot be a Tawny according to most. Reserve is considered a Ruby slightly more aged and of higher quality. And, of course, after regular Tawny come 10, 20, 30, 40 year old, which, by the way does not mean that they were aged for that long, but rather that different ports were mixed to achieve that particular number of years on average.
I will travel on a river cruise in Spain and Portugal. We end in Porto to fly back, but another guest and I would like to stay an extra day to see the city. Would you have a recommendation for a place to stay? I’d appreciate any suggestions.
@visforvino
Жыл бұрын
For sure! There's a cute boutique hotel we stayed at called Hotel Pao de Acucar!
@dasarkas
Жыл бұрын
@@visforvino thank you SO much!
@dasarkas
Жыл бұрын
@@visforvino 🙏🏼
Watching with a glass of Taylor's 20 Year Old Tawny Port.