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Making Port Wine

I had a friend in college whose life's begins, timing takes over. Once half of
goal was to move to France, don a beret, the grape's sugar has been converted,
stomp on grapes, and make wine for a fermentation must be stopped. In order to
living. Though I tried to tell her that do this, the wine is mixed with clear
there was more to wine-making than purple brandy (a strong alcoholic spirit
feet, and that berets were so "Clinton distilled from wine) containing a proof
Administration," she ignored me and of 150. The alcohol in the brandy kills
dreamt of grapes anyway. Though I did not the yeast in the wine, causing
share her winemaking aspirations and fermentation to cease. The ending result
decided instead to dream of something is a sweet wine that is about 20 percent
much more realistic, like a marriage alcohol. It is typically served with
proposal from Brad Pitt, she did get me desserts, cheese, and, of course,
thinking about the process, and she got desserts made of cheese.
me thirsty for knowledge. This eventually Though there are many styles of Port -
led me to discover different types of White Port, Ruby Port, Young Tawny Port,
wine require different recipes, with one Aged Tawny Port, Vintage Character Port,
of the most complex belonging to Port. Late Bottled Vintage Port, Traditional
Prior to actually reading about making Late Bottled Vintage Port, Vintage Port,
Port, I was under the impression that all Single Quinta Vintage Port, Crusted Port,
it involved was people stepping on grapes and Garrafeira Port - most styles fall
in bare feet. Because of this, I often into two broad categories: Bottle aged or
worried that I would be drinking Tinta Cask aged. Because doing the tiniest
Barroca, and find floating in my glass a thing different will result in a
human toenail or perhaps a foot corn. different taste of wine, the two Port
But, in truth, port-making is a lengthy, processes greatly dictate the flavorful
complicated process. outcome. While Bottle aged Ports
Port wine, also known as Vinho do Porto, generally behave like wine on Botox,
Porto, or Porto wine, is a fortified wine keeping their color and their fruitiness
that comes from the Douro Valley in the well into maturity, Cask aged Ports lose
northern lands of Portugal. Produced in flavor quickly. They are ready to drink
Portugal since the mid 15th Century, Port right away.
gained popularity in England after the The best Ports to know, the ones to
Methuen Treaty of 1703. While this treaty introduce yourself to before sending them
did war-related things reserved for down your esophagus, are the Taylor
history books, in regards to wine it Fladgate Tawny Port, W. & J. Graham's
caused England to become an adopted Tawny Port, Smith Woodhouse Vintage
family for Port, with Portugal being the Character Port, Niepoort Vintage Port,
biological parents. Quinta do Infantado Single Quinta Vintage
There is no easy way to make Port: no Port, and Adriano Ramos-Pinto Late
kind comes in a packet with "just add Bottled Vintage Port.
water" instructions. Instead, the process As demonstrated, the process of making
initially involves picking grapes, Port is not as simple as one might
smashing them, and then placing them in imagine; it involves a little more than
an automated tank where they are further simply visiting a vineyard, and being met
chopped into tiny pieces. After remaining with thousands of grapes shouting, "Pick
in this tank for nearly twenty-four me! Pick me!" And, it involves more than
hours, the grapes begin to ferment and taking off your tennis shoes and having a
their sugar climbs the food chain, smashing good time. After a careful,
turning into alcohol. lengthy process, the smashing good time
With Port wine, after fermentation will follow.




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