Port is a fortified wine that’s made exclusively in Portugal’s Douro region. “Fortified” means it’s made by adding distilled grape spirits (like brandy) to wine. Other fortified wines ...

You might think port can only be served with dessert, but this fortified wine from Portugal is about more than its sweet, save-for-after-dinner reputation. "Port is a drink that not everybody ...

Thirteen fortified wines took Gold medals at the recently completed International Wine and Spirits Competition. The Gold medalists included five port wines, four Madeira, and four Sherry wines.

But what even is port? Quite simply it is a fortified wine which can only come from one place – the Douro Valley in northern Portugal. It is a staggeringly beautiful region of vertiginous ...

(Scott Suchman/for The Washington Post) Column by Dave McIntyre Port, the fortified wine from the Douro Valley in Portugal, is one of my favorites. I love the history of the region; the variety of ...

True Port comes from the Douro Valley of Portugal (just as authentic Champagne comes only from the Champagne region of France). But other wine-producing regions have long borrowed the term to refer to ...

Before you order one of these fortified wines, here's what to know ... When it comes to choosing between port and sherry — two mainstays I personally enjoy for after-dinner sipping — there ...

A small glass before or after a meal can really add to the occasion. The best-known fortified wines are Port and Madeira (both Portuguese), Sherry (Spanish), and Marsala (Sicilian), but other ...

Convenience stores will soon be able to sell fortified wines like port and sherry alongside the various alcoholic beverages already being offered at thousands of retail locations across the ...