The most common type of port wine is a sweet, dark red dessert wine. There are also tawny and white varieties. Authentic port wine is made in the Douro Valley of Portugal. Expensive port wine usually can't be found in grocery stores.
Instructions
1. Research different types of port wine and price ranges before purchasing. Look in your telephone directory for wine stores and merchants to call for information, or find the info you need online.
2. Go to your local liquor store, wine store or wine merchant, or buy your port wine online. A good wine shop or merchant will let you taste the wine before you buy.
3. Learn store your port wine before you purchase it. Older wines need to be consumed right away or their taste will go bad. The younger and less expensive wines will keep for up to a month.
4. Decant your port wine into a decanter before drinking it. Let it stand for 24 hours before decanting to allow the sediment to settle to the bottom. Look through the neck of the bottle as you pour it in one motion to make sure no sediment escapes into the decanter.
5. Know serve port wine. It should be served in port wine glasses which are smaller than regular wine glasses. The host should serve the person on his right before passing the bottle to his left. Each person should serve the person to their right and pass the bottle to their left until it is returned to the host.
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