Port wine

"Port Wine" redirects here. For the locality in Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia, see Port Wine, Queensland.
This article is about the type of wine. For the birthmark, see Port-wine stain. For the Krazy Kat short, see Port Whines.

A glass of tawny port
Official guarantee label from a bottle of port

Port wine (Portuguese: vinho do Porto, Portuguese: [ˈviɲu ðu ˈpoɾtu]; lit. 'wine of Porto'), or simply port, is a Portuguese fortified wine produced in the Douro Valley of northern Portugal.[1] It is typically a sweet red wine, often served with dessert, although it also comes in dry, semi-dry, and white varieties.

Other port-style fortified wines are produced outside Portugal – in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, India, Italy, South Africa, Spain, and the United States – but under the European Union Protected Designation of Origin guidelines, only wines from Portugal are allowed to be labelled "port".[2][3]

  1. ^ Porter, Darwin (2000). Frommer's Portugal. Danforth Prince (16th ed.). Foster City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide. ISBN 0-02-863601-5. OCLC 43689483.
  2. ^ "Labelling of wine and certain other wine sector products". Eur-Lex. European Union. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives". Archived from the original on 11 May 2013.