Talk:Port (wine)

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' Definition:  'Port is a sweet, fortified dessert wine produced in the Douro Valley in northern Portugal and named from the seaport city of Porto. [d] [e]
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This should be moved to Port (wine), no? I have only heard Portuguese people call it 'Port wine'.

strange Port characteristic

When I lived in London I occasionally drank after-dinner port with a trendy 'Merkin who worked at Christies. Sometimes he had bottles of *really* old port. I would drink it and then become aware of something strange in my mouth like very soft chewing gum. It was apparently a by-product of old port. What the devil is it? Hayford Peirce 15:27, 2 April 2008 (CDT)

Sorry, can't help there, & it's years since I drank any. Ro Thorpe 15:34, 2 April 2008 (CDT)
I am thinking that it is sediment, and the port would have needed to be decanted--the sediment is a mixture of various proteins and tartaric crystals that would have settled over a very, very long time. Clearly I have not had port that was that aged because I would like to experience this myself! Louise Valmoria 15:51, 2 April 2008 (CDT)
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