Port (alcohol) is quite sweet

[Telstra]

we know that sugar is not very good for you.

Is port's sugar content has the same effect as sugar health wise ?

 

[NineOfClubs]

Unless you're ingesting a large amount of sugar daily, the small amount of port you might consume shouldn't be an issue....

 

[KaraBulut]

Sugar is a basic nutrient. As long as it's part of a balanced diet, it is perfectly fine.

And it is fine to drink port, as long as it is a good port.

 

[Telstra]

Sugar is a basic nutrient. As long as it's part of a balanced diet, it is perfectly fine.

And it is fine to drink port, as long as it is a good port.

is there a "good" port and a bad port ?
what do you mean by good port?

 

[TriBi]

I suspect he means 'good quality'.

The flagon bottles in the brown paper bags is not a good look...and generally speaking, that stuff also tastes like shit.

...but then, if you are a derro - it's probably 'any port in a storm...'

 

[Telstra]

^ i just bought a 2 Litre Cream Sherry to try out. It would last me for a very long time.
It only cost $10 Aud. Is it bad?

It taste like port but it isn't port.
17.5% alc

 

[TriBi]

"Is it bad?"

Well - let's just say I wouldn't be prepared to try it and find out.

I guarantee that there would be much better quality around...and I'm not going to buy 2 litre 'hangover material' based on the fact that 'it's cheap'. Ugh.

 

[Telstra]

"Is it bad?"

Well - let's just say I wouldn't be prepared to try it and find out.

I guarantee that there would be much better quality around...and I'm not going to buy 2 litre 'hangover material' based on the fact that 'it's cheap'. Ugh.

well i did try and it taste quite nice.
from Barrossa Valley, world famous for wine ......

 

[KaraBulut]

A good port is a wine that has been stopped in fermentation by adding brandy, which means that it is a sweet wine fortified with additional alcohol. It is allowed to age so that it carmelizes and gets more complex. Usually, the older the port, the more complex it gets.

You might want to start with a sherry but once you try a good aged port or a Tokay, you'll probably never go back to sherry.

 

[FabFairy]

$10 for 2 litres is at the cheap end of the market and made to a price tag much rather than good taste. So how much sugar content it has is more up to flavour the winemaker want. They also are not aged for very long and if it has been loaded with sugar you will have a good change getting that with it but it will depend on how it was fermented.

A better quality should set you back about $18 and you might prefer an Aged Tawny somewhere around 15 to 20 years is good. Don't go for Galway Pipe as it is aged for 6 years and the reason it is so expensive is that they limit the yield to so many bottles per year hence the very high price tag.

Sherry are a before meals and Port are for after. A good Sherry and shouldn't taste anything like a good Port.

 

[Telstra]

$10 for 2 litres is at the cheap end of the market and made to a price tag much rather than good taste. So how much sugar content it has is more up to flavour the winemaker want. They also are not aged for very long and if it has been loaded with sugar you will have a good change getting that with it but it will depend on how it was fermented.

A better quality should set you back about $18 and you might prefer an Aged Tawny somewhere around 15 to 20 years is good. Don't go for Galway Pipe as it is aged for 6 years and the reason it is so expensive is that they limit the yield to so many bottles per year hence the very high price tag.

Sherry are a before meals and Port are for after. A good Sherry and shouldn't taste anything like a good Port.

do you mean the longer i keep the sherry the better it gets ?
If that is the case i might keep afew bottles ..........

 

[FabFairy]

do you mean the longer i keep the sherry the better it gets ?
If that is the case i might keep afew bottles ..........

Probably not Telstra Wine that a good for aging it is best to buy ones suited for that. But any bottled wine will aged to some degree the bottles should also be corked this will allow the wine to breath not a screw top. What brand was it that you got?

 

[Telstra]

Probably not Telstra Wine that a good for aging it is best to buy ones suited for that. But any bottled wine will aged to some degree the bottles should also be corked this will allow the wine to breath not a screw top. What brand was it that you got?

Pleasant Valley cream sherry 2 Litre (fresh bouquet of dried pears with a smooth creamy palate, wine of australia).

It doesn't have an expiry date.
Is that mean it can keep for a very long time ?

 

[FabFairy]

Pleasant Valley is not an aging wine because of the way it is finished and is designed for drinking now. Remano is one of the better wine to age and they did in the past bring out bulk wine that a spirit merchant would bottle just for that purpose. I learnt most of my knowledge from Dan Murphy when he owned the cellar before Woolworth brought them out. There are still cellars around that do their own bottling. They may be few and far between tho so you will need to hunt around.

Alcohol will generally keep well provided it is kept is a cool place. The tempature should be fairly even all year around that is why basements and wine cellars were so popular. Heat will with time sour any wines.