Discover Port

Sweet, strong and savory, Port is one of the world's most famous wines. Join your host Michael Fagan as we travel east along the mighty Douro by train and see the incredibly steep, hot and rocky terrain where Port grapes are grown and must be laboriously picked by hand. Meet some of Portugal's most distinguished producers and examine the many different styles of Port as we transcend the traditional pairing of Port with Stilton and discover Port's versatility. Produced in 2000

[@yannsaint-germain4527]

Holy smoke, I own a VHS copy of this video at home LOL... Time flies... Seriously, it's worth seeing! Cheers to all the port wine lovers :-)

[@djtheaztec1354]

That's awesome 😊🍷🍷🍷

[@eustacedsa6652]

Hi, Greetings From Mumbai, India. I am a Great Lover Of Port Wine as I am an Indian Catholic Christian Of Portuguese Descent from the Former Portuguese Colony of Goa On The West Coast Of India. In Goa, Port Wine is abundantly available. There are several brands of Port Wine available for sale in Goa. I have been drinking Port Wine From The Age of 10 specially for Family Lunch and Dinner over a week end. Port Wine is really awesome in more ways than one. Port is my favourite Wine along with Classic Italian Red Wine namely Chianti. I totally dig anything and everything connected with Portuguese Food an d Portuguese Culture. Douro is my Favourite Wine Producing Region in Portugal. This is an Awesome, Amazing, and Informative Video.

[@JohnoO_O_]

The bloke at the end perfectly sums it up. Nothing, and I mean nothing, can touch the flavor offered by Port wine.

[@Odood19]

Maybe Madeira can, but that is just Port with extra steps!

[@GAbriarman]

I have a bottle of Porto Kopke Fine Ruby that was opened 5 years ago. Only one glass poured and recorked. I opened it just before this program and it was still wonderful. I don't think ports normally last this long so I feel blessed. Now time to open an unopened bottle of Sandman that was purchased 3 years ago. Wonderful ports.

[@bagoduva360-wineandfoodtou3]

This is very interesting! At 7:55 what João Nicolau de Almeida wanted to say was that the Schist is in a vertical position, not horizontal, but this a very important factor many times overlooked. It's fascinating to see those thin roots just exploring the fissures in the schist trying to survive! At 14:17 there's a good graph to take away. Found it funny to see Port & Tonic was already being talked about 20 years ago at 15:03! Thank you for producing and sharing this :)

[@user-ox2sm8ce4i]

Someone gifted me a Kopke 1965 and it was the best wine I’ve ever had!!!

[@tojal]

This is a fantastic video! It's great to get a perspective on how things were 20 years ago and understanding that while some things changed, a lot has remained the same and It's a good thing :) Thank you for this!

[@darsychane2588]

Thank you so much for these videos with Michael Fagan! Hope to see new videos about wine with him!

[@Sharnoy1]

Just trying my first ever bottle of Port now and I'm loving it! It's Dow's 🍷

[@hassan79mr]

This is the best Port video I've seen. Thank you.

[@bartram33]

I’ve been a port drinker for many years, it’s my preferred drink. This video has taught me so much about that excellent drink. Thank you.

[@user-gj9fm3eu1m]

Мир твоему дому уважаемый! А я только в этом году решил познакомиться с портвейном. Прикупил пару бутылок. Жду теперь холодную погоду.

[@hironics]

one of the some complete video I've watched about Port. I wish there is a video for sherry

[@AlexPryrodny]

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[@mahirsencan971]

When he was in IVP, I thought holy crap, the video should have been older than 2003! Studying fortified wines D5 and still very helpful!

[@user-gj9fm3eu1m]

С большим удовольствием посмотрел этот позитивный ролик! Спасибо тебе большое! Мир вашему дому уважаемые!

[@Backwoodsandblades]

Bravo. I love and sell port, this is a well done video, thank you.

[@SirGolfalot-]

I know Port by drinking and cooking with it. Good video, I know more about Port and the history

[@freesoul2306]

Amazing man...thanks fr making this wonderful docmentry on drinks

[@mathewdallaway]

Great stuff! Thank you.

[@anthonyofarrell513]

Very good, enjoyed that.

[@lenswork4]

Great video. Well done.

[@stephenryder1995]

Get two or three friends together - who you love. Share with them a bottle of fine, rare Vintage port (Like a Quinta Do Noval). Kill the bottle and mark the date, for you'll remember it all your life. You see - unlike any other wine - port has a mystical, emotional effect - not to be confused with inebriation, relaxation, digestion or slumber, although those thing might naturally occur. What you'll always remember is the bonhomie, cameraderie and bruderschaft resultant from that rare moment in time with help from that magical wine.

[@user-gj9fm3eu1m]

Мир твоему дому уважаемый! Очень интересное замечание! Никогда в жизни не пил портвейн! Но три недели назад прикупил пару бутылок! Жду холодную погоду! Обязательно познакомиться надо с этим напитком.

[@bonokomblue]

" is there anything you can do with the rest of the wine in that bottle?" - " yea some people put it on toast".

[@julieloveswine1676]

A point about Age Statement Tawnys 10, 20, 30, 40 - they are not a true average age of the wine inside. They are a blend of various aged wines deemed to taste like and have the characteristics of a 10 year old, or 20 year old for example.

[@marjutlangefeld9559]

sehr schön!!!

[@m1k3br4v0]

Thanks for sharing the series. Very informative. I do wonder, however, why the Rioja region was not explored.

[@harrie1340]

The world,s best wine,!

[@KAriedoll]

I'm currently sipping on a glass of reserved port, and I'm not in favor of seeing feet, sweat and other bodily fluids mixed with my pre-wine juices. However, I do love port.

[@chasleggett3099]

I would really like to help harvest/crush the grapes. What month do they do this?

[@FERNANDOAUGUSTO-fv1ck]

september , and there is packages with hotels in the region where you can do it

[@TheAlpineHomesteadAdirondacks]

SANDEMAN 20 IS MY DRINK..HARD TO FIND RIGHT NOW...WAAAA!

[@trumpeteerTralala]

Poucas pessoas sabem que, o vinho do Porto, como foi feito pelo meu avô, Hermes de la Piata, é feito com muitos peidos. Ah, como me lembro do meu avô Hermes del la Piata agachado sobre aqueles barris. Às vezes, um pequeno pedaço escapava de suas nádegas nuas, mas ele rapidamente recuperava o cocô e o jogava no balde. Cheirava a composto em seu celeiro.

[@sempergumby2341]

Pass the bottle port side 😉

[@VincentSandfordofSEOsynovation]

You say brandy is added but do not mention the quality, brand or process of adding it. Surely the adding of brandty has a marked influence on the palate. Right or wrong?

[@Unparadoxability]

It isn't really brandy, it's called aguardiente but it's very dissimilar to drinkable brandies. As far as I am aware I think most producers of port produce their own aguardiente too.

[@musicbox2466]

Teodor Vikbladh I find it stupid they gave no info on that.

[@JYNapaValley]

It's more like... neutral grape spirit and it doesn't affect either the taste or smell. Most port houses get their grape spirit from Portugal and France.

[@amoreazione3563]

@@musicbox2466 it's a neutral spirit.

[@evachen9926]

I like the music of initiate

[@corpsegrinder88]

the wine must be afuckingmazing

[@jasonmccool4342]

Brilliant

[@mamado24x7]

PLEASE, HD!!!!

[@LHollan]

This video is so old that the presenter calls the city as Oporto... it’s been a while since the English language started calling the city by it’s real name, that’s Porto.

[@Adrian802]

Port is like an either you like it or hate it wine.

[@cheekymonkey3929]

wine away😂

[@christiaan81music]

This goes more for fino sherry

[@felixarbable]

Most people ive met who dont like oort have only drank cheap rubys and never good old stuff

[@jonnordquist6536]

@@christiaan81music Either you like it, or you're just wrong! ;)

[@ldfgbnghcfhgvjbkhn]

Not really though... Port is easy because it's sweet. You may miss out on the complexity but you'd still drink it unlike say fino sherry.

[@nacht98]

Douro is very hot in summer and very cold in winter...maybe that also is important.

[@cocktailsbartender9712]

Can u make videos all brand of Port 🍷.

[@chrisstretton-morgan9575]

I has a port

[@fezario]

But can you has cheeseburger?

[@monto39]

I developed a great love for white Ports - unfortunately they get little attention in the US and a good example can be hard to find

[@robertoryuk]

3rd oldest demarcated. First chianti 1713, hungary 1736 and Portugal 1756

[@ldfgbnghcfhgvjbkhn]

They can't find any workers for the harvest because all portugese people interested in harvesting are in France at this time doing harvest there. As a result both the French and the Portugese grape harvesting traditions are lost now, thanks mainly to the EU.

[@nxxynx5039]

The EU loves killing culture and tradition so much so they've written it into their ideological teachings

[@cheekymonkey3929]

...in a storm.😂

[@joantrendafilov7963]

ddouro is third oldest demarcated region after Chianti and Tokaj!! not the oldest!

[@jackhousman6637]

That should be the Duoro (dwo-ro) not doo-ro.

[@kninezuniga6005]

Its Douro dumbass!

[@squiremuldoon5462]

That is so dangerous the way they slice the bottle at the beginning, you're essentially drinking microscopic shards of glass.

[@felixc12lfo]

that's so dangerous they are drinking wine, which might cause alcohol poisoning.

[@squiremuldoon5462]

Chung Felix fuck off loser.

[@BTCAsia]

They’ve been doing it wrong for 300 years with a specialized tool, but if they just read YT comments they’d learn. /sarc

[@bartram33]

So what. I believe my wife had been putting powdered glass in my porridge for years!

[@xyzllii]

Not a woman to be seen around that 'exclusive ...excluding' table...imagine.

[@cheekymonkey3929]

imagine indeed😁

[@musicbox2466]

AND MEN HAVE HAIRY LEGS!!!!

[@castironmen]

Ahhh bliss

[@ldfgbnghcfhgvjbkhn]

You're not even at the table and you're already bitching why would they ever want you there?

[@BTCAsia]

So what? I didn’t see any Filipino’s at the table, but the Philippines isn’t whining about it. Why does everything have to be all about you? Why do you have to ruin everything with politics?

[@fearedlegend]

a club for people with brittish decent only ?? come on guys

[@JarrinStokes]

Yeah. I was thinking.. how is that not racist lol

[@amoreazione3563]

@@JarrinStokes get the hell out of here, the both of you with your politically correct pathetic comments.

[@bartram33]

Come on guys, let us keep just a little bit of empire😊

[@michellem7290]

@@amoreazione3563 it’s not pathetic it’s right because it’s a jacked up practice... oh let’s go to someone else’s country extract their resources and exclude them from the benefits... about on par for the colonial mentality

[@amoreazione3563]

@@michellem7290 your comment is full of ignorance. The Biritsh people didn't just "go to someone else's country" - they asked for a permission to start their commercial activities in Portugal and the Portuguese king gave it to them. They also paid expensive for that permission. And which resources are they "extracting"? we are talking about grapes that grow on vines! And the British merchants BOUGHT these goods, they certainly didn't confiscate or steal them with an army. And thanks to their commercial prowess, their businesses became successful which, in return, brought money and wealth to the region of Porto - it certainly contributed in providing poor peasants with a better income. It was and it still is a win-win situation for everyone, and the club meetings for Brits only are probably just a ritual, a simple tradition established over time. But here you are, ignorant social justice warrior, talking about colonialism and all of that nonsense. what a disgrace

[@wheresash8307]

What snobbery lol

[@MyNycgirl]

not one woman at the table

[@superjoker6]

why does it have to be a woman at the table? why does it always have to be a woman everywhere? aren't you a little sexist here?

[@BTCAsia]

So what? There’s no Thai’s at the table, but Thailand isn’t whining about it. Why does everything have to be all about you? Why do you have to ruin everything?

[@hachidefibonacci3313]

do you think popi plantation farmers are guilty in the drugs war? are consumers guilty? or are the dealers guilty? im of the opinion that the dealer is not only the most guilty but actually soly responsible for the situation. connecting people. so under this premiss we quickly see that americans purchasing slaves were customers. black folk capturing themselfs were farmers. and the portuguese were the dealers. you can shout all u want about the treatment of slaves and keep quiet about black folk farming themselfs. but dont ever mention what the portuguese really are. cose then by how u affiliate with them it makes u one of them. if you visit you are infact supporting individuals who profited from being slave dealers. portugal didnt profit much from discovery. mostly it was slavery.

[@markmacintyre3422]

Port is NOT wine.... It’s adulterated grape juice.....Don’t get me wrong, it’s a REMARKABLE libation! It’s just NOT wine, it’s PORT!

[@mansar172]

It is wine.

[@DimitriosChannel]

I work at a huge warehouse in CT we sell a lot port wines. I tried Dows or Six Grapes and I am a wine fan. It was disgusting! It's basically taste like a red wine mixed with a kick like Dubra or Majorska 100 proof.

[@FERNANDOAUGUSTO-fv1ck]

you drank a 8 dollar bottle , try a 200 up to a 1000 dollar bottle

[@DimitriosChannel]

Dows tawny port or 30 year old ain't $8 buddy lol. I am more into red blends and Sauv blanc.

[@FERNANDOAUGUSTO-fv1ck]

ah , you drank port not Porto , as you know port is made in new zeland , chile or even Ontario Canada

[@GGozzMontanelas]

dows is porto... he said the brand. the stupid thing about porto is that it is called a wine but it is not a wine. its a liquor!!!

[@GGozzMontanelas]

@Tweedie fortified. Fancy word for liquor