page_title: Port wine
hierarchical_section_title: Port wine
caption_attribution_description: English: Scan of an original Port guarantee label. Русский: Отсканированная гарантийная марка с портвейна.
context_page_description: Port wine is a Portuguese fortified wine produced with distilled grape spirits exclusively in the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. It is typically a sweet, red wine, often served as a dessert wine, although it also comes in dry, semi-dry, and white varieties.
  After centuries of port wine's success, other port-style fortified wines started to be produced outside Portugal, in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Spain, and the United States. However, under the European Union Protected Designation of Origin guidelines, only products from Portugal are allowed to be labelled "port" or "Porto". There are no rules to grant the authenticity of selling port wines in the United States, and so the ports sold in American stores can be from anywhere in the world. To solve this problem in North America and other countries, Porto's authentic producers started exporting port with an authenticity stamp on their bottles.
context_section_description: Port wine (also known as vinho do Porto, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌviɲu duˈpoɾtu], Porto, or usually simply port) is a Portuguese fortified wine produced with distilled grape spirits exclusively in the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. It is typically a sweet, red wine, often served as a dessert wine, although it also comes in dry, semi-dry, and white varieties. 
  After centuries of port wine's success, other port-style fortified wines started to be produced outside Portugal, in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Spain, and the United States. However, under the European Union Protected Designation of Origin guidelines, only products from Portugal are allowed to be labelled "port" or "Porto". There are no rules to grant the authenticity of selling port wines in the United States, and so the ports sold in American stores can be from anywhere in the world. To solve this problem in North America and other countries, Porto's authentic producers started exporting port with an authenticity stamp on their bottles.
caption: Official guarantee label from a bottle of port
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