Let’s talk about Valentine’s Day. If you wait until the last minute, you’re not alone. Maybe it’s because we just keep waiting for inspiration that never comes. So we get another boring box of chocolate or bouquet of flowers. Isn’t there something else? If you haven’t bought your gift yet, consider a bottle of port this year to cap off your romantic dinner.Well-made port is dessert in a bottle -- sweet but with enough acidity to balance the sugar. It is complex and sophisticated and very satisfying. Port is red wine that has been fortified with neutral spirits, which give it a higher alcohol content, but which also halts the fermentation process when there is still sugar left in the grape juice. Thus, it’s a sweet wine.
Like many wonderful foods and beverages, port originated as a fluke.
