To Try, Buy And Put By

TO TRY: Taylor’s Port, Chip Dry White NV, €29.90; Le Caveau, Market Yard, Kilkenny and nationwide on lecaveau.ie, and selected off-licences nationwide (91)

Port is made by adding brandy to partially-fermented grapes, which kills the yeast and stops any further fermentation so that plenty of fructose and sweet fruit is left in the vat. The blend of wine and brandy is then placed in barrels for years, even decades, and a strong, luscious ...