{"id":120671,"date":"2016-12-22T17:25:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T17:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fourseasons.com\/magazine\/?p=120671"},"modified":"2016-12-22T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T17:26:00","slug":"best-port-wine-varieties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fourseasons.com\/magazine\/taste\/drink\/best-port-wine-varieties\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Should Know About Port Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As I sit down to write this column I have at my elbow a highball glass of ice, dry white port and tonic.<\/p>\n

What, you might ask, is this travesty? Port is red, surely? Port is a sweet, old-fashioned after-dinner drink \u2013 not a refreshing aperitif. And besides, who ever heard of mixing it with tonic?<\/p>\n

Well, Lic\u00ednio Pedro Carnaz, for one. Carnaz is the sommelier at Four Seasons Hotel Ritz, Lisbon<\/a>, and this white port concoction is one of the offerings at the Hotel\u2019s Ritz Bar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not well known,\u201d he says, \u201cbut [it\u2019s] one of our suggestions as an aperitif, and our guests get very surprised at it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The drinking of after-dinner port, vintage port, has been a ritual of the English cultured classes for centuries. In these less formal times, though, it\u2019s a tradition that\u2019s quickly evolving.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Millenials don\u2019t have as many preconceived notions about port, so much more is possible. \u2013 James Tidwell, master sommelier at Four Seasons Dallas<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

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\u201cToday, the interest in port may not be the traditional \u2018We\u2019re going to open a 20-year-old vintage port,\u2019 but [instead], in using port in different ways,\u201d notes James Tidwell, Beverage Manager and Master Sommelier at Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re talking to millennials about a wine that needs 20 years to be at its best, then you\u2019ve lost them. Millennials are drinking it in any way that\u2019s attractive and affordable.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This White Port and Tonic is a modern twist on the traditional wine and is popular among guests at Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n