Port, Portugal & Portuguese Wine Labels including Mateus rose

Port is 20 per cent alcohol, a fortified wine, so it tastes sharp on the back of the throat like whisky.

Port is made from blends of grapes.

You keep the best a long time.

Ruby port, (dark red port, aged in the bottle)
then reserve,
then special reserve,
then LBV late bottled vintage,
then Vintage (very old).

Tawny port spends a long time in a barrel, decades, darker colour from the barrel.

Portuguese wine

You can visit the house on the Mateus Rose bottle. It's in Northern Portugal.

http://www.casademateus.com/visita.htm