Tonight a splendid fortified wine from Douro, not a port but in a ruby style version. Meandro do Vale Meão finest reserve. Very good stuff!

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@Reuterdahl It says "Porto" on the label, which means it is a Port. Or at least that it is claiming to be one 😉

@winenous no this is not a port wine, though made in Porto as it is not cleared by the AEVP - Association of Port Wine Companies.

@Reuterdahl May I ask where you got that information?

I'm trying to keep an open mind and am curious, but everything I have read indicates that the names Porto and Port are synonymous. Both names are protected and covered by the same PDO, which is regulated by the IVDP.

Here is the EU link to the PDO documentation. It is in Portuguese, but there are web tools to translate the PDFs (which I have just used)
https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/food-safety-and-quality/certification/quality-labels/geographical-indications-register/details/EUGI00000006172

@winenous from the producer, the grapes are from the Douro and Vinho Verde so it is not fully in application with a port wine, there are a quite a few of these around, mainly sold locally. Qualitywise some of them like this is really good though.

@Reuterdahl OK, but if it is made with any grapes outside the the demarcated region it should NOT have "Porto" on the label. The PDO document is quite clear on that.

It seems the second sentence of my original comment applies, even if I wrote it as a joke.