August 2, 2019

Vintage Ports are not fined or filtered

Answer: True.

To maintain the intensity, balance, and richness, Vintage Port is neither fined nor filtered. This, coupled with the fact that Port grapes have thick skins and a lot of tannin, means that Vintage Port throws a great deal of sediment, and always needs to be decanted.

Neatnik

“One day her mother said to her, ‘Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good.’ “

—“Rotkäpchen” (Little Red Riding Hood or Little Red-Cap)
Printed in Kinder-und Hausmärchen, a collection of German fairy tales first published in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm

In 1989 and 1990, two California school districts in Culver City and Empire, respectively, banned this version of the tale over concerns about the mention of alcohol in the story.

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