Wine With Leslie: Perfect port for sipping with a boxset and some mince pies
If you buy one thing from the selection below let it be port which will keep for for 3-4 weeks once opened
This pandemic year has not been good for the wine industry globally with restaurant sales a mere fraction of the norm and the rise of cocktails and niche gins and whiskies eating into sales. If wine sales have suffered you can be sure that fortified sales have been much worse.
Both sherry and port sales suffered drops in sales in the past few decades already as they are perceived to be something drunk by older people. There is some truth in this, especially for cream and sweeter styles of sherry and older sherry drinkers have not been replaced by younger drinkers.
