Resurrecting the great British port habit

Once a new father would lay down 800 bottles of it for his son. Now the French drink more port than we do

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It seems a pity port has accumulated so much baggage that the general perception is that it is drunk only by gouty naval officers toasting the Queen or in the sort of gentlemen's clubs where ladies aren't to be seen.

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