Not sure I know the answer, but Roland's query prompted me to do some Googling. This is what I came across in a hurried search:
+++ Wine, spirits and cocktails to try on your holiday to Goa: https://www.skyscanner.co.in/news/wines-spirits-and-cocktails-try-your-goa-holiday [Quote] Port wine: Port wine was first brought to Goa by the Portuguese in the 16th century. Marketed by the local Costas company, Vinicola port wine is a silky wine in dry, semi-dry and sweet varieties both as table and fortified wines. It is often served at Goan banquets and other functions. Also available in portable packs to take home as gifts for friends. Martin’s Corner in Betalbatim serves port wine. +++ Goan port-style wines were actually the first wines produced in modern India: the first unit (set up in 1965) was Vinicola by one Ivo da Costa, behind his beautiful 100-year old Portuguese-style bungalow outside Margao town. Vinicola is still there, now managed by grandson Rahul, churning out a port-style wine using traditional methods (Bengaluru blue grapes, hand-crushed and fermented in 50-litre drums, with manual fortification and sweetening) that retails for all of Rs 150 per bottle. There are another nine units still producing and bottling 'port' wines in Goa, the hallmark being that most of them produce both spirits and wines. The most prominent are Tonia and Oceanking, and both had set up stalls at the 'Grape Escapades' wine fair held in end-January in Panjim where they competed with conventional grape wines from other Indian wineries. So what, if anything, sets Goan 'ports' apart from similar wines being produced elsewhere? Probably the ambience: There's little to beat the experience of sipping a wine cocktail (or indeed any other such libation) watching the sun going down on any of Goa's fabled beaches - not something that can be replicated anywhere else in India. Wines I've been drinking: The Big Banyan range of wines (no, not ports), tasted at their winery in South Goa two weeks back. Made using grapes from Maharashtra, the wines are all good to very good, with the Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 rated at 88 points by me: soft tannins, fruity and full-bodied, with some complexity. https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/what-they-call-port-wine-in-goa-115020601664_1.html +++ Hi,colmaggs.you can buy the port in any bar,and loads of shops.there is sweet or medium,if you call in the public bar in calangute ,you will get a bottle for about 150rps.mix it with the honeybee brandy and youll sleep like a log.Mick. https://www.tripadvisor.in/ShowTopic-g297604-i6045-k3087664-Port_wine_in_Goa-Goa.html +++ Anand Naik, lived in Goa, India Answered May 12 Port wine was prescribed by doctors to Goan ladies after deliveries. That is the significance of port wine among Goans for the last five centuries. The point for reference is that while there was a taboo on drinking for Goan Hindus ( majority population of Goa for most of the times since 1510, the period of Portuguese domination over the locals), doctors, medicine practice had a way of introducing port wine as good for health of ladies after maternity. However, Christian population about 45% of Goa population for most of the times had assimilated wine & drinking as acceptable part of the cuture : marriages, partying, socialising etc. among Hindus this feature was absent. The distinction that lasted over 450 years of rule of the Portuguese , is almost disappearing, thanks to education, globalisation and economic issues overtaking age old superstitions of cleanliness, holiness and presumptious righteouseness for many centuries. Shane Fernandes, lived in Goa, India Portwine has higher levels of alcohol and more importantly sugars, both of which are bad. Most people also do not like the the overtly sugary taste. Although the preparation is fairly rare worldwide, Goa is one of the few places it is prepared in the world. +++ Port Wine In the 16th century, the Portuguese brought Vinho do Porto (Port Wine) to Goa. This is typically the sweet, red wine, and is often served as a dessert wine. Port Wine is produced exclusively in the Douro Valley in the northern region of Portugal. Goan port-style wines were the first wines produced in modern India: the first unit, Vinicola, was set up in 1965 by Ivo da Costa, behind his beautiful 100-year old Portuguese-style bungalow outside Margao town. Enjoy Goan Port Wine during a romantic dinner with your loved one watching the sunset after a long day at the beach. It will make the moment even more special. In fact, you can book your stay in Villagio Resort to enjoy the real beauty of Goa. https://blog.sterlingholidays.com/5-drinks-true-taste-goa/ +++ On the entry of Goanet into its 25th anniversary year, let me remember Dr Ivo da Costa Azeredo (hope I got the spelling right) of Vinicola's in Margao. I recall him as one of the early Goanetters (before my time). When he saw me posting to Goanet, he invited me over to his place, where I got a chance to see and photograph their sacramental wine-making process. I tried searching for what I (probably) wrote then, but couldn't locate it. Most things were not well archived in those cyber-deprived times. Did manage to find a reference in the words of another old-time Goanet loyalist, the Dutchman Patrice Reimens (or is it Riemens? Can never seem to get it right). He said: Then, he recalls the Margao-based Dr Ivo Costa, a senior citizen who got involved in the Net and whose family has been in the wine business (Vinicola). "He's a big admirer of Bill Gates," Patrice commented, in a camp meant to promote Free/Libre and Open Source Software, the very antithesis of proprietorial software, among non-profit organisations. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-news-goanet.org/2006-January/007550.html FN Sender notified by Mailtrack 13/08/18, 21:08:12 ×REMOVE On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 at 20:52, Roland Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > FN posted of an Indian foodie recommending a restaurant in Nerul, Bardez > serving crab and port wine. > > Is it the “port wine” mentioned in this 2015 article or would a restaurant in > Nerul in 2018 be serving actual Portuguese port? > > https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/what-they-call-port-wine-in-goa-115020601664_1.html > > Roland. > -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 _/ RADIO GOANA: https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
