portaport

Updated: May 19, 2025

The wines served at the ducal table were Burgundy, Bordeaux, "Shampane," Canary, "Renish," and Portaport, the last named at a shilling a bottle, while he paid no more than £3, 18s. for six dozen bottles of Bordeaux, and £1, 1s. for a dozen and a half of "Shampane."

William Henry Hurlbert - Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)