There is supposed to a new trend for a summer drink of white port and tonic. All sorts of trendy people are supposed to be raving about it.
http://www.instyle.co.uk/lifestyle/white-port-tonic-london-drink-of-the-summer
Up until this summer most people couldn't have cared less about white port. White port never excited my taste buds and I refuse to get excited because something is trendy. Just because Portugal is a lovely place to go it does not mean that white port is a wonderful drink: it is not and it is not improved by adding tonic water to it.
What next, will Babycham comeback into fashion?
http://www.babycham.com/
London is a "hip" capital but that fact does not make jellied eels any more palatable. Why not wash down a plate of jellied eels with some white port and tonic? In this way you can be a real double trend setter.
The only mixed wine based drink that I can stand is sangria, in Spain, and then only after a decade or so of a break.
If you want to drink a really good white wine from Portugal, why not try a glass of cool alvarinho
straight and untainted by additions. It may not be trendy but you won't regret it and you will show that you are a wine drinker of distinction.
http://www.winesofportugal.com/en/food-and-wine/grape-varieties/white/alvarinho/
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