porton.
/ˈpɔːtəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpɔrtoʊ/, /ˈpɔrdoʊ/ = port n.7 Also (more fully porto français): an aperitif made from port.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [noun] > port
porta1626
Oporto1691
port wine1691
porto1793
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > vermouths or aperitifs > [noun]
mandram1756
vermouth1806
French1841
Amer Picon1881
Picon1881
Martini1884
Noilly Prat1906
Riccadonna1906
Pernod1908
Dubonnet1913
Carpano1921
Campari1923
Cinzano1923
pastis1926
Chambéry1929
Italian1929
Lillet1930
porto français1934
Punt e Mes1934
Pineau1940
Suze1950
Pineau des Charentes1958
Ricard1965
1793 J. Farington Diary 13 Aug. (1978) I. 13 Price of Wines at Court Imperial, Morisons..Porto f. 2.2.
1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. i. i. 9 A capon in every platter, with some fountains of ale and good Porto.
1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xxviii. 564 Bring Port wine! I'll drink nothing but Porto-Porto.
1926 R. Firbank Concerning Eccentricities Cardinal Pirelli vi. 65 All this Porto and stuff to keep awake make a woman liverish.
1934 F. Schoonmaker & T. Marvel Compl. Wine Bk. vii. 163 The dark red Priorato of Catalonia..forms the base of several well-known commercial apéritifs, and is liberally used in the manufacture of ‘Porto français’.
1961 N. Froud et al. tr. P. Montagné & A. Gottschalk Larousse Gastronomique 761/1 Port, Porto, Portuguese wine... Sweet and soft, and in France it is sometimes drunk as an aperitif. It is used in preparing sauces.
1974 S. Coulter Château i. xxii. 172 It was foie gras with porto jelly.
1997 Restaurant Hospitality (Nexis) May 112 Porto (or port) has experienced a 55% growth in popularity over the last year. Restaurants promote it as an aperitif, an after-dinner drink, or as a cocktail ingredient.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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