Fortified wine da Fonseca, the founder of the oldest table wine company in Portugal dating back to 1834. Port wine (also known simply as Port) is a fortified wine from the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. It is typically a sweet red wine, but also comes in dry, semi-dry and white varieties. Sherry is a fortified wine made from white grapes that are grown near the town of Jerez, Spain. The word "sherry" itself is an anglicisation of Jerez. In earlier times, sherry was known as "sack" (from the Spanish "saca", meaning "a removal from the solera"). In the
Vintage Tipple closing stages to finish second, two lengths behind the Round Tower Stakes-winner Walayef. After the race she was found to have sustained a hairline fracture to her cannon bone. The filly was off the track for two and a half months before being moved up in class and distance for the Irish Oaks over one and a half miles at the Curragh on 13 July. The eleven-runner field appeared to be a strong one with Yesterday starting favourite ahead of Spanish Sun (Ribblesdale Stakes), Ocean Silk (Lupe Stakes), Casual Look, and Snippets (Noblesse Stakes), with Vintage Tipple net in the