With the amount of sugar in Branston Pickles it might be expected I'd like 'em but I don't.

Is it some sort of port then???

In the sense that it is a variety of fortified wine:
http://www.seppelt.com.au/wines/fortifieds.html

Ah - Kporte is your man then, he is a fine connoisseur of ElDorado (a Scottish fortified white wine)

OK! I like the shape of the bottle but without tasting, am unable to comment further!

I do remember the day after a Rugby sevens tournament, waking up on a park bench after a night of port and brandies, with a pocket full of broken port glasses in my pockets and a jakey trying to steal my wallet.....

What's a jakey?

A jake - trampy alkie

A bottle of 2000 vintage will cost ~$40. Nectar like.

An upmarket Glaswegian

I'd probably rather spend that on a decent rum tbh!

Like yourself then?

I can believe it. The wine here is superb. No reason to think the fortified wouldn't be. I have tried some fortified Shiraz and Tawny port and it cuts the mustard. Anybody who disparages Aussie wines need look no further than the French financial involvement in the industry here and the adoption of many techniques used in wine making in Australia. They are scared.

Excuse me!! How very dare you! I am from the cultural mecca that is Edinburgh.

I think paralytic is probably more fun