For The Love Of Port

Sorry Roy, should have thought about that myself. Had lunch at the restaurant at Grahams. Good food, pairings and service. Great view! Will be back. Good tasting there as well, had their vintage and old tawny flights at the Vintage tasting room. Didn't have a chance to visit many other shippers in V...

Andy, Eric, Thanks for your suggestions! DOC is on my list as a dinner option for sunday. With the bikes that Tedo has available for guests we'll be able to enjoy all the great wine pairings there without worrying about driving back ;-) Any suggestions on lodges to visit while in Porto? We'll be the...

Fine and rare wines in London might have what you are looking for. frw.co.uk. I've ordered with them in the past. As long as the wines are located in their London warehouse (you can select that in their webinterface) they should be able to deliver that to her place within a few days.

Roel.

Hi guys, I'll be in the Douro next weekend (driving in from Porto on Saturday (morning) and leaving monday). We'll be staying at Quinta de la Rosa (sat) and Quinta do Tedo (sun). Any advice on other quinta's to visit? I would love a good in-depth vertical tasting. Of course, I don't mind getting my ...

Well, a good glass would be a glass that will give you the optimal experience ;-) Lot's of research (and I guess most of it should be classificed as pseudo-scientific) is and was done with regards to the optimal glass shape. The source is usually a glass manufacturers such as Riedel, LB, Schott &...

I had this VP a few weeks ago and my notes were very similar to yours. I have always found this to be a very approachable, elegant VP. With that being said, giving it ample decant time is critical. Its not a pop 'n pour by any means, but with sufficent air time it really begins to open up. Got 10.5...

Opened and tasted 4/5/2013 - no decant time. The cork came out pretty much in one piece. Large amount of depot in the bottle. On the eye: The wine has a brownish red color. Medium to high transparancy, without the nose you might think of Nebbiolo or Pinot Noir. There is a wide discoloration towards ...

I've just stuck a piece of polyethylene foil into the other half of that bottle by the way.. Never done that before, this seemed like a good subject for an experiment! Glad you have more and let us know how the foil thing works. Cool! This actually works.. I poured a "control sample" into...

Edit: I reconsidered, it has just gone down the drain ;( That's a real bummer :( No worries, still 8 bottles left.. And 10 more 1997's and 11 1998's. That's the current LBV "drink-now" stockpile ;-) I've just stuck a piece of polyethylene foil into the other half of that bottle by the way...

1996 Niepoort LBV

Unfortunately, it has a very faint cork taint.. Not enough to have it go down the drain however!

Edit: I reconsidered, it has just gone down the drain ;(

Roy Hersh wrote:In the very first news I've heard of on this topic (officially)...

So, what's the unofficial news?

John F. Newman wrote:Sandeman 10 year (with free glasses!)

Did it taste better because of the free glasses?

Decanted 14/10/2012 - half of the bottle was poured without filtering into a demi (filled up to the cork). In october 2012, this wine had lots of chemical notes on the nose without any subtility. However, this tasting note is for the port in that half bottle on 3/27/2013. The demi was re-opened on 3...

I opened the other half of a bottle of Passadouro 1992 yesterday. I decanted the original bottle a few months ago and filled up a demi with half it's contents. I still remember I was quite disappointed with the bottle at first, but did not do any decant due to time constraints back them. The wine wa...

I have a few port glasses, but actually never use them. I used to in the past, but I really like "playing" with my wines. Swirling them, sniffing, giving it another swirl, etc. The small port glasses and me together are simply a recipe for disaster. My favorite glass for either Port, Madei...

I can remember only a single corked bottle - either Dow's or Graham's, about 7 years ago. As far as I can recall, this was a 10yo tawny.

It was sourced from a local liquor store, and I did return it.

There are some oldies and specials on auction at Winefields in Amsterdam, april 7: 1932 Gonzales, estimate EUR 120-220 1945 Kopke, estimate EUR 200-300 (really?) 1863 Leacock Boal, 1940 Sercial, 1952 Malmsey "Jubilee selection", mixed lot, estimate EUR 350-450 1996 Noval Nacional, single b...

I'd be in to take part in a (or several) port tasting(s). I'm located in the south as well (Spundel, not too far from Breda). So please do let me know if you get enough replies and there could maybe be talk of a full blown port tasting! :winebath: Great! Or better: gezellig! That's one.. Who's next...

I've frozen table wine as well. The only real noticeable issue was the lack of acidity after thawing, leaving the wine flabby. No idea why that happens, but it is a complaint I've seen on other wine boards as well. I've not tried it with Port though. Would be nice to test in some kind of blind tast...

I think I'll give this a try since I cannot finish a bottle of port, vintage, LBV, or tawny in time to contain freshness. There are a few preservation methods other than freezing you could try. 1. The one I love most is quite simple: pour one half of a bottle into an empty, clean 375ml bottle direc...