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- Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:19 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1983 Warre's Vintage Port
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1321
Followup: We had an afternoon of football, fun, and food. I think the party went very well. Oddly, I didn't think that the Port went very well with the Soupas. It wasn't bad, but it also didn't complement much at all. Since the stew is a rich, beefy extravaganza of flavor I thought that a bold wine ...
- Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:43 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1983 Warre's Vintage Port
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1321
1983 Warre's Vintage Port
Fair warning - this is not only my first post of a tasting note, but it is also my first Vintage Port. So I'm a little inexperienced with this. :wink: The bottle was double sealed with foil, but no wax. The top of the cork was very dirty and crusty with what might have one time been mold, but which ...
- Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:34 am
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1980 Quinta da Foz Vintage Port
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1195
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:54 pm
- Forum: Port Basics
- Topic: Missing an opPortunity
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1942
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:54 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Climate change . . .
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7684
It's brand new - the first installation at the Big Brown Steam Electric Station near Fairfield, Texas was I believe only installed last year. And as with any new technology, it's having a few growning pains. Big Brown is a lignite (coal) power plant and it's one of the worst in the nation when it co...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:50 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Climate change . . .
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7684
Alan, My understanding is that the United States did not sign the Kyoto treaty specifically because it was not clear on the roles of both Western and developing nations. Kyoto left the emissions of developing nations like China and India basically untouched, and given their size relative to Europe a...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:04 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: I need a recommendation
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1131
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:45 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: I need a recommendation
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1131
I need a recommendation
Most of the Ports that I enjoy are tawnies or colheitas. I would like to experience a really good ruby, though, because I suspect that part of the reason I prefer tawnies is that I haven't tasted a really good ruby. So... some background on my preferences. I'm not a red wine drinker - the tannins ar...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:20 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Rarest port in the world ?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5241
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:21 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Climate change . . .
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7684
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:10 pm
- Forum: Port & Madeira Marketplace
- Topic: Port prices per glass in swanky bars
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3508
The list of Ports was far too long for me to remember, but there were some VERY expensive Ports available at the Solar do Vinho do Porto. I'm fairly certain they ranged into triple digits (Euros). The most expensive that I tasted was a 40-yr old for 28 Euros... sadly I do not remember the brand. It ...
- Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:25 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1994 Dow's Vintage Port
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1662
Yes indeed, I thought that $70 was an outrageously low price for that quality of port. I would normally expect to pay $100 or more for a '94... or even higher for a Taylor Fladgate. The same wine shop had 2 bottles of the '94 Taylor Fladgate at $250 each, and both were gone before I arrived on the 2...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:09 am
- Forum: Port Basics
- Topic: Lots of new faces ... please introduce yourself
- Replies: 1002
- Views: 245566
Hello everyone! My name is Glenn Elliott. I live about 5 minutes from Roy here in Sammamish, WA, and am pretty new to port. I'm a producer for cell phone games and I work in downtown Seattle. My first bottle was given to me for my 40th birthday in 2004. It was a Porto Rocha 20-yr old tawny, and I re...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:34 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: A 3 day weekend here in the USA... what Ports r u executing?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2273
- Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:15 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: decanting time on a young VP
- Replies: 3
- Views: 798
decanting time on a young VP
I'm learning very quickly since joining, and one of the first things I noticed is that VP need to be decanted much further in advance of drinking than I thought. I was under the impression that 30-60 minutes was all it took, and that too much longer than that might damage the wine. However, I see ma...
- Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:54 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: A 3 day weekend here in the USA... what Ports r u executing?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2273
Roy, A friend of mine emailed me a link to the newspaper interview and FTLOP was referred to there. That's the whole story! I have one Sammamish area port drinking friend who lives even closer to you than I do, and a second one who lives closer to me south of Pine Lake. Both started new jobs within ...
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:26 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1994 Dow's Vintage Port
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1662
You have no idea how happy this makes me, because I just picked up the last 2 bottles of this from my local wine store a couple of weeks ago for the ludicrous price of $70/bottle. I've have heard that you really can't go wrong with an 1994 VP, but Dow's wasn't on my list of bottles to acquire. I jus...
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:18 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Storage of Port (VP, Colheita, LBV,...)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2761
One more note to add to what Roy said - I have been told that variations in temperature also prematurely age wines. I was told that a wine is better stored at a constant 70 degrees F (which would normally be considered too warm) than in a location where the temperature varies between 55 F and 75 F. ...
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:05 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: A 3 day weekend here in the USA... what Ports r u executing?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2273
I finished off a half bottle of Kopke '87 Colheita over the long weekend and plan to open a bottle of Rocha '77 Colheita for the Super Bowl. It's far too soon, but I plan to open a bottle of 2001 Quinta do Panascal at a poker party this Friday night. We toured the vineyards there this summer and rea...
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:37 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Congrats to Roy on his newspaper interview
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1930