For The Love Of Port

Golly, they need an upgrade Tom! I have been a member of the denomination for 30 of my 60 years, serving as a chancellor ( attorney) for them now, and all I can remember ever seeing was NV port. I guess each parish can use soemthing else. As stated in the link, tradtion has it, and you know how trad...

Thanks for the clarification, Roy. A couple of notable facts, vin santo of Italy which I taste frequently at our local wine groups is made from dried or late harvest grapes, not fortified. As to trade impact, in the U.S. there are just over 100 Episcopal dioceses. I would guess there is an average o...

As stated above this is not a religious discussion but it is a relevant historical fact that port from Portugal as a communion wine has a long tradition. This is a port board. If other groups use port in their rituals, i would like to know the history behind that custom. The Greek Orthodox Church cl...

As an Episcopalian, I have been curious about why our denomination uses port wine virtually exclusively for communion. I did a post on FTLOP a few years ago about what impact this custom might have on the port trade but never learned the origin of the custom. I recently did a search and found the bl...

My scores have been consistent for a couple of decades, even when I have been a little senile about forgetting a wine I have scored before. :oops: For instance, I pondered the lack of notes on this board for a Graham 1995 Malvedos and gave it a score , I think of about 92, about two months ago, then...

The Broadbent 1994 produced by Bartholomew Broadbent and bottled by Dick Nierpoort was one of my disappointments. It is a good vintage year, great pedigree of port producers/experts and maybe an 83 rated wine. Totally unbalanced, below average port.

I do not find it the least offensive. I find it very historical to have the tags. It is a little nostalgic to see tags from stores that have closed or changed hands with the times. Also , when I see a bottle with its relase price, it causes me to reflect on the price increases , some of which have m...

Agreed that the descriptions of each forum "should" say it all but do not. For instance, after all these years ,the port forum description says it is for many things "port" including "tasting notes" yet tasting notes are not archived there. Indeed, any tasting notes are...

So Derek, does a port newbie need to have as basic information the drought in the Douro? That does seem a port forum topic. With all due respect, the lines are blurred and make no sense in the final analysis.--But ponder the first four letters of the word analysis.

As the FTLOP board has evolved,I am having a more and more difficult time discerning a port forum v. port basics topic. ( and I probably should have capitalized that) .For instance, the drought in the Douro seems like a port forum topic but it is in the port basics area. The video on how to graft vi...

I admit that all of my wine library is old and maybe out of date. There is no need to buy any new port (or is that Port ) books because I get all of the information I need on this board.

very funny roy

Maybe I should have said many of us instead of most of us who have cellars buy by the case. Most of my local wine drinking friends with cellars buy by the case for Bordeaux, California, port Sauternes etc, if we can. I agree that I don't always buy cases but if it is something special, affordable , ...

With all wine collecting, I think case purchases are what most of us do. I bought my first case purchase of any wine at release of the 1985 Graham's port. Cases usually are the best discounts from merchants. I can't always get a case but I rarely buy one bottle of anything I intend to cellar and let...

Good to hear that SUckling's book is respected. I also have Derek's number 28, Rich, Rare and Red by Ben Howkin's. The black and white photos are quite nice especailly one of a young woman harvesting grapes.

I appreciate Roy's explanation, and I was not trying to divert the topic. I think the idea of having a separate forum for other port style or even other dessert wines would be great. "other discussions" seems a little too generic. On the specific topic in which Andy asked what other non-Po...

I am very happy to see this post because I think it shows a new level of acceptance for portlike wines on this board. [friends.gif] At one time, around the year of founding, the FTLOP frowned upon topics of "port like " wines such as Yalumba etc. It was relgated to some other forum on this...

I was a little surprised that this 2001 had held up as well as it has. It had a very short cork and I would nto think of it as something to age very long. That is not alwyas true of LBV's as many such as Smith Woodhouse 1992 is holding up quite well. I bought this Osborne where things are not bargai...

did e.e. cummings drink port?

Dunno, we have a couple of things open right now that need to be finished. If we open something new, probably a 1983 Taylor as there was a post on it recently. 83 is our anniversary year so it is a thought. We now live a ways out and have a nice cellar and we can make very good food here, so we will...