For The Love Of Port

Hello

Yesterday a started a new bottle of Graham tawny 20 years, It’s a wonderful Tawny and I’m really enjoying it. However it is nice to combine port and food and I would really like some suggestions from you of different kinds of solid food to combine this Port with.

Leo

Leo,

I often drink VP with food but I don't remember ever having drunk a tawny except at the end of a meal. I guess that I would start with the traditional things like nuts, crackers, apples and then start experimenting with cheeses.

Then experiment with whatever seems to work......and let us know!

Alex

Sushi!

If you want something to go perfectly with your glass of Graham's 20 yr old Tawny I would have no hesitation but to advise you to have another glass of 20 yrd old Tawny from another shipper so that you can compare the 2 side by side 8)

Don't listen to Alex - he would drink Croft 55 with a Big Mac & Fries

Derek

Derek,

I keep trying to explain that the Croft '45 is what goes best with the Big Mac. If you want to drink the Croft '55 then best to drink that with the plain cheeseburger (no mustard, spoils the aftertaste).

Leo

I can't fault Derek's suggestion that what goes best with a glass of 20 yo tawny is another glass of 20 yo tawny!

Alex

Good point, Alex, I'll remember that the next time I open a 45 or 55 - I'll try to remember the phrase "No cheese with my 55 please" - that should sort it

Good to see you're back on the sauce 8)

Derek

You're not paying attention again Derek - of course you want cheese with your '55 - it's a plain cheeseburger with no mustard.

I agree with having the tawny at the end of the meal with either a medium-rich pudding or medium cheeses. Oh, and chocolate.

I have just bought the lighter Warre's Otima 20yo Tawny which would be an interesting comparison with the heavier and sweeter Graham's. Side by side comparisons of Taylor's and Graham's always go down well with the contrasting styles but equivalent weights.

KillerB wrote:You're not paying attention again Derek - of course you want cheese with your '55 - it's a plain cheeseburger with no mustard.

- to be honest, I prefer the plain cheesburger with either the 45 or the 55 - the Big Mac only goes well with a 1927

Peasants!!

The very idea of going to McDonalds to get food to eat with VP!




..The very idea....!!!!



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.. :twisted:





- Burger King is much better...

Whopper (no cheese) + Nacional '63 - perfect!!

Tom

My suggestion for a 20 Y.O Tawny would be a dessert like tiramisú. The coffee and the mascarpone cheese are a great combination for the woody and dry fruit taste of the 20 Y.O.

Let me know what you think.

S. Marello

Kress wrote:Hello

Yesterday a started a new bottle of Graham tawny 20 years, It’s a wonderful Tawny and I’m really enjoying it. However it is nice to combine port and food and I would really like some suggestions from you of different kinds of solid food to combine this Port with.

Leo

A 20 yr old Graham tawny with crunchy peanut butter . . . not the smooth

Tanker,
Am I beggining to detect a fetish!!!!!
Let me know if you start stroking cling film.
Alan

Alan Considine wrote:Tanker,
Am I beggining to detect a fetish!!!!!
Let me know if you start stroking cling film.
Alan

Alan , how did you summize that I enjoy a 20 yr old tawny with select fish :?
I am , however partial to 35 mm film and the occasional colheita

Cured meats like Jamon Serrano or Proscuitto. Cheese like provolone or some of the spanish cheeses like Bica...

tanker wrote:

Kress wrote:Hello

Yesterday a started a new bottle of Graham tawny 20 years, It’s a wonderful Tawny and I’m really enjoying it. However it is nice to combine port and food and I would really like some suggestions from you of different kinds of solid food to combine this Port with.

Leo

A 20 yr old Graham tawny with crunchy peanut butter . . . not the smooth

At this point I will tell those who don't know and remind those who do that already know that I am arachibutyrophobic and this is giving me the shakes.

Well, I don't know your budget, but I happen to know that a 20YO Graham's is a pretty fine combination with caviar. 8)

While I love cheeses with VP, I much prefer nut tarts with either tawny port or malmsey madeira.

For you guys from the U.K., I'm talking about a pastry shell filled with cashews and pecans in a caramel-like filling, not a crazy prostitute.

John,

Thanks for the clarification - we will leave the pastry shells to you guys over the pond - the alternative Nut Tart sounds like much more fun, with or without a bottle of Tawny

Derek

She's only crazy because she glues corks and has a freezer full of frozen grapes. Otherwise, she's a nice girl...