For The Love Of Port

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https://www.cigarworld.com/cw-magazine/a-friendly-port/

He was going great until the "Vintage Character" thing. Still, maybe it will get some to try.

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Michael T wrote:

John M. wrote:He was going great until the "Vintage Character" thing. Still, maybe it will get some to try.

I had never heard the Vintage Character designation but after doing some Googleing I found that name is quite common for Ruby and Reserve ports.

Isn't that the old name for Ruby Reserve? A little surprising that a new article would use the old name, though.

Michael T wrote:

John M. wrote:He was going great until the "Vintage Character" thing. Still, maybe it will get some to try.

I had never heard the Vintage Character designation but after doing some Googleing I found that name is quite common for Ruby and Reserve ports.

If I'm not mistaken, "Vintage Character" is nowadays out of use but at one point in the past it was used to designate the "Rubys Reserve".

Mario Ferreira wrote:

Michael T wrote:

John M. wrote:He was going great until the "Vintage Character" thing. Still, maybe it will get some to try.

I had never heard the Vintage Character designation but after doing some Googleing I found that name is quite common for Ruby and Reserve ports.

If I'm not mistaken, "Vintage Character" is nowadays out of use but at one point in the past it was used to designate the "Rubys Reserve".

To my knowledge it is out of use now.

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Correct. Vintage Character isn't used anymore. The IDVP prohibited the use of the term starting in 2002. "Reserve" is used now.

Stewart T. wrote:Correct. Vintage Character isn't used anymore. The IDVP prohibited the use of the term starting in 2002. "Reserve" is used now.

That's what I thought too. I think it was better to call it as it actually is.

Here's the "Vintage Character" again. And this time "Quinta" too. The article is from last week:
http://www.cltampa.com/food-drink/drink ... the-better

Mika H wrote:Here's the "Vintage Character" again. And this time "Quinta" too. The article is from last week:
http://www.cltampa.com/food-drink/drink ... the-better

Likely the author has based his research on outdated books !?

i also thought it was odd that none of the Ports in the picture next to "Vintage Character" were that style. at least he listed names.
and he didn't mention that Tawnies get their color from aging in wood while rubies stay red because they age in the bottle.

The regulation changed along with a few other categories of Port, where the nomenclature of those categories was changed shortly after the IVP turned into the IVDP to include Douro wine regulations, in 2003, but the IVDP changed category names in 2005.