For The Love Of Port

That's definitely a good strategy. But if you want to decant for 7-8 hours you still have to do it well ahead of time. I guess the solution to that is you get TWO bottles of the same port. Decant one well ahead of time and then one when the guests arrive then everyone can compare the one that has on...

I knew I should have asked how long to decant first! But then I couldn't have put on a show by opening the bottle in front of the guests. It's a catch 66!

And, yes, it makes sense to move this thread. Started out by me looking for tongs...

This is the first Port I opened using my bonging method of opening a bottle (see the topic "Tongs Anyone?" in Port Forum.) This is one of the oldest Ports I've ever had. I'm still relatively a Port neophyte. The wine was absolutely fantastic. Showing perfectly. I had a sense that it was at...

Sorry if this is a naive question but what year was this particular Port bottled?

Thanks for the welcome. It's great to be among people with the same weakness. I feel like less of a freak! I will certainly add to the tasting notes forum, thanks for the tip. After we opened the bottle we all took a little sip just to taste and note characteristics so we could then compare later. T...

So I finally put the Beria tongs to the test and bonged open a bottle of Graham's 1966 VP. The result, I'm happy to report, was most satisfactory. Despite my wife's doubts about my makeshift tongs (doubts which are certainly justified based on past catastrophic blunders) it went off without a hitch....

Yes, the bottle pictured above is the practice bottle. The real test will come this weekend with the 66 Grahams. I'll post pics of the results, good or bad. Keeping my fingers crossed... Oh, and I got in touch with Gustavo from Vinologia and he offered to ship a pair to me for 60€ including shipping...

So they say that necessity is the mother of invention. Well, I'm opening a 1966 Graham's this weekend and would love to use some tongs but unfortunately can't get my hands on a pair in time. So I devised a questionable poor man's way of tonging a bottle which I call the Beria method of tonging or bo...

I'm in need of some port tongs. Anyone in the NYC area know where I can get a pair, or have a pair for sale/rent? I need them for the weekend of the 21st and can't find them anywhere. Help!