For The Love Of Port

I had a great time at the event; thanks to Peter for orchestrating the get-together and throwing in some great wines. Roy, you did a good job with the wine yourself, and your presentation on each of the wines was great! It was good to see you again. I took some quick notes on all of the wines, and c...

Wineberry is offering Bordeaux, cru Beaujolais, Cotes du Rhone, and others in a pretty cool wooden box, upscale package. They even have a dispensing stand that they're targeting to restaurants: http://chefsblade.monster.com/nfs/chefsblade/attachment_images/0000/9412/box-on-stand-lowres_max200w.jpg H...

xoe,

I don't know the wine, but it sure sounds fascinating!

White colheita...that's pretty scarce 'round here.

I say do it, too!

Andy, The bottles I don't have, and my interest level in troubling the owner just for the sake of curiosity is quite low, so no pictures are likely to be forthcoming. Given that it seems no one knows the brand, I'll gather that I'm not looking at some cult favorite, highly esteemed quinta, or otherw...

Forget the decades of aging, forget the cigars, forget the Boardroom... No.... The heresy! The old stereotypes of port are one of the things I enjoy about port and its culture. We need to get more people living like that then change what is already tradition… You can take my comment in a little jes...

Although I'm arriving late to this discussion, I'll chime in with my thoughts not on the broader philosophical questions that have arisen here, but on the original question of how to promote Port to the masses, keywords "to the masses." So, to that point, celebrity. Love it or hate it, cel...

Roy et. al., Greetings everyone! This is my first post on FTLOP, a site that, despite my friendship with Roy, I've been trying to avoid. Not because I wanted to, but because I was afraid to fuel the fires of a passion I can scarcely afford! That said, I'm delighted to be here, and hope to participat...