For The Love Of Port

Hi! I opened up and decanted a Rozes 2003 LBV 4 days ago. Everything went well, no sediment in the decanter. It tasted lovely, aroma was great too. Drank half the bottle in the first 2 days, and didn´t have any until today. Kept it slightly below room temperature. Now, when I pour a glass, there is ...

Hi Chris, [welcome.gif] to :ftlop2014: I'd echo Eric's statements regarding trying some Ruby Ports now. I'd start with something like Graham's Six Grapes, Fonseca Bin 27, etc. then move up to LBV (both filtered and unfiltered as they will be a bit different from each other), then move onto a younge...

Oh, wow. Thank you all so much for the warm welcomes and advice! Seems like the love for this wine brings some really good people together! Regarding the heavy prevalence of Tawny in my tried-so-far list; to make a long story short, I´ve only had cheap ruby in the past, and in my opinion none of the...

Hi! I´m new to this forum, and also very new to port in general, although I suspect I´m beginning to get just as hooked as the rest of you seem to be... [help.gif] Just got back from the local shop with these: - Quinta de Val da Figueira 10 year - Roze´s LBV 2003 It will be my first LBV (have also y...

Hi fellow port lovers, My name is Chris, and I´m completely new here, and also very new on port in general. It started about two months ago with a spontaneous bottle of Dow´s Fine Tawny, before this I had only had cheap Saint Claire´s, Sandeman´s etc. After some general research, I realized how inte...