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by Chris Anstee
Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:00 pm
Forum: Guest Corner
Topic: ADRIAN BRIDGE
Replies: 95
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Re: ADRIAN BRIDGE

Dear Adrian, Warm greetings from Sydney! Simply stated, I am interested in whether the elimination of (possibly desirable) impurities which were unavoidably present in available fortifying spirit prior to neutral spirit becoming available late '70s/early '80s has deprived more recent Vintage Ports o...
by Chris Anstee
Sat Sep 07, 2019 12:54 am
Forum: Port Forum
Topic: Interesting chat about fortifying spirit.
Replies: 14
Views: 3057

Re: Interesting chat about fortifying spirit.

I was sorry to see that no one with some insider knowledge has joined this thread and grappled with the topic I tried to raise... Andy, or Roy, perhaps, do you have any thoughts as to whom I could contact? Or perhaps one of your group could raise it on my behalf when next you are visiting 'God's own...
by Chris Anstee
Thu Jan 03, 2019 1:03 am
Forum: Port Forum
Topic: Interesting chat about fortifying spirit.
Replies: 14
Views: 3057

Interesting chat about fortifying spirit.

I'm a recent recruit to this website, so please forgive me if the comments which follow have been covered previously or elsewhere. In the late 1970s, Bruce Guimaraens, who preceded his son David as Chief Winemaker of the Taylor/Fonseca (Fladgate Partnership), made some interesting observations to me...