For The Love Of Port

I concur with Tom- I've been collecting wine for approx 25 years as well as being a production winemaker and I can say with confidence that storing wine horizontally positively affects wines' long term storage prospects. Incidentally, our winery switched to Diam 5 for our wines - no TCA - excepting ...

A number of years ago we did a trial in which one of the storage conditions we tested was upright storage vs side storage on high grade vs technical corks (in this case DIAM 3,DIAM 5, Cork Supply Pearls- a micro agglomerated cork with moderate grain size) over a 5 year period with both our wines as ...

Hi Folks, I'm Stew from California. My love affair with Port started in 1990 when I tasted a Ficklin Tinta port. It sparked an interest in wine which led to me switching careers from advertising sales to professional winemaking. While I was a an enology student I worked at Ficklin (I begged Peter Fi...

1994 Churchill - popped and poured Saturday morning at a Port class. Nicely rounded with notes of red cherries, allspice, coffee and picking up a bit of nuttiness too. Pretty and still vibrant. Less heat than the last time I had it a couple years ago. Glad I have another couple bottles.