For The Love Of Port

Would you believe me if I said it was written on August 10 of that year by Dorene Hersh

Guess I should have been more specific
The statement was written in 2005 in this forum by ... wait for it ... ( it wasn't me )

Could someone please explain what you look for when drinking a glass of vintage Port? I see all of the tasting notes on the site but am not sure how to do that. Also, how do you then guess what the Port is when it is passed around the table in a paper bag?

On a bigger picture, one of the many reasons I'm a FTLOPper is to know WHEN all these different Ports are (1) ready to drink and (2) at peak.

Any Port in a storm

That 70 is earmarked as the 1st port to be had in me and my girlfriend appartment

Unfortunately Tom , no 45's
Only Graham's 70

70

Oddly enough , in Montréal Otima 10yr is a good buy compared to what is available at the SAQ

Tom , when you say "beating up the vines
Are you referring to heat stress

Spring time in Montréal
Don't ya miss it Fred

Salut

Guess it all depends on what you need in life
No Canadian cities ...
I know why ... we have the SAQ

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Haven't bought any vp's since 2005 .
Mostly lbv and tawny .
2 reasons : I'm 55 and the SAQ'S outdated marketing that artificially inflates the prices in the Québec market

Roy , in your article "the tenets of tawny" you talked with Peter Symmington.
His grand-father was blending tawnys in the 19th century
I guess this doesn't really solve the original question

1- 1999 SW lbv Decanted 3 hrs . Plums
2- 1989 Burmester VP . A leaker but took a chance
Pleasently surprised. Not "A" calibre . Touch of caramel
16.5/20

You're right
You can only irrigate the vines up to the 5th year
Then you need permission from the IDVP

Fred , you paint a very good picture

Removing or restructuring any long in the tooth economic system (the SAQ and Nafta comme to mind) ain't gonna be easy .Since both the SAQ and the Beneficio were instituted both pre '50 , both need to be modernized to better reflect today's reality

Do the small producers make a significant impact regarding the beneficio

No Sousa in Québec
Shared Grahams 2003 with my 2 bros and sis