For The Love Of Port

From the Rare Wine Company. Finally drank this over the weekend. Really loved it. The wine is fairly dark--let's say coffee colored. Wonderful nose, though--and this goes for the taste as well--the wine is so well integrated I'd be hard pressed to pick out distinct flavor components. Wonderful acidi...

Greetings from Porto! I've become intrigued of late by a now defunct wine called "lisbon" and wondered if anyone out there has by chance ever seen an old bottle of it at auction or otherwise encountered the stuff. Like port and madeira, lisbon was a popular fortified wine with the English ...

Hello all, greetings from Madeira! I have an interesting addendum to this topic. Just spent the day with John Cossart, who is sure that this wine is a Malvasia, not a Verdelho, so that at least should tell you something about its character--this is no aperitif wine. Roy, very interesting about the M...

Sorry for this late reply. I haven't been able to get to a computer for a couple days. I first drank the wine about 24 hours after decanting--which is when I detected the slightly metalic finish--then returned to it after it had been open about three days.

Finally drank this over the weekend. Really loved it. The wine is fairly dark--let's say coffee colored. Wonderful nose, though--and this goes for the taste as well--the wine is so well integrated I'd be hard pressed to pick out distinct flavor components. Wonderful acidity--it really explodes on th...

Greetings everyone. Never posted here before so this will be my first go... I recently picked up a bottle of the Henriques & Henriques "Inauguration Wine" that Rare Wine Company is offering (apparently a Verdelho from the '50s). I was wondering if anyone has tried it and formed any imp...