For The Love Of Port

Mine has gotten softer over a few days but was never really hard in the first place, and could have been eaten with a spoon easily, and, as I said, it was actually creamy-soft in the middle. Strangely, there is no place on the label that has the appellation, name; the label just has the name of the ...

Murray's in Manhattan claims to have it. This is a sweet-salty washed-rind cheese wrapped on circumference with gauze, with the inner 1/2 inch very soft and the rest gradating to firmness. Absolutely best match to young VP, such as the Porto Feist 1995 I've been sipping, showing multiple scent and p...

Those who know Portuguese cheese (like Serra de Estrela) might like to chime in on a question I posted on the food board about matching it with Porto.

TIA.

John Trombley

The German wine trade has been held back greatly because of the complexity of their styles (and too many vineyards when only some are of high enough quality to designate on a label). Simplification would help the sales of German wine. This is too complicated to go into here, but ... Actually there ...

For Roy and Friends, Finally I've found that there's some Serra de Estrela in several places around the US. I've been on the lookout for it for the last year or so, since it was mentioned by Our Fearless Leader. Today I took delivery of a wheel from IGourmet, the easiest and fastest way for me to ge...

Sorry, Andy and others. I didn't mean to violate protocols. Just having a hard time getting this website to work with my AOL, even though I'm a paid subscriber. If it bothers you, then I won't take it badly if you don't reply. My 'real' name is John Trombley, and I live in Piqua, Ohio, and since thi...

I just bought 2 bottles of this and am happy to have them. However, I'm looking for a Sercial that would make a good cellar mate for this one. Any suggestions?