For The Love Of Port

Yes, I read the same thing about the rational….and it makes sense. Adapt or die. We already know touriga’s potential to produce results that captivate both old world and new world palates in a warm climate. It will be interesting to see how touriga holds up in cooler vintages that may be ahead in Bo...

Opened 24 hours earlier from a 375ml bottle. I was hoping that since this wine was in a half bottle that the port would be a bit more developed and enjoyable on pop 'n pour...it wasn't. The wine was tight so I filtered and decanted for one hour then put it back in the original bottle and saved it fo...

During the Xfinity watch-a-thon free cable week I was able to binge season 1-3 of "Yellowstone" (its on the Paramount network), and a 4 part mini-series call "Bloodlands" (originally aired on BBC One, and now available on ACORN network). Bloodlands is a police procedural dealing ...

I've already tried Marselan (a crossing of Grenache and Malbec) from the Southern Rhone and liked the result. I would very much like to try a Marselan from Bordeaux and a Touriga Nacioinal from Bordeaux.

What a coincidence you posting about De Bartoli Marsala and it reminding you of a 40 year old Verdelho Madeira. I was helping a friend organize his cellar and we found a bottle of De Bartoli "Vecchio Samperi" Solera in the cellar that my friend recalled acquiring in the early 1990s. The st...

'Bout time! I think Willamette is capable of better Methode Champenoise for my palate than Argyle. To be fair, the Argyle BdB, rose and extended tirage are all quite good. Stylistically though, Argyle shoots for a more more reductive, pure fruit style. I would like to see what Willamette can do with...

While more of a mini-series than a movie, I would like to recommend "Unbelievable" on Netflix. Its a really good police procedural mini series that has all of the qualities of a great movie....good cinematography, great acting, great pacing, and its based on a true story. I thoroughly enjo...

If you like briny and olive flavors along with the sweet then there are several sweet Chenin Blanc wines from the Loire Valley you can try....Domaine Huet Moelleux is fantastic, Domaine Baumard Quarts de Chaume is another one to try. If you are looking for sweet wines from Muscat then the Muscat de ...

So Eric, do you get the glass of Madeira before you start repelling down the cliff, or do you get the glass after you make it to the bottom?

I would agree, we do get spoiled from time to time with some amazing Ports. "Now it seems that if a bottle isn't 92+ points people don't think it's good. That drives me nuts. There are tons of bottles in that mid-upper 80's range that are wonderful wines. Wines you don't have to think critical...

Are we Port enthusiasts spoiled on great Port? Tonight I went to a friend's house for dinner. When the 1985 Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon I brought turned out to be severely corked, my friend suggested we open the 1995 Sousa VP that I gave him a year ago. This was one of the Sousa VP's I bought o...

Thanks to both Andy and Roy. Gentlemen, your responses completely answered my question and educated me on a few differences between table wine and fortified wine. I also didn't realize that the 2017 growing season began so early. Thanks!

Andy, Thank you for your commentary. You bring up some great points about phenolic ripeness being a critical component in determining when to harvest. I think what concerned me is not that the grapes would be picked too early to achieve phenolic ripeness. I'm more concerned about "complexity&qu...

I just read the #100 FTLOP newsletter article about the 2017 vintage. One thing that struck me was how everyone interviewed mentioned the 2017 harvest being one of the earliest on record. In my experience with table wines, hot vintages with early harvests usually result in less complex wines with po...

I read the Motley Cru bio book "The Dirt" so I was pretty excited to see that Netflix picked it up for a transfer to the screen. I plan to watch it soon.

I popped and poured the 2011 Graham's LBV this afternoon for my WSET 3 study group. Nose of black currant, blackberry, clove, cedar, blueberry bushes, chalk/dust. The palate was on the sweeter side with earthy notes and dried black plums with high acid and medium plus tannins. I originally bought a ...

Several Graham's Stone Terraces 1 x 2011 6 x 2015 1 x 2016 In total that will give me 15 each of 2011 and 2015, and 28 of 2016 though this is the only '16 in the US. DUDE! You trying to corner the market? :lol: Glenn didn't TOTALLY corner the market...I managed to get a bottle of the 2011 Stone Ter...

Wow, Erik, I didn't know that about you. Fascinating!

Glad to see a nod to FYRE!, that was a fascinating documentary. I know many critics felt that Green Book had shortcomings-for not actually having much to do with the historical "green book" and for underplaying the severity of racism in 1960s America. However, as a "buddy film" w...

I wonder if any lots from this upcoming Auction can beat the record?
$26 million from a single anonymous collector including 250 lots of DRC

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -wine-sale