For The Love Of Port

As for the wines I start buying wines I like year after year even if they do not score 95+ with the critics. My top 3 are Vesuvio Noval Niepoort I'll definitively buy some of these but with smaller quantities Graham Taylor Fonseca Croft Smith Woodhouse Pocas I like what they are doing recently Quint...

For the 500 ml format, Gilbert's released their LBV with bottle of that size here in Quebec. It had huge success as it was also acclaimed by some local wine critics. I like the size for the LBV or Tawny but Vintages? No way! For the Magnums it is nice to have some for your collection but I never kno...

HI SweetDA1, Here how it started all for me, I'd suggest the same approach that we could call the "crescendo approach" :wink: It all began when I tasted a Barros Vintage 1985 in 1994. I was just blown by this fermented grape juice. But it wasn't until my brother gave me a Taylor 10 years o...

I went to Portugal last year, it is just an amazing country. I'm going back this year but to pass more time in Porto/Douro. For those who have not read it yet, I've wrote a trip report with many pictures. French Version: http://portugal.evilloop.com/ English_version http://portugal.evilloop.com/inde...

I've tried that only once. It was 5 years ago i think with a Messias Vintage 1984. As you can see with the Vintage Port I was only beginning to learn the stuff. What happened is that the cork broke in many pieces into the bottle and I was in a hurry to go to a christmas reunion with the bottle. I to...

I don't like to buy half bottle except when you want to drink them young(1-2 years after release). I never had a great experience with half bottle of Port except with the 2000 I drunk in their youth and a Warre's 94 drank 2 years ago. Dow's 80, Churchill 94, Warre Cavadinha and Dow Do Bomfim both 88...

I've tasted the Vesuvio 2001 at a wine fair along with the 1999 and the 2000. Of course the 2000 was massive showing more depth, extraction and power than the 2 others. But I liked a lot the 2001, I was attracted by its freshness with floral notes and nice crushed black berry flavors. It must have b...

I did not taste the Passadouro 94. It could be in a dumb phase. I noticed you said that the bottle was bought recently. Was the bottle on the shelf since its arrival around 1997 laying on the bottom exposing its cork to dry? This could explain the light color. At my liquor store they do not lay on t...

What makes the wine age gracefully its the proctection of the bottle contents from oxygen by the cork. Seepage often occurs when the bottle suffers pressure variation from the outside or temperature variation which results in pressure variation from the inside of the bottle. Why I would not buy any ...

Well Roy, just want to say thanks for all that you bring to us and the effort you make to promote Port in a passionate way.

Good luck in your new business.

Fred

P.S. I'm starting planning my trip to portugal for the last two weeks of October, maybe we'll see each other out there!