Before the bottling went 100% Portuguese, there seems to have been some prejudice against wines bottled in Oporto, although today, prices seem virtually identical.
I personally feel more confident in the provenance of Oporto bottlings, but have never made any back to back comparisons.
What do others think?
Oporto vs English bottling
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This topic came up recently . . .somewhere.
Anyway, I've only tasted a U.K. bottling side-by-side with an Oporto bottling perhaps 2-4 times. I haven't noticed any significant differences, though I vaguely recall actually preferring the U.K. bottlings. (An ever-increasing moot point, as the years go by.)
This presumes reputable bottlings, of course.
Cheers,
Jason
Anyway, I've only tasted a U.K. bottling side-by-side with an Oporto bottling perhaps 2-4 times. I haven't noticed any significant differences, though I vaguely recall actually preferring the U.K. bottlings. (An ever-increasing moot point, as the years go by.)
This presumes reputable bottlings, of course.
Cheers,
Jason
Porto comes from only one place . . . no matter what the label says!