Taylor Fladgate declares Pink VP

[Tom Archer]

You never know, they might....!



Tom

[Andy Velebil]

Rumor has it that the Symington's will be releasing a Green Port later this year to counter



April Fools

[Eric Menchen]

Will the green be denser, so you can pour both into a glass and serve with green eggs and ham?

[Andy Velebil]

Will the green be denser, so you can pour both into a glass and serve with green eggs and ham?

Sam I am says YES!

[Bryan H.]

Different issue, but what is the difference, if any, between "Taylor" and "Taylor Fladgate"? Are they totally unrelated, related houses, the same?

[Eric Menchen]

Taylor, Fladgate and Yeatman is a Portuguese company that sells Taylor Port among several other brands. In the US, their product is typically labeled "Taylor Fladgate" to avoid confusion with the US based Taylor Wine Company. But you will find the Portuguese stuff labeled "Taylor" in the US as well, as the bottles may not have originally been intended for the US, but found their way here.

So Taylor Fladgate and Taylor may be the same thing, or may not be. It depends :? But other than this issue of brand name, I don't think I've ever seen anyone here at talk about the NY, US based product.

-Eric

[Moses Botbol]

Rumor has it that the Symington's will be releasing a Green Port later this year to counter

Yes, and they are blending it with Chartreuse for complexity and color.

[Richard Henderson]

Great April Fool's Day .
You had me going!

[oscarquevedo]

Several producers will follow Taylor's and "declare" Pink Port in the next months. For Port lovers this could be the continuity of a treason, but we can also see it as a good acceptance of Pink by the market.

Andy, I thought it would take a couple of years until Symington's release their green Ports. Port is a traditional business but these days is moving really fast...

[Eric Menchen]

Andy, I thought it would take a couple of years until Symington's release their green Ports. Port is a traditional business but these days is moving really fast...

It's the environmental thing. Everybody wants to be perceived as being a "green" company.

[Andy Velebil]

Andy, I thought it would take a couple of years until Symington's release their green Ports. Port is a traditional business but these days is moving really fast...

It's the environmental thing. Everybody wants to be perceived as being a "green" company.

I was told it was because the Irish were uspet they had no green Port, so the Symington's tossed them a bone :joker: