Last night I got together with a group of wine lovers from another board to do a 15 vintage vertical of Ridge Geyserville. I brought out 5 of the 15 and also a bottle of Madeira to introduce them to the glories of this nectar.
Instead of doing a 10 or 15 year old, I wanted to share something more upscale, yet no put forth something that would wow them by might be seen as pretentious. So with that in mind, it was a bottle of 1968 D'Oliveiras Bual. I can honestly say that it is a gorgeous youngster and for those that don't want to spend the big bucks of an early 20th century bottling, this really is a great step up from 10-15 year olds and yet delivers fine quality at an affordable price. I was surprised how many times that bottle made it around the table after 15 other wines and one bottle of domestic Zin port that someone shared (actually not bad ... a 2004 Rutherford Hill bottling). A formal TN will be in the upcoming newsletter.
Madeira 101
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Madeira 101
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Eric Ifune
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Re: Madeira 101
Sorta off topic, but I opened a 1980 Ridge Jimsomare Zinfandel a couple of days ago. Very nice and claret-like.
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Michael Whitehead
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Re: Madeira 101
this must be a natural progression, but i have about 6-8 months of port under my belt now(call me coelho if you will! 
) and am now completely infatuated with madeira. what's next, sherry? 
appreciate all of your info, roy!
) and am now completely infatuated with madeira. what's next, sherry? appreciate all of your info, roy!
TBird