For The Love Of Port

Have you planned that far in advance? Sure you have. Wanna share what you will be enjoying with friends, family and loved ones?

For Christmas, finish off the Kopke 1994 colheita and maybe open a 79 colheita.

For new year's eve, i'll open a Barros colheita 1968 and also a bottle of 1912 Madeira Wine, from Companhia Exportadora da Madeira.
Roy, can you advise me how many hours to decant this one? Bottle shows little sediment, i don't know if the wine is still good, because the level dropped a bit.

This will be the first xmas since 2006 that I won't open a bottle of Port .
Instead a bottle of " fine old Tokay ".

1952 Dalva Golden White after pecan pie.
Will start with Cliquot's 1995 Grand Dame and then an 82 Mouton.
Thinking about a 77 Taylors on Boxing Day.

I have a 1970 Taylor standing up for duty with Christmas dinner, along with Kopke and Noval 40-yr olds standing by for whenever else anyone wants some Port. Beyond those I'll probably fall back to my cellar defenders - 3 x 2003 Taylor LBV and 1 x 2005 Taylor LBV - or possibly a 1997 Quinta do Tedo or a 1985 Churchill.

The family is only going to be here 4 days, though, so we probably won't end up opening more than 2-3 bottles in total. They're not big Port drinkers... just sippers.

Martinez 1967 VP for Christmas dinner at Jo's parents.

Derek T. wrote:Martinez 1967 VP for Christmas dinner at Jo's parents.

And Feist Colheita 1965 to share with my parents on Christmas Eve

I'm planning on opening up a 1977 Taylor VP as well as 1977 Kopke Colheita.

We have guests coming tonight and tomorrow. For tonight, the youngster of the two, a 1980 Gould Campbell to provide an understanding of what a fine young Vintage Port can deliver. I doubt our guests will "get" that a 31 year old VP should truly be considered a youngster, but that will allow me to change their opinion tomorrow night.


To all of our friends on ...

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a fine pour of Port in your glass ... or two.
Drink in moderation and if you over-imbibe, don't drive.

Um grande abraço,

Roy

Remember that water and aspirins are your friends too.

Since not much family drinks Port and since I'll be doing some driving, I won't have more than one or two glasses of wine tomorrow. So I decanted a 1990 Quinta do Vesuvio VP for later tonight...which will have to wait a little longer tonight since a friend just called and needed an emergency ride to the airport this evening.

I have opened and finished of a bottle of Niepoort LBV 05 on the 23rd, and a superb bottle of Quinta do Noval 1970 yesterday.

Merry Christmas to all --- i will be opening and decanting a 1997 Graham

So far this Christmas, I have opened and finished a Tesco BOB 1994 VP and a half bottle of Croft 2004 LBV. I've also drunk a really nasty miniature bottle of Marks & Spencer BOB Finest Reserve Tawny - that name is very misleading!