For The Love Of Port

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If you remember what it was that you ordered, please share that with us too. Thanks!

Taylor Fladgate 20 year tawny (A glass). Pretty good.

Nothing sensational... Just a glass of Fonseca Bin 27.
There are so few places that stock any so I don't get the opportunity to order it often. Usually I have to bring it myself.

We don't eat out all that often, but when we do eat out I generally order a Port if it's available on the menu. I don't remember what the last one was, though.

John M. wrote:Taylor Fladgate 20 year tawny (A glass). Pretty good.

me too!

John F. Newman wrote:Post by John F. Newman » Wed Apr 30, 2014 2:47 pm

John M. wrote:Taylor Fladgate 20 year tawny (A glass). Pretty good.



me too!

Fun Lunch!!

Fonsceca 10yo Tawny (glass), was around October 2013 I think.

Last night - a bottle of Fonseca 1963 VP. Good price, too (well below anything on wine-searcher - which was quite a nice surprise).

Only downside - we didn't have time to decant it - but when we saw it on the menu, we immediately ordered the bottle and got it into decanter, so it had 4 hours of soak time by the time we packed up for the night - we like to take our time with fancy meals.

It was lovely - Phyllis scribbled tasting notes all over the menu, which we brought home with us. I'll try to get her to post a tasting note.

Some years ago at Valentino's restaurant in Los Angeles, famous for it's wine list. Some 1963 Grahams, it was my brother's birthday and he's a 63'er.

Luckily, I live in Portugal, so there's Port everywhere (although I rarely see it being drunk).
I'll often have a glass of port at the end of a meal, or in a café after the meal - not being a big fan of beer, and the wine often being of questionable quality, its my regular drink.
Of course, I'm not talking top notch port here - at somewhere between 80 eurocents and three or so euros, I wouldn't expect it to be.
The local café is currently offering São Pedro Das Aguias Tawny - a pleasant drink which I enjoy.
Who knows what he'll get when that's finished - it changes all the time.
At least now I'm a regular he no longer offers to put ice in it for me!

I just had a glass of Ferreira Duque de Braganca 20-yr old Tawny Port at the Flat Iron Grill in Issaquah. Very reasonable at $9 per glass.

Pretty rare for me as very few places around me have good Port lists. Or the bottles have been opened months so I typically pass. Sad really. But it's their own fault as most never put them on the wine list. Or they're on a side second wine list that few know to ask about.


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If you count wine bars that serve some food, a few weeks ago, Ferriera 20y. If you don't, probably about a year ago, some 10y tawny.


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Andy Velebil wrote:Pretty rare for me as very few places around me have good Port lists. Or the bottles have been opened months so I typically pass. Sad really. But it's their own fault as most never put them on the wine list. Or they're on a side second wine list that few know to ask about.

Snap. Though I'm very occasionally tempted by a glass of LBV in a restaurant, and have had a nice Ch94 with food while passing through London on business.

I stayed at and ate at the Alderley Edge Hotel last week. They have a pretty decent wine list which can be a bit expensive but also has some decent prices on it. They were willing to show me the cellar where they kept their wine stock and then to open and decant a bottle of Taylor 1966 for me to enjoy by the glass, saying that their regulars would finish off the rest if I didn't drink the bottle myself.

It was very good, but I did leave some for the regulars.

Christopher and I shared a very nice bottle of Offley Boa Vista 1977 at The Bung Hole in London a few weeks ago. At £85 it was not inexpensive, but it was good value for a mature VP from a restaurant wine list.

The day before! Dow's 10-year-old.

Alex, was that near where you were drinking the Earl Grey tea?

I ordered a Borges vintage from 2005, at a very fancy restaurant north of Copenhagen, dull, dull and absolutely utterly dull. The bottle was half full, and could have been Opend for many weeks. I told the waitor, that the Port was a no go, and That I looked forward to the weekend (I had already placed on death row a Borges 1920 for me and a Dear uncle) where I would have absolutely Extreme plessure waiting.
I send the picture to the waitor.
The Cockburns 1963, was Our second bottle.....

Allan

Allan Engelsted Laurents wrote:I ordered a Borges vintage from 2005, at a very fancy restaurant north of Copenhagen, dull, dull and absolutely utterly dull. The bottle was half full, and could have been Opend for many weeks. I told the waitor, that the Port was a no go, and That I looked forward to the weekend (I had already placed on death row a Borges 1920 for me and a Dear uncle) where I would have absolutely Extreme plessure waiting.
I send the picture to the waitor.
The Cockburns 1963, was Our second bottle.....

Allan

Nice! How did the two bottles show?