I humbly bring this suggestion to you, the Port leaders and maestros, from discussions that have appeared on the FORUM of the FTLOP website. Collectively, we would very much like to see you adopt the practice of putting the date of bottling on the label of every single bottle that leaves your cellars. As Port [...]
Roy Hersh's first visit to Madeira, which naturally included some sensational wine tastings. Read his account, tasting notes, and discussion of some of the challenges of making Madeira wine.
Roy's report from the 2006 edition of The Great Wine Seminar in Miami: a tasting of 16 Madeiras.
The Rare Wine Company - shop, website and newsletter - is a must-see for Madeira lovers.
For The Love Of Port goes to London to host a tasting of Vintage Ports.
Roy's website of the month is Catavino, which is dedicated to the wines, gastronomy and travel experience of the Iberian peninsula.
Earlier in the year, Mario R. Ferreira and I had talked about a collaboration to bring small groups of enthusiasts to Portugal to discover the Port experience. As much as I get pleasure from visiting Oporto and Vila Nova de Gaia, I couldn’t wait for the extraordinary experience to introduce this savvy group of Port [...]
Decanting Vintage Port can be simple: Roy describes the traditional methods for decanting and offers his own simple and reliable (if possibly less romantic) procedure, and also discusses both traditional advice and his own views and experience on decanting times.
Two years later, I finally returned to the “place of my roots” and two weeks in Portugal was exactly the tonic my spirit needed. Unlike past trips to the wine lands of Port, this would be very different. It was my first opportunity to guide a small group, along with my friend and travel business [...]
Wine, more than any other beverage, is valued based on its place of origin, and winemakers from America, France, Portugal and Spain are taking action to restrict the use of those place names to indigenous products only.
