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by Chris Pfeiffer
Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:15 am
Forum: Port Basics
Topic: What Ports are you drinking to battle the heat?
Replies: 38
Views: 3943

Re: What Ports are you drinking to battle the heat?

A pink port over ice or long with tonic is refreshing, delicioso!
For something different put in a wedge of lime and sprig of mint, it is surprising how refreshing it is.
by Chris Pfeiffer
Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:52 pm
Forum: Port Forum
Topic: Would you buy VP if it had a screw cap?
Replies: 39
Views: 3308

Re: Would you buy VP if it had a screw cap?

Good morning, Thanks for fixing the website. For the record, I don't drink Port from the bottle! The screw cap seal. The seal in the screw cap is in fact the wadding within the top of the cap. It is a laminated wad made up of (from the wine side) a layer that does not taint the wine, ie is quite neu...
by Chris Pfeiffer
Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:29 pm
Forum: Port Basics
Topic: Lots of new faces ... please introduce yourself
Replies: 1017
Views: 373372

Re: Lots of new faces ... please introduce yourself

Good morning , My name is Chris Pfeiffer and I am a producer of wine in the Rutherglen Region. Rutherglen is considered the centre of fortified wine production in Australia by many, and is world reknowned for Rutherglen Muscat and Rutherglen Topaque (Tokay). We make a wide range of wines and our for...
by Chris Pfeiffer
Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:25 am
Forum: Port Forum
Topic: Would you buy VP if it had a screw cap?
Replies: 39
Views: 3308

Re: Would you buy VP if it had a screw cap?

Thanks for the welcome Andy and Eric. We did buy the most expensive corks available (hand selected). As mentioned our major issue was not cork taint, but random oxidation (RO). Even in these expensive corks we saw RO. As a winemaker I am hoping that there will be consistency from bottle to bottle, a...
by Chris Pfeiffer
Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:00 pm
Forum: Port Forum
Topic: Would you buy VP if it had a screw cap?
Replies: 39
Views: 3308

Re: Would you buy VP if it had a screw cap?

Good morning, my first post for the love of port. I am a producer of fortified wine in Rutherglen Australia and one of the wine styles we make is fortified sweet red from the classic varieties of Touriga Nacional, Tinta Barocca, Tinta Cao and Tinta Roriz. In 2004 we placed our first vintage under sc...