While combing through a shelf full of standing bottles in my cellar, I came across a bottle of AMBROSETTE 30 Year Old Tawny…bottled in 1981. So a quick bit of mathematics and I am holding a [...]
In 1952 C. da Silva conceived a singular creation... DALVA Golden White possesses the spirit of a Port with a unique personality, the purest definition of excellence in its category. Its production, [...]
Niepoort Garrafeira was born when the grandfather of Dirk Niepoort, gave destination to the 4000 demijohns acquired from a German glassmaker in the 19th century and bottled the best wines of the 1931 vintage. The [...]
Since, in October 1987, my first taste of Vintage Port, I have been an enthusiast. My first formal tasting was as long ago as February 1988 (’55 to some ’70s). Author of Port Vintage (2018), about [...]
We drank a Cálem 1970 Vintage port at Christmas. Just a year over its half-century, and in splendid form. Wonderful, complex flavors of dark berry fruit, licorice, dried fig and smoke; smooth tannins, intensity, length, balance [...]
There is little in the wine-world which is as exclusive as Vintage Port from a fully declared year. “3 times per decade” was the magic rule, so fully declared Vintage Port is scarce. Even scarcer since [...]
By definition, Port Wine is a blend wine, a designation widely used due to the English influence in this sector. The blend as an Art, I consider, when this work gives origin to wines with [...]
I am lucky enough to be a member of an active Port Club in the UK. We base ourselves around a website (www.theportforum.com) and use the forum to chat about Port and arrange to meet for [...]
