Why I Never Drank Port Before.

[bullet08]

When I think port, I always imagine an old lady, after a dinner, retiring to her room to have her nightly glass of port. Not sure why. Must be the bunch of cheap detective pulp fictions I read. Didn't want to feel like that old lady.

Now I realize, that old lady was a smart fox who has been savoring her stash of port without letting anyone know how good it was!

 

[woodsroad]

Better stock up, then.

 

[bullet08]

Better stock up, then.

Seen that. Remind me of 2021. But most of my beers now come from Japanese brewers brewing in US. And so does Jack Daniels.

I noticed no one buys port around here x)

 

[danimalia]

Yeah, good port is nice, but I had the same beliefs. Similar to sherry. Old timey drinks. A trip to Spain cured my sherry-phobia, and a family friend who brought some port from a local winery to the house years ago, converted me to port.

 

[woodsroad]

This must be hurricane -related.
Any port in a storm.

 

[Servant King]

This must be hurricane -related.
Any port in a storm.

 

[OzPiper]

When I think port, I always imagine an old lady, after a dinner, retiring to her room to have her nightly glass of port. Not sure why.

@bullet08

We will have to get you onto sherry !
Unfortunately what you wrote about port applies more so to sherry - "Aunt Mabel's tipple"

I had an old magazine (?1950's) with a wine list from the Queen Mary where the most expensive drops was sherry. Far more expensive than champagne, 1st growth Bordeaux or Burgundies.

The habit of drinking sherry waned post-WW ll. The sherry trade has been in the doldrums for decades.
The upside of this is the large stash of excellent sherry quietly ageing away in bodegas.
While the sherry prices been rising in the past few years, old mature sherry (while not necessarily cheap) is one of the bargains of the wine world.

 

[DeaconPiper]

Love me some ice cold, ruby port with homemade pizza in the afternoon. Delicious. Sandeman is a good staple in our house, particularly the fine and reserve lines.

 

[kcghost]

I normally have no truck with wines of any sort but must admit that a quality port is quite palatable.

 

[lraisch]

After dinner with a pipe and glass of a good LBV is one of my favorite treats.

 

[condorlover1]

The last good bottle of port I tasted was from 1921. I had 2 glasses and corked the bottle with a view to decanting the bottle the next day. My house keeper came in the next morning, tipped the contents down the sink, washed out the bottle and tossed it in the recycling bin. I was not a happy camper!

 

[First Sealord]

I saw a bottle of sherry on a UK website and they were asking 4,000 quid for it. Can't be that bad, can it?

 

[anotherbob]

When I think port, I always imagine an old lady, after a dinner, retiring to her room to have her nightly glass of port. Not sure why. Must be the bunch of cheap detective pulp fictions I read. Didn't want to feel like that old lady.

Now I realize, that old lady was a smart fox who has been savoring her stash of port without letting anyone know how good it was!

I always assumed most port was drunk in drawing rooms by men planning on evil ways to expand the empire mostly to the benefit of their bank account. Or in other words of course I've always loved the stuff.

 

[anotherbob]

The last good bottle of port I tasted was from 1921. I had 2 glasses and corked the bottle with a view to decanting the bottle the next day. My house keeper came in the next morning, tipped the contents down the sink, washed out the bottle and tossed it in the recycling bin. I was not a happy camper!

My question is what did you do to the house keeper? To me that sounds like pay back.

 

[condorlover1]

@anotherbob: I believe he is living in Poland.

 

[anotherbob]

@anotherbob: I believe he is living in Poland.

Oh probably just hated anything to do with "Port"ugal.

 

[anotherbob]

@anotherbob: I believe he is living in Poland.

a.k.a. not in the backyard under the roses?

 

[jpberg]

I can see it now, just wondering who’s going to start the “Show us your Port tongs!” thread.

 

[OzPiper]

I can see it now, just wondering who’s going to start the “Show us your Port tongs!” thread.

Along with the “ Let’s see you sabre a bottle of champagne” thread

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I went to a workshop at Biltmore on fortifying wines. (This is how ports are made), and I've tried to fortify my peach wine we make with PGA, which was rather nasty, so I tried using a peach brandy, which was worse. Then I tried using a touch of Rye, and viola, it's amazing. It's funny how the sugars in wines will react with the spirits added. Sort of like tobacco blending. The most unexpected combinations can make some unique results.