Simon Staples of Berry Bros & Rudd is a top bloke. He treated a few of us to a lovely dinner in the boardroom after Thursday night’s screening of red…
Tasting Noval Vintage Port and Nacional
A great tasting this morning: Christian Seely was in town showing off Noval Vintage Port and Noval Nacional, in paired vintages: 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2011. The observant among…
10, 20, 30 and 40 Year Old Tawnies from Graham’s
Graham’s have recently released a series of aged Tawny Ports, which arrived here in small bottles packaged in an attractive box. Here are my notes on them. Aged tawnies (10…
Noval Nacional 2011
So, in my initial round-up of 2011 Vintage Ports, I missed Quinta do Noval, and Noval’s Nacional, as well as Romaneira, which shares a connection (Christian Seely). My notes for…
Quinta do Vesuvio 2011, and Capela da Vesuvio 2011
Tonight I’m sampling the remains of two bottles of port from last night’s declaration tasting of the various Symington properties. It’s the pair of wines from Vesuvio, the regular vintage…
The Symington 2011 Ports
So, the headline news on the 2011 vintage Ports from the Symingtons. [I’ll be writing these up in more detail, hopefully this evening.] It’s a very good vintage indeed. Potentially…
A first glimpse of 2011 Vintage Ports
So tonight was spent getting acquantied with the hotly anticipated vintage Ports from 2011, which has just been pretty universally declared. First up, Sandeman, owned by Sogrape, who were showing…
10 and 20 year old Tawny Ports from Taylor’s
Regular readers will know that I am a fortified wine fan, and that I just love Tawny Port. here are a couple of good ones from Taylor’s. Both widely available…
A dinner in honour of Paul Symington, with 1945 Graham
On Thursaday night, I attended the Decanter Man of the Year dinner held in honour of this year’s recipient, Paul Symington. Right from the outset, when Paul was rung with…