Attending Port Wine Day years ago in Porto in Portugal I recall a French marketing guru saying Port is a luxury product at a discount price. I couldn’t think of a more appropriate description. Why is this so? I think Portheads are less in abundance than Potheads and given there are now more cannabis storesContinue reading “RKS Wine: Porthead Alert! Warre’s Warrior Finest Reserve Port”
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Cockburn’s Late Bottled Vintage Port 2015
Late Bottled Vintage Port (LBV) from the Douro is consistently excellent and attractively priced. Well it is not the Vintage Port at the top of the pyramid but dollar for dollar it gives Vintage Port a run for the money. The usual decadent lush blackberry, cherry, prune and chocolate aromas. On the palate ultra richContinue reading “Cockburn’s Late Bottled Vintage Port 2015”
Port Attack! More Port Flowing into The Liquor Control Board of Ontario!
It seems that this cold weather in Ontario has had some effect in increasing the flow of Port into the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. It has some attraction as a cold weather drink but I say it is fallacious to say it is a cold weather drink. It is an all-season drink just asContinue reading “Port Attack! More Port Flowing into The Liquor Control Board of Ontario!”
Quinta Do Crasto Finest Reserve Port
Again my favourite phrase in my travels in and about Porto was from a French PR executive who gave a presentation in Porto on International Port Day on Port being an undervalued luxury product. I have no difficulty with that as for consumers that is good news. So we try a Quinta Do Crasto FinestContinue reading “Quinta Do Crasto Finest Reserve Port”
Sardine Memories: Portugal’s Vinho Verde Wines and My Sardine Blues
Vinho Verde is in the Minho region just north of Opporto and actually some of the Minho juts into Spain. Vinho Verde can be made from 25 grapes or a combination of them. Traditionally these wines were so acidic you could see a slight fizz to the wine. Over the past few years they haveContinue reading “Sardine Memories: Portugal’s Vinho Verde Wines and My Sardine Blues”
Dipping into Dalva at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario: Double Douro Product
It is not easy to dip below $14.95 for Liquor Control Board of Ontario Vintage releases. For example, there are only three in the December 12th Vintages release. In this case from the Douro we have both a red and a white Dalva. Let us start with the red 2017 Dalva. In colour black cherryContinue reading “Dipping into Dalva at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario: Double Douro Product”
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