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The Crusting Pipe has been booked for 14 people from 6:30 - but if anyone is early then they will make you very welcome. We have both the tunnels at the back of the restaurant, one for eating and one for the tasting. We have confirmed the early evening menu @ £15 for 2 courses, £18 for 3 courses (+£...

At 10 years of age, this is just about perfect for starting to drink. A pale yellow in colour, with a fine mousse, this reveals a lovely rich bouquet of olive oil and cardamon. The attack is quite dry and acidic, without the oiliness that the is expected, but has a smooth set of flavours. The best f...

The first bottle of Morgan 1991 of the year. Deep red colour, still opaque at the centre. Ripe blackcurrants exploded out of the bottle as this was being decanted and were all over the nose in the glass, with just a little bit of dustiness. Medium bodied in the mouth, full of blackcurrant fruit and ...

Are we confirming that this is a blind tasting? Is there any guidance that we should follow other than "Weird colheitas and unusual ports"?

Combining all the lists together and liberally adding a few more of my own, I've come up with the following list of the 100 Greatest Ports Ever made (with minimum age of 10 years today and as judged when drunk today for both future potential and current enjoyability). So which of these represent the...

Is it me or am I just unlucky as I opened a Moggies 91 earlier today and the cork almost exploded from the bottle. The contents, however, remained and is bearing up like most M91's I have had before, however, a non Port drinking member of my family who I asked to taste it noted a distinct 'fizz'......

Deep red, but centre just transparent. Roses and Turkish Delight on the nose. Smooth and balanced texture in the mouth , terrific balance between sweetness and structure. Tannins are fully integrated and the development and complexity is very impressive and delightfully complex. A little hot on the ...

Glowing red colour, pale and transparent but clear and bright. Slightly mushroomy on the nose - a bit worrying, but after a few minutes this developed to be much more of a herbaceous note. Sweet initial impact, followed by dry tannins on the cheeks. Soft cherry juice fruit, although a little simple ...

Kopke. Slight cloudy appearane. Pale red in colour. Floran nose, slightly chocolately and with a touch of white pepper, but very restrained. Sweet entry with a slightly bitter flavour - quince perhaps. Sweet and bland entry, little in the mouth other than jelly beans. Nothing but sweet strawberries ...

Slightly cloudy appearance, pale in colour. Showing little on the nose and with a hollow impact followed with lots of heat in the palate and very little fruit. Patience with the wine in the mouth allows some candied fruit to come through. The aftertaste is hollow but eventually some bitter orange pe...

Bought by the glass from Gordon's wine bar in Charing Cross. A very pale orange in the candlelight on the table; nosing of sweet floral perfume over golden syrup. Sweet and sugary in the mouth, full of golden sultanas and violet perfume. Delicious mid-palate development with surprising complexity. A...

Very pale red in colour (in poor lighting) with a pale rim and a very light centre. Very hollow on the nose, although it opened and developed with time in the glass to reveal oranges and milk chocolate.. Lovely sweet antry, very soft andf elegant structure. Lightly fruity with a peppery bite in the ...

Deep red centre, clear and going rosy on the rim. Nosing of chart cherries and rhubarb. Quite dry on entry, with soft tannins behind the ripe fruit; full bodied and beautifully complex with a slightly bitter element. Warm and delicious aftertaste; mouthfilling and with a very long length which is su...

Pale red / orange in colour (poor lighting); vry light and transparent centre. Huge nose of choclate oranges and marmalade but with an interesting twist of rose perfume. Slighltly hollow entry, slow to develop in the mouth but patience rewards with lovely fruit and plenty of bittler orange. A touch ...

In a fit of enthusiasm and anticipation for this coming Vesuvio vertical, I had a quick trawl through the vintages which people have identified that they have available, and come up with the following list: DRT - 1994, 1996, 1997 WS1 - 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005 ARK - 1996 (having drunk all his 1994) C...

Alex or Ben: would one of you please volunteer to print and bring the placemats ? Alex: I remain provisional - more so in that I am currently on antibiotics for a chest infection (that even French 10YO Tawny could not cure!) picke dup skiing this week. Would you be able to take responsibility for t...

I would be most pleased to attend if there is still space. Chris, Absolutely there's space for you and you would be most welcome. The evening usually starts with people arriving between 6:30 and 7:00, we have a bite to eat and then drink some port. These offlines are very informal - come along with...

DRT wrote:I could have sworn I saw a time tunnel here a few minutes ago but I must have been mistaken.

What are you talking about? Have you been drinking again?

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An Oporto bottled Rebello Valente 1963, popped open at 6:30 and about half left now. Much better than I was expecting.

This is a large format bottle that we purchased from the IVDP when they announced that there were no restrictions on bottle format any more.

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