Good Housekeeping Best Ports of 2021
Good Housekeeping Best Ports of 2021
Maybe this should go under the Reference section ?!
But for what it is worth here is the Bests Ports for this winter from the team at Good Housekeeping.
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/win ... best-port/
But for what it is worth here is the Bests Ports for this winter from the team at Good Housekeeping.
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/win ... best-port/
- JacobH
- Quinta do Vesuvio 1994
- Posts: 3300
- Joined: 16:37 Sat 03 May 2008
- Location: London, UK
- Contact:
Re: Good Housekeeping Best Ports of 2021
I always think the Good Housekeeping list is quite interesting. It can’t be easy suggesting a full range of Ports for the non-specialist market and whilst I’m a bit surprised that the 30-year-old Graham’s scores so highly, I can understand why they might have plumbed for Aldi bargain 40-year-old and the Quinta de la Rosa BOB LBV for Harvey Nick’s which is further down the list. The only fault would not be putting the Graham 2015 LBV on the list, unless they have moved onto the 2016 already.
Re: Good Housekeeping Best Ports of 2021
You are right to point out that there are some good Ports on the list. However, I am sure the magazine Ad Sales team were thrilled that Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda, M&S, Co-op, Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose all featured as well as Harvey Nicks and Adnams. No one was targeting Morrison’s obviously!
- JacobH
- Quinta do Vesuvio 1994
- Posts: 3300
- Joined: 16:37 Sat 03 May 2008
- Location: London, UK
- Contact:
Re: Good Housekeeping Best Ports of 2021
Hah! I was so engrossed in thinking to myself: “have I tried that one?”; “who makes their BOB Port?”; etc. that I was completely oblivious to that!
-
- Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
- Posts: 3520
- Joined: 14:22 Wed 15 Dec 2010
- Location: Near Cambridge, UK
Re: Good Housekeeping Best Ports of 2021
Are you suggesting that the media might not be providing an unbiased viewpoint, the selections not being based on a blind tasting? Mock horror!
- uncle tom
- Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
- Posts: 3520
- Joined: 23:43 Wed 20 Jun 2007
- Location: Near Saffron Walden, England
Re: Good Housekeeping Best Ports of 2021
The list seems a little more thought through than the usual reports from the big name journalists - which are all too often copy 'n' paste reprints of the producers own hand-outs..
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill
Re: Good Housekeeping Best Ports of 2021
I don’t understand all the categories. Please explain:
• “Most versatile tawny port”;
• “Best crowd-pleaser” (how is this not a best of a particular type?).
• “Most versatile tawny port”;
• “Best crowd-pleaser” (how is this not a best of a particular type?).
- uncle tom
- Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
- Posts: 3520
- Joined: 23:43 Wed 20 Jun 2007
- Location: Near Saffron Walden, England
Re: Good Housekeeping Best Ports of 2021
I found the originality of those descriptions a little refreshing, although the difference between those two headings is not at all clear.• “Most versatile tawny port”;
• “Best crowd-pleaser” (how is this not a best of a particular type?).
I can understand the notion of versatility in terms of products that have a broad appeal, but crowd pleasing is surely the same..
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill
- JacobH
- Quinta do Vesuvio 1994
- Posts: 3300
- Joined: 16:37 Sat 03 May 2008
- Location: London, UK
- Contact:
Re: Good Housekeeping Best Ports of 2021
They do give some hints in the descriptions. The Ramos Pinto SQTP is described as “equally at home alongside a cheeseboard as it is a fruit cake, chocolate or creamy dessert” whilst the Bin 27 has “in short, an enjoyable wine that both newbies and oenophiles will appreciate.”
I have a little sympathy with the first one. If you wanted to choose a tawny Port that could go with a wide selection of food or be drunk on its own, a 20-year-old isn’t a bad idea. And from memory the Ramos Pinto is quite nice.
I also like the idea of the second category, although my impression is that people who don’t drink much wine tend to prefer tawny reserves. That said, I bet what they really mean is: “if you have to buy a bottle of Port for Christmas lunch and don’t want to spend much because you don’t drink much of it but are worried that your wine-snob cousin is coming around, go for this”. I have no views as to whether the Bin 27 fits that bill!
I have a little sympathy with the first one. If you wanted to choose a tawny Port that could go with a wide selection of food or be drunk on its own, a 20-year-old isn’t a bad idea. And from memory the Ramos Pinto is quite nice.
I also like the idea of the second category, although my impression is that people who don’t drink much wine tend to prefer tawny reserves. That said, I bet what they really mean is: “if you have to buy a bottle of Port for Christmas lunch and don’t want to spend much because you don’t drink much of it but are worried that your wine-snob cousin is coming around, go for this”. I have no views as to whether the Bin 27 fits that bill!
Re: Good Housekeeping Best Ports of 2021
You might want to consider Simon's insightful point:
The team must have had to work quite hard to create categories that could fit all those brands intoDoggett wrote: ↑18:22 Fri 22 Oct 2021 You are right to point out that there are some good Ports on the list. However, I am sure the magazine Ad Sales team were thrilled that Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda, M&S, Co-op, Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose all featured as well as Harvey Nicks and Adnams. No one was targeting Morrison’s obviously!