Port 'experts'.
Port 'experts'.
Who are the recognised authoritarians on port? (or authorities).
The wine world has Jancis, Parker, Johnson, Spurrier etc., their knowledge is wide and varied but are there any writers / commentators out there who specialise on port?
Links to their websites (if allowed) would be appreciated.
The wine world has Jancis, Parker, Johnson, Spurrier etc., their knowledge is wide and varied but are there any writers / commentators out there who specialise on port?
Links to their websites (if allowed) would be appreciated.
Last edited by Sideways on 15:26 Thu 30 Aug 2007, edited 1 time in total.
Vintage Shmintage.
Graham,
The port world has very few experts who are willing to share their thoughts on the web. The link below will take you to a place where you can find a few of them...
Click Here
Derek
The port world has very few experts who are willing to share their thoughts on the web. The link below will take you to a place where you can find a few of them...
Click Here
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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You tease Derek!
There are a few respected individuals:
For depth of personal experience (and tasting notes that broadly concur with my own) - Michael Broadbent
For all-round knowledge, and a scholarly attention to accuracy in his written work - Richard Mayson
Others might mention James Suckling, but his book is now out of date, and I find it easy to disagree with his pronouncements...
There are several other authors who have written good works.
Of the on-line community, there is only one person who openly presents himself as an expert.
His knowledge, while extensive in certain areas, is notably lacking in others - we don't often mention him here..
Tom
There are a few respected individuals:
For depth of personal experience (and tasting notes that broadly concur with my own) - Michael Broadbent
For all-round knowledge, and a scholarly attention to accuracy in his written work - Richard Mayson
Others might mention James Suckling, but his book is now out of date, and I find it easy to disagree with his pronouncements...
There are several other authors who have written good works.
Of the on-line community, there is only one person who openly presents himself as an expert.
His knowledge, while extensive in certain areas, is notably lacking in others - we don't often mention him here..
Tom
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill
A troll through previous posts unearthed a review for this site on infoportwine.com, this also mentioned RH, I guess this is who you are referring too. Say no more.uncle tom wrote:
Of the on-line community, there is only one person who openly presents himself as an expert.
His knowledge, while extensive in certain areas, is notably lacking in others - we don't often mention him here..
Tom
Vintage Shmintage.
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
That reminds me: I needed to write to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
authoritarians
Interesting choice of word.Sideways wrote:Who are the recognised authoritarians on port?
Or did you mean “authorities†?Yahoo’s dictionary wrote: ADJECTIVE:
- Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority, as against individual freedom: an authoritarian regime.
- Of, relating to, or expecting unquestioning obedience. See Synonyms at dictatorial.
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Re: authoritarians
Graham,Sideways wrote:Take your pick.jdaw1 wrote:
Or did you mean “authorities†?
I think it is worth explaining that jdaws' primary function here it to edyoukate us; into using propper grammmer and punktuation. It is fort-unate that he also like's port and kan ---- therefore ... also engaje in port-related-topics-of-conversation
Dere-'k
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Derek T. refers to the thread of apostrophe crimes
Derek T. refers to this thread, incomplete in the sense that many crimes go unrecorded.
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My edumication and grummer r note so gode ether
AS for Parker, I think he is the last person I look to when searching for wine reviews on Port. Others wines yes, but he is not good at Port. Although Mark Squires did a great job reviewing dry wines from Portugal in the last ediition of The Wine Advocate. I havn't seen him rate any Ports yet, so not sure there.
AS for Parker, I think he is the last person I look to when searching for wine reviews on Port. Others wines yes, but he is not good at Port. Although Mark Squires did a great job reviewing dry wines from Portugal in the last ediition of The Wine Advocate. I havn't seen him rate any Ports yet, so not sure there.
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If you are interested in learning about port, Roy Hersh's site is a definite place to visit. Roy has an extensive cellar and probably drinks more different ports than most (all?) of the rest of us so also has an extensive library of tasting notes. Several of the people who post here also post on Roy's forum, the two different forums having complimentary approaches to the topic of Port.Sideways wrote:[A troll through previous posts unearthed a review for this site on infoportwine.com, this also mentioned RH, I guess this is who you are referring too. Say no more.
(Plus Roy lets me post my tasting notes of South African wines made with traditional portuguese port varieties and with the fermentation stopped early through the addition of neutral grape brandy in with all the other port tasting notes.)
Alex
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.