Port from the fridge

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Alex Bridgeman
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Port from the fridge

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Despite the heat, I’ve managed to keep up my Port consumption. Last night I discovered that Churchill Reserve is a lovely, fruity drink when fridge cold.

Any other suggestions as to why I try once this bottle is finished would be appreciated!
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Snap!

I was wondering about a bottle of young VP but then the Bar Douro wine club has just delivered a bottle of Niepoort “Trudy” Ruby so I think I might move on to that.
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(PS. That photo was from last night. Even I don’t drink Port at 8.45am on a Sunday morning...).
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JacobH wrote: 08:46 Sun 14 Aug 2022 (Even I don’t drink Port at 8.45am on a Sunday morning...).
Plenty of folk do, even if they don't realise it, at least for Anglicans.
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Alex Bridgeman wrote: 07:16 Sun 14 Aug 2022 Any other suggestions as to why I try once this bottle is finished would be appreciated!
Why? because you love port of course!
n.b. while I have the pedant hat on, your current signature says "... Noval Nacional 1931. I have never drunk such a wonderful bottle of Port." Clearly you have; you lucky man!

As to what to try next... perhaps a Kopke white if still in today or tomorrow's heat, or maybe a young colheita if the day after when it has cooled slightly - how about a Quevedo '94 if you have one?
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PhilW wrote: 09:30 Sun 14 Aug 2022
JacobH wrote: 08:46 Sun 14 Aug 2022 (Even I don’t drink Port at 8.45am on a Sunday morning...).
Plenty of folk do, even if they don't realise it, at least for Anglicans.
A friend of mine used to tell me that those very early communion services should be seen as a late night activity rather than an early morning one!

PS: I appreciate the subtly of your post: Catholics might also be consuming something that once came from a Port bottle at the same time, but it will not be Port...

PPS: This is also giving me terrible flashbacks to Palwin № 4 which is the fortified wine that inexplicably gets used for religious purposes amongst much of Anglo-Jewery.
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PhilW wrote: 09:38 Sun 14 Aug 2022
Alex Bridgeman wrote: 07:16 Sun 14 Aug 2022 Any other suggestions as to why I try once this bottle is finished would be appreciated!
Why? because you love port of course!
Good catch. Posted on an iPhone my fat fingers or autocorrect wrote the wrong word. Hopefully it should clearly have read “what”, not “why”.
PhilW wrote: 09:38 Sun 14 Aug 2022n.b. while I have the pedant hat on, your current signature says "... Noval Nacional 1931. I have never drunk such a wonderful bottle of Port." Clearly you have; you lucky man!
The enforced brevity of a signature block necessitated a small sacrifice of syntax. I hoped my true meaning of “I have never *before* drunk such a wonderful bottle of Port.” was reasonably clearly implied.
PhilW wrote: 09:38 Sun 14 Aug 2022As to what to try next... perhaps a Kopke white if still in today or tomorrow's heat, or maybe a young colheita if the day after when it has cooled slightly - how about a Quevedo '94 if you have one?
Thank you. I will probably finish the Churchill Reserve tonight and then open something in accordance with the theme of tomorrow’s emergency. Later this week might give me opportunity to follow up.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Alex Bridgeman wrote: 17:59 Tue 16 Aug 2022open something in accordance with the theme of tomorrow’s emergency.
Tomorrow’s emergency: there’s still space.
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