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by fredk
08:33 Sat 20 May 2017
Forum: Travel
Topic: Good places for vintage port by the glass in Porto and Lisbon?
Replies: 3
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Good places for vintage port by the glass in Porto and Lisbon?

Any recommendations for bars/restaurants that have a good (or decent) selection of vintage port by the glass in Porto and Lisbon? I was in Porto last year, and tawnys and colheitas seemed to offered by the glass almost everywhere, but vintage port less so. I'm going back in a week, this time also sp...
by fredk
12:08 Sun 15 Jan 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Storing of colheitas and tawnys
Replies: 4
Views: 4944

Re: Storing of colheitas and tawnys

Thanks for comprehensive and good advice! I realise these are complex questions with many different answers, but it seems that I'm good to go as most of my bottles will be consumed within five years or less. I agree that ideally I should buy colheitas and tawnys for consumption instead of keeping th...
by fredk
16:44 Sat 14 Jan 2017
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Storing of colheitas and tawnys
Replies: 4
Views: 4944

Storing of colheitas and tawnys

I "discovered" port wine a couple of years ago and have mostly bought and drunk tawnys and colheitas (I've only recently expanded my interest to vintage ports, but thats another story) Due to a trip to Porto last summer and a recent shopping frenzy I'm sitting on about 25 bottles of colhei...