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by graemerd
11:05 Sat 14 May 2011
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1855 Taylor Colheita (Scion)
Replies: 2
Views: 3716

Re: NV Taylor's Scion

I missed out on the tasting of Scion - really wish I'd been there now!
by graemerd
14:21 Fri 06 May 2011
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port Decanters - what shape is best?
Replies: 26
Views: 25691

Re: Port Decanters - what shape is best?

I saw a decanter once that had an ice compartment that looked like a bubble of glass inside the decanter with it's own seperate stopper. You loaded the ice into the bubble and the wine surrounds the bubble inside the decanter. Very good for white wine (maybe white port!). Port Decanter range at Cots...
by graemerd
08:42 Tue 05 Apr 2011
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port Decanters - what shape is best?
Replies: 26
Views: 25691

Re: Port Decanters - what shape is best?

This site contains information on various port decanter styles - Port Decanter.co.uk.

Most people think of the wide based ships decanter when they think of port decanters - my preference is the hoggett with it's useful shape and talking point round bottom.
by graemerd
20:36 Wed 16 Mar 2011
Forum: Travel
Topic: Video of Vargellas Tour
Replies: 0
Views: 4839

Video of Vargellas Tour

As a new boy on the site, thought you might like to see my short video (3mins) of a buyers trip I was lucky to do with Mentzendorff and Taylors at Vargellas, then Oporto and the Yeatman hotel. It's a YouTube link, and apologies for the sound (and the soundtrack!) but a picture is worth a thousand wo...