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Wine Society: ‟Old Crusted Port!”

Posted: 20:53 Sun 20 Sep 2009
by jdaw1
The Wine Society, at the start of the Portugal section in its October 1931 catalogue, wrote:Old Crusted Port should always be decanted a short time before being drunk, great care being taken not to disturb the crust, to pour slowly with a steady hand, and to avoid ‟ gurgling.”

Never warm a port before a fire, and always serve from a decanter.

Even in the finest and best bottle Ports there is always the risk of an occasional ‟slipped crust,” due to shaking up in transit. If this crust has properly hardened it will not cloud the wine, and in any case, if the above directions as to decanting are carefully followed, the wine should be perfectly clear and free from sediment. The best Vintages are 1896 (very fine), 1900, 1904, 1908 (excellent, fine quality), 1912, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1927.

The cellar temperature should be about 58° Fahrenheit.

Re: Wine Society: ‟Old Crusted Port!”

Posted: 23:35 Mon 21 Sep 2009
by jdaw1
The Wine Society, early in its March 1937 catalogue, wrote:‟Corked”
All Wines, and occasionally even Spirits, are liable to become tainted with that most objectionable odour and taste. However great the care exercised in bottling, no certain means of its elimination has yet been discovered. Should a bottle be found in this condition, the Member is requested to return it to the Society when allowance for it will be made. This does not apply in the case of Vintage and Old Bottled Ports, or Château Bottled Wines.

Re: Wine Society: ‟Old Crusted Port!”

Posted: 21:42 Tue 22 Sep 2009
by jdaw1
From the Wine Society catalogue of December 1937 (the two extracts being imperfectly aligned):
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Re: Wine Society: ‟Old Crusted Port!”

Posted: 23:12 Wed 23 Sep 2009
by jdaw1
From the Wine Society catalogue of summer 1941:
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Re: Wine Society: ‟Old Crusted Port!”

Posted: 23:13 Wed 23 Sep 2009
by jdaw1
From the Wine Society catalogue of winter 1943:
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