On Thursday 24th November a number of TPF members attended the annual Berry Brothers Port Walk in the Pickering Cellar of their St James's shop. Charles Symington was there to present the wines, which were predominantly from Symington Family Estates. There were 16 vintage Ports shown plus a small number of other ports that I did not have the time to try. I managed to take notes of the following wines:
A few of us then retired for dinner to the Oxford and Cambridge Club where we drank a bottle of 1985 Fonseca.
As usual the Port Walk was excellently organised if a little busy and the walk through the cellars to get to the Pickering Cellar allowed many interesting trophy (empty) bottles to be admired.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.