An overdue post

[Adam Odor]

Dear Port Forum Members,
My name is Adam Odor and I am probably the most recent addition to the platform, although I have the privilege of knowing many of you from real life, either from various trade tastings, the Big Fortified Tasting or Portweinmesse.
I am vintage 1982 and was born and raised in Hungary: a country that is home to some extraordinary wines, but with no cultural connection to fortified wines. My passion for wine and all I have learnt about it comes from my adopted home in the UK some 15 years ago and my love for all things fortified and Port among them most importantly dates back to about 6-7 years and possibly ignited by a book (Real Men Drink Port by Ben Howkins) and I haven't looked back ever since.
These days I work as a freelance wine marketer and educator, among other projects I am fortunate enough to be working on School of Port, that is a non-profit initiative from the Symington family: I organise and run port tastings and masterclasses in London and the surroundings.
I look forward to meet more of you in the coming months and years. Special thanks for Alex Bridgeman for his constant support.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Welcome Adam, it’s great to have you on board.

And congratulations on all the work you’re doing in spreading the word on what a great wine Port is.

Alex

[Adam Odor]

Thank you Alex. I feel this is only the warm-up: the best is yet to come...

[rich_n]

Welcome! Good to see another port fan from a similar vintage to myself!

[Adam Odor]

Welcome! Good to see another port fan from a similar vintage to myself!

I suspect we live in the shadow of 1983... but still a good year for port and exceptional to Bordeaux.

[rich_n]

Welcome! Good to see another port fan from a similar vintage to myself!

I suspect we live in the shadow of 1983... but still a good year for port and exceptional to Bordeaux.

I'm 1981 which is a year that lives in infamy as far as vintage port is concerned! (Although I had a Kopke 1981 Colheita which was *very* enjoyable)

[Glenn E.]

Welcome! Good to see another port fan from a similar vintage to myself!

I suspect we live in the shadow of 1983... but still a good year for port and exceptional to Bordeaux.

1982 and 1983 are often referred to as a split declaration. As it turns out there were actually more Vintage Ports declared in 1982 than in 1983, but the overall consensus seems to be that 1983 ultimately turned out to be the better year. It does also seem that VPs from 1982 are more difficult to find than they are from 1983, but the situation isn't as bad as poor Rich's year of 1981. Which might be second only to 1993 when it comes to "bad" years for Vintage Port!

Welcome!

[winesecretary]

@Glenn - try being of 1973 vintage…

[Glenn E.]

@Glenn - try being of 1973 vintage…

hey at least they made VP in 1973... they just had to dump it all out!

[mcoulson]

Welcome Adam ....

Be great to have you along to one of our events.

On the vintage front .... I find it useful being a 1963 vintage ....

[Adam Odor]

Welcome! Good to see another port fan from a similar vintage to myself!

I suspect we live in the shadow of 1983... but still a good year for port and exceptional to Bordeaux.

I'm 1981 which is a year that lives in infamy as far as vintage port is concerned! (Although I had a Kopke 1981 Colheita which was *very* enjoyable)

OK, granted: 1981 is definitely a tricky year... If all else fails, madeira can still save the day - D'Oliveiras Verdelho or Blandy's Malmsey from 1981 will make up for the lack of vintage ports. Actually VW&P has a magnum of the latter, I would definitely speak to Tony about it...

[Adam Odor]

Welcome! Good to see another port fan from a similar vintage to myself!

I suspect we live in the shadow of 1983... but still a good year for port and exceptional to Bordeaux.

1982 and 1983 are often referred to as a split declaration. As it turns out there were actually more Vintage Ports declared in 1982 than in 1983, but the overall consensus seems to be that 1983 ultimately turned out to be the better year. It does also seem that VPs from 1982 are more difficult to find than they are from 1983, but the situation isn't as bad as poor Rich's year of 1981. Which might be second only to 1993 when it comes to "bad" years for Vintage Port!

Welcome!

Thanks Glenn!
We have 1982 and 1975 in our household, so not at all that bad. For the latter, I will have a Warre's to enjoy in November...

[Adam Odor]

Welcome Adam ....

Be great to have you along to one of our events.

On the vintage front .... I find it useful being a 1963 vintage ....

Thank you! 1963 is like a Royal Flush: unbeatable.

I will come along to the 70 tasting on the 3rd.

[Justin K]

@Glenn - try being of 1973 vintage…

On the bright side I had cases of Vega Sicilia and Villamagna (Rioja) 1973 which were excellent wines. Just one of each left