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Bottles for occassions?
Posted: 14:01 Tue 27 Aug 2013
by g-man
I see most of us do open some pretty nice bottles on a whim, but I was wondering are there particular bottles we wait around for port lovers to open as oppose to wine lovers as oppose to random folks vs drinking by oneself?
Re: Bottles for occassions?
Posted: 14:18 Tue 27 Aug 2013
by uncle tom
but I was wondering are there particular bottles we wait around for port lovers to open as oppose to wine lovers as oppose to random folks vs drinking by oneself?
I'll have a pint of whatever you were drinking when you penned that...
Re: Bottles for occassions?
Posted: 14:50 Tue 27 Aug 2013
by g-man
uncle tom wrote:but I was wondering are there particular bottles we wait around for port lovers to open as oppose to wine lovers as oppose to random folks vs drinking by oneself?
I'll have a pint of whatever you were drinking when you penned that...
nyquil
Re: Bottles for occassions?
Posted: 15:22 Tue 27 Aug 2013
by Glenn E.
On my own I usually can't drink Port fast enough to do it justice, so almost all of my "nice" bottles are saved for when I have someone to share them with. That's more true of VP than tawny, though... I can generally finish off a bottle of 40-yr old before it starts to decline, so I'm more inclined to open them for myself.
Re: Bottles for occassions?
Posted: 13:29 Wed 28 Aug 2013
by John M
Glenn E. wrote:On my own I usually can't drink Port fast enough to do it justice, so almost all of my "nice" bottles are saved for when I have someone to share them with. That's more true of VP than tawny, though... I can generally finish off a bottle of 40-yr old before it starts to decline, so I'm more inclined to open them for myself.
+1 on finishing a bottle by myself. Its one of the reasons I've purchased so many 1/2 bottles recently--plus they seem to age faster.
Re: Bottles for occassions?
Posted: 02:20 Thu 29 Aug 2013
by Andy Velebil
g-man wrote:uncle tom wrote:but I was wondering are there particular bottles we wait around for port lovers to open as oppose to wine lovers as oppose to random folks vs drinking by oneself?
I'll have a pint of whatever you were drinking when you penned that...
nyquil
That explains. You are forgiven
Re: Bottles for occassions?
Posted: 04:39 Thu 29 Aug 2013
by g-man
ugh was terrible
i went to bed yesterday at 7pm and woke up at 7am
Re: Bottles for occassions?
Posted: 07:59 Thu 29 Aug 2013
by marc j.
Typically I try to save the pre-1960 stuff for get-togethers with other Port lovers that can appreciate the nuances of a 50+ year old Port. Anything younger is fair game!
Re: Bottles for occassions?
Posted: 08:23 Fri 06 Sep 2013
by Alex Bridgeman
Similar to Marc, I tend not to open anything older than a 1960 at home unless I've had a really bad day. The older stuff tends to get kept for when there is someone else around who will appreciate what they're drinking.
It tends to take me 3-4 days to drink a bottle of port on my own. During that time I quite enjoy seeing the way in which it evolves and changes. If I'm worried it might be a bit fragile, the port will get opened, double-decanted and then stored in the fridge.