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chiguire

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I bought and am drinking my first Tawny Port.
What an under-rated beverage! I love it. I also got a bottle of Dry Madeira and Dry Amontillado.

Back to the port. It is rich sweet, but not too sweet, nutty, baked apple pie-y...
I love it, and it was cheap.

Note to self and others- explore the world of port.
 
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Mmmmm,
Sitting in Delta Crown Room in Atlanta wishing they had Port!!!!

I like it so much (as well as Sherry), that I made a batch of blueberry melomel port. It's still a bit young but the sample this weekend was great!

Eric
 
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Mmm port. We have a chocolate raspberry port from a kit doing some aging in a carboy here. can't wait 'til it's ready.
 
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My wife and I are big port fans. I think that is why mead seemed so appealing to us in that we can finish it semi-sweet or sweet. Good stuff that port.


Stephen
 
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I really like sherry and I haven't met a port I wouldn't drink again, my first large batch of wild grape wine was affectionately accused (by a wine snob no less) of being a port thanks to a hint of oxidation that suited it well...

I'm going to do some more experimenting to try to get something port-like using wine kit concentrates I've got kicking around, but my multi-fruit port shows promise 8)
 
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I like port in very small doses. Luckily it is pretty bulletproof so you can open a bottle and not have to finish it anytime soon.

Madeira I've really come to like lately, though I've only had it at one restaurant nearby (both the Rainwater and 5 yr versions). I think it combines some of the good complex oxidation qualities of sherry with the fruitiness of port, but without the sugar content that port always seems to have.
 
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I'm going to have to try some of these weirdo wines sometime, I've never had sherry, port, madeira, any of those. I'm not sure if I want to buy an entire bottle of each though, might have to just watch out for it in the wine lists at restaurants or something.
 
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I had a fantastic oak-aged port/mead blend a couple of weeks back. I believe the mead used was dry, so the finished drink was semi-sweet but still very intense.

It's worth drinking a Madiera or sherry just for the oxidation flavors. It's good to be able to identify those clearly. And I love it when a style turns what is normally thought of as a fault into a positive feature. I do prefer port over those two, though.
 
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Well, the nice thing with those is they're awesome for cooking and baking if it turns out you don't like drinking them... wonderful (if expensive) addition to homemade breads and marinades...
 
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Irregular bold text is a telltale sign that someone has taken a bad pun to heart.
 
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Way to usher in a new round of puns, everyone. :rolleyes:

And ON topic (for a change) on Saturday my daughter and I went to the Scottish Games in Woodland, and won a bottle of 10 year old Graham tawny port. Anyone ever tried that one?

(full Poe disclosure: an ancestor of mine was named Usher Tucker, which is a name I actually liked--if it weren't for Poe ruining it for me. Too afraid anyone with Usher in his name would be cursed. :eek:)
 
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