Re:Emirates Has Invested $500M to Build a 'Fort Knox' of Wine
by ubernostrum on Friday January 06, 2017 @12:37AM
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I like port. Often I keep a bottle around to have a glass after dinner. Usually it's something lower priced -- say, $50 or so -- but for special occasions I'll splurge and get something nicer.
And often I'll share a bottle with people I happen to be spending time with, who usually don't know much about port beyond having had a glass once in a while in a restaurant or bar that happened to serve it. They can rarely tell the difference between an average and a slightly-better port (I usually can, but only because I've had enough of it to know what I'm "looking" for when drinking it). But compared to something like a glass of the typical Taylor Fladgate or Graham that they'd get in a restaurant, they can almost always immediately taste the difference in a good vintage, or even a decent LBV.
Though one nice thing about port is it's still niche enough that you can often find decent port for not a lot of money, compared to what people get away with in other types of wine, and the expensive stuff is expensive because it really is distinctly better.
And often I'll share a bottle with people I happen to be spending time with, who usually don't know much about port beyond having had a glass once in a while in a restaurant or bar that happened to serve it. They can rarely tell the difference between an average and a slightly-better port (I usually can, but only because I've had enough of it to know what I'm "looking" for when drinking it). But compared to something like a glass of the typical Taylor Fladgate or Graham that they'd get in a restaurant, they can almost always immediately taste the difference in a good vintage, or even a decent LBV.
Though one nice thing about port is it's still niche enough that you can often find decent port for not a lot of money, compared to what people get away with in other types of wine, and the expensive stuff is expensive because it really is distinctly better.