The Time and Date:
The Event: Discovery tasting of Port and
The Venue: The
The Target Audience: wine trade.
The Availability/Catalogue: only about half of the ports are available in stores or by consignment. The rest are private order. Many expensive vintage ports were not around or they failed to arrive, even though they were listed in the catalogue.
The Quote/Background: "This is smaller in scale and audience than in previous years so much for Fridays on a holiday weekend!"
The Wines: I did not taste any table wines.
**** Four Stars (
-Graham's 20 Year Old Tawny Port, 500 mL, $36.95 +620641
-Taylor Fladgate Tawny 40 Years, $234.95 +540260
-Taylor Fladgate Tawny 20 Years, $67.95 +149047
***1/2 Three and a Half Stars (
-Royal
-Royal
-Warre's OTIMA 10 Year Old Tawny Port, 500 mL $21.95 +566174
-Taylor Fladgate Tawny 30 Years, $181.75 +540252
-Taylor Fladgate Tawny 10 Years, $34.95 +121749
-Taylor Fladgate Vintage 2007, $119 +139709
*** Three Stars (
-Dalva Porto 10 Years
-Quinta do Vallado Port Tawny 10 Years
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The Food: cold cuts, pita breads, cheeses, olives.
The Downside: the Friday of a holiday weekend.
The Upside: a chance to taste some tawnies.
The Contact Person: Alex Julian ivdptor@national.ca
The Marketing Effectiveness (numerical grade): 82.
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