> I'm assuming that you are referring to the "Taylor Port" from the
Canandaigua
> Wine Company [capitalization not mine]. I have not tasted any of their
"port"
> products in many, many years, and might be surprised to find that they are
> drinkable.

Hunt,

First of all, thanks for taking the time to elaborate on this wine/subject,
honestly!

Yes, I looked at the bottle & it is made by the Big "C"



I'm sure that the formula has been changed over the decades (I do
> not recall any "Tawny" way back then),

God, I hope not...I tried their Ruby Port & it also reminded me of days
unbridled partaking!.....LOL....

I'm, sure with your refined pallet, this "Tawny" will be subpar.....& I'm
not being a smarta$$, It overly sweet, traces of Kool-Aid, and all the sweet
fruit rolled into one.....however....not having monies to enjoy the Ports I
would like to, I use this as a start, then really savor the others.



>and I saw on the dessert
> menu, that it was going to cost me $12.00!!!!!! Again, she smiled, and
said,
> "there is Taylor, and then there is Taylor. There is Port and then there
is
> port." This went totally over my young head, but I tried this root beer
> colored liquid and.... Oh My God, what a revelation I had. This was a
Taylor
> Fladgate & Yeatman 20 Year Tawny, and it was delicious. I nursed it, and
> smelled it, and swirled it, and couldn't part with the empty glass, until
the
> waiter finally pulled it from my hands.

Beautiful........I totally understand......I think heaven only serves the
likes of this........



The next afternoon, I went to the wine
> shop in a tony part of town and found their Port room. After I had
examined
> bottles for about 10 minutes, the owner asked if he could help me in some
way.
> My only response was, "I want to learn about Port." For the next two
hours, I
> was "grasshopper," to his "Master." I ended up dropping about $200 for his
> recommended minimum sampling case, and have to admit, all these many
decades
> later, that it may have been the best value I have ever received from a
mere
> $200 investment.


I feel as though we are from the same fabric.......I paid a fellow $6 an
hour to tutor me on computers in 1982....it was the best investment!....I
only wish I could have been there, what an experience it must have been!



> There will be no flame. I have not tasted Taylor (Canandaigua Wine
Company)
> Port [again, their capitalization], in over 40 years. It might well be
better
> than my failing memory allows for it.

Oh, I guess I deserve it.........However...I have become endeared to it....I
guess, good times, good friends, sharing, and the availableness/price
contribute to this.

I'm sure even if I won the lottery......I would still have a place in my
heart/occasionally to buy Taylor Tawny Port......




>However, I would urge anyone, who has
> the slightest interest in Port (Oporto) wine to experience all that they
can
> through the great range of the real Port wine. While I do sample many
port-
> style wines from around the world, nothing comes close IMHO. Some are
quite
> good, but that is about as far as it gets. Yes, the real stuff is more
> expensive. However, there is such a broad range produced, and most of it
is so
> good, that it IS worth the price. The only problem that I find is (to
> paraphrase an unknown philosopher) "... so much Port... so little time!"
> Because of the love that I have found for the stuff, I usually pass on the
> dessert wine list, unless there is something really spectacular on it, in
> favor of traipsing off to my cellar and grabbing a bottle from there for
the
> guests at the table.


I agree 100%.....


> Thank you for the trip down memory lane. I do not mean to disrespect your
> suggestion, as every person, contemplating news wines should try as much
and
> as many varied examples, as they can, so they can form their own opinions.
I
> just could not help reminiscing about MY introduction to Port.
>
> Hunt


No, Thank You for the Gentleman you are!

I salute you, hopefully our paths may cross someday, until then, I wish you
only the best.

Sincerely,

DE


"Hunt" > wrote in message
...
> In article >, jo554joJOpot654
> %^ERTet says...
> >
> >Tom,
> >
> >Buy whatever your retailer has, the State stores here in PA carry about
25
> >Ports (a lot are not true Ports). Keep a record of how you
enjoyed/tolerated
> >them. Of all things (and I will be flamed on this), I find Taylor's Tawny
a
> >very reasonably inexpensive ($15.99 a gallon) sipping Port wine! If your
> >budget allows, & you don't become addicted to the pleasures of Port, well
of
> >course experiment, Forget the reviews, WHO knows what they like better
then
> >themselves?
> [SNIP]
>
> I'm assuming that you are referring to the "Taylor Port" from the
Canandaigua
> Wine Company [capitalization not mine]. I have not tasted any of their
"port"
> products in many, many years, and might be surprised to find that they are
> drinkable. I'm sure that the formula has been changed over the decades (I
do
> not recall any "Tawny" way back then), but way, way back, we used this
liquid
> as a base for our "beach-party bash" refreshment. The choice was an easy
one,
> back then. It was cheap at ~US$1.90/gallon. It was alcoholic - a
prerequisite
> for any "base" for our punch, and it was sweet, which went with the
"seasonal
> fruit," that we bought from the A&P Foodstore to go into the mix, along
with
> whatever other alcoholic beverages we could coerce someone's older brother
> into buying for us. I see that the price increased, but not to the levels
of
> some grape products.
>
> Along those lines, many years ago, while dining with some good friends,
the
> wife, who was very well versed on things vinous, ordered a glass of
"Taylor
> Port," as an after dinner drink. I was floored. Here, after all those
years,
> my "wino" friend had ordered the same stuff that we used to use as a base
for
> our beach party punch! I was incredulous. When I inquired of her choice
(this
> was after a bottle or two of fairly young, but nice Bordeaux had been
ordered
> and consumed), she smiled and ordered me a glass also. Her I was with a
glass
> of the very same wine I had spent almost $2/gallon, and I saw on the
dessert
> menu, that it was going to cost me $12.00!!!!!! Again, she smiled, and
said,
> "there is Taylor, and then there is Taylor. There is Port and then there
is
> port." This went totally over my young head, but I tried this root beer
> colored liquid and.... Oh My God, what a revelation I had. This was a
Taylor
> Fladgate & Yeatman 20 Year Tawny, and it was delicious. I nursed it, and
> smelled it, and swirled it, and couldn't part with the empty glass, until
the
> waiter finally pulled it from my hands. The next afternoon, I went to the
wine
> shop in a tony part of town and found their Port room. After I had
examined
> bottles for about 10 minutes, the owner asked if he could help me in some
way.
> My only response was, "I want to learn about Port." For the next two
hours, I
> was "grasshopper," to his "Master." I ended up dropping about $200 for his
> recommended minimum sampling case, and have to admit, all these many
decades
> later, that it may have been the best value I have ever received from a
mere
> $200 investment.
>
> There will be no flame. I have not tasted Taylor (Canandaigua Wine
Company)
> Port [again, their capitalization], in over 40 years. It might well be
better
> than my failing memory allows for it. However, I would urge anyone, who
has
> the slightest interest in Port (Oporto) wine to experience all that they
can
> through the great range of the real Port wine. While I do sample many
port-
> style wines from around the world, nothing comes close IMHO. Some are
quite
> good, but that is about as far as it gets. Yes, the real stuff is more
> expensive. However, there is such a broad range produced, and most of it
is so
> good, that it IS worth the price. The only problem that I find is (to
> paraphrase an unknown philosopher) "... so much Port... so little time!"
> Because of the love that I have found for the stuff, I usually pass on the
> dessert wine list, unless there is something really spectacular on it, in
> favor of traipsing off to my cellar and grabbing a bottle from there for
the
> guests at the table.
>
> Thank you for the trip down memory lane. I do not mean to disrespect your
> suggestion, as every person, contemplating news wines should try as much
and
> as many varied examples, as they can, so they can form their own opinions.
I
> just could not help reminiscing about MY introduction to Port.
>
> Hunt
>