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- californiagirl - 03-15-2004 I love ports! Last night, I tried the Montevina Amador County Zinfandel Port. (Not a "true" port as my dad would say, b/c it's not made in Portugal, but still very good none the less.) It was smooth with a chocolate and black cherry taste to it. Not bad at $13.99. Has anyone else tried any good California "ports"? - Kcwhippet - 03-16-2004 Heed your father. Parents can pass down the accumulated wisdom of the ages, for better or worse. Georgie's the real port lover here. Maybe she'll chime in. - Drew - 03-16-2004 Quady Starboard Batch 88 is a very nice California Port at a very reasonable price at about $16. Drew [This message has been edited by Drew (edited 03-16-2004).] - Innkeeper - 03-16-2004 Another critter on the loose is Late Harvest Zinfandel (or other red grapes) that all by their lonesome climb up to 18% alcohol without any fortification. This sets them in between Port and some main season zinfandels. I love the one from Tobin James in Paso Robles. - californiagirl - 03-16-2004 KC, father always knows best- great man - Kcwhippet - 03-17-2004 Girl, Does Capitol Cellars carry any CA ports? I just got an email from them that mentions they opened a new shop in Roseville. - Georgie - 03-17-2004 I do love Port but I'm not much help with information. I just love them all! I guess Hardy's Whiskers Blake is my favorite. - californiagirl - 03-17-2004 Kc, first I've heard that one. There's a couple new wine bars... haven't seen any new shops. fyi- raley's tends to have better selection and prices than albertson's - californiagirl - 03-17-2004 IK, I have a late harvest zin from Ridge, 2000, and a 2000 from Castoro Cellars. Isn't it a bit too early to open those yet? - Innkeeper - 03-17-2004 No, not too early, but since they are not fortified, they will continue to improve in the bottle. - Tastevin - 03-17-2004 Hello Innkeeper, seems as if you're saying fortified wines don't improve in bottle(????. T. [img]http://wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img] - winoweenie - 03-17-2004 CG, revisted this thread and decided to look in the cellar and found some Really older Calif Ports. 1984 Prager and a Ficklin Tawney that probably pre-dates it. Put them in the staging area and as soon as I have someone over to help will open these here suckers. WW - Thomas - 03-17-2004 Me, I am sipping an Offley Tawny right now--nice, or should I say offly good? - Kcwhippet - 03-17-2004 1976 Barros Colheita - mm mm good. - californiagirl - 03-18-2004 KC, that would be a 1977 Barros... and yes... quite scrumptious. Although there is still 1/2 bottle yet, and I promised I wouldn't touch it! Silly me. Don't know what he's saving it for??? |