Tutored Tastings
Treat yourself, your family or a client to one of our exclusive tutored tastings. One of our experts will guide you through a range of wines or spirits while educating you on the evening’s topic. From style and regional focusses to cheese and wine pairings, these are unmissable chances to broaden your wine and spirits knowledge.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
Delve into everything there is to know about Portugal’s most famous fortified wine, in a masterclass that aims to provide attendees with an introduction to Port production. Whilst sampling a flight of delicious wines, we will also be providing tips and tricks as to which wines are best for drinking young or cellaring and, indeed, how to serve them when the occasion arises.
Commencing with the traditional Port grower’s apéritif of a white Port and tonic, we will progress with a fascinating comparative tasting of ruby and tawny Ports. The tasting will culminate in a flight of premium styles such as Late Bottled Vintage, Vintage, and Tawnies with age indications. Such an evening would be incomplete without something to graze on, and a selection of cheese and nibbles will be available to keep you sated.
Wines to be tasted:
Apéritif: Graham's White Port & Tonic
Berry Bros. & Rudd St James's Finest Reserve Port by Quinta de la Rosa
Berry Bros. & Rudd William Pickering, Tawny Port by Quinta do Noval
2018 Berry Bros. & Rudd Late Bottled Vintage Port by Quinta de la Rosa
2016 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port
2021 Graham's, The Stone Terraces, Vintage Port
2000 Quinta do Noval, Vintage Port
1977 Taylor's, Vintage Port
2007 Quinta do Noval, Colheita
Quinta de la Rosa, 30-Year-Old Tawny Port
Dress code: smart casual
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