Port is one of the great classic European wines and its history is a long and fascinating one February 23 2014 Thank You Silver Coast AWS and Chapter News NC Newsletter issued for February Update on Conference Planning ID: 400626
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Port Wine
Port is one of the great classic European wines and its history is a long and fascinating one.
February 23, 2014Slide2
Thank You Silver CoastSlide3
AWS and Chapter News
NC Newsletter issued for February
Update on Conference Planning
Next Glass….Chemistry for Wine Lovers
AWS news issued.Slide4
Future Chapter Events
Mar 23
rd
Wines from Austria and Germany
Apr 27
th
New York Finger Lakes Wines
May 3
rd
Wine Fest May 25th
Next Glass
June 22
nd
Summer Wines
July No Meeting
Aug 24
th
National Wine Tasting Project
Sept 28
th
TBD
Oct 26
th
TBD (May be an issue for Silver Coast)
Nov No MeetingSlide5
Chapter WebsiteSlide6
Recycle Your Wine Corks…Slide7
Sherry
True sherry is only made in 3
Andalusian
town in Spain Jerez, Puerto De
Sanata
Maria and
Sanlucar
de
Barrameda
All Sherries are white wines that have undergone deliberate, long-term oxidation which yields two basic types…. Fino (fine) and Olorosa (fragrant) and have higher alcohol. All Sherries, dry or sweet, are fermented to dryness before the addition of alcohol. Sweet Sherries have sweet wine added later. Solera System barrel aging/blending system involving 5 to 15 barrels.Slide8
Port (
porto
)
Origins of Port are tied to the endless wars between Britain and France (16
th
to 19
th
centuries).
British merchants setup shop in Oporto
The wine very good so the merchants took control and built an industry…. Dow, Graham’s Harris, Taylor Fladgate, Warre’s… Like many of the world’s fine wines, Port requires a lifetime of study (and drinking).Slide9
Rabelos
, a type of boat traditionally used to transport barrels of port down the River Douro for storage and aging.Slide10
Port (
porto)
Port is a red wine whose fermentation has been deliberately interrupted with the addition of brandy to the must.
The addition of brandy not only fortifies the wine, raising alcohol to 20%, but it also insures that the wine remains sweet.
Port is made into 10 distinct styles which vary by how long the wine is aged in barrels, whether filtered or not, how long it will be bottle aged, whether it is a blend from different years or a single vintage, where in the Douro region the grapes are grown.Slide11
Distinct Styles
Ruby Ports are relatively simple young wines….blends from different years that have been aged 2-3 years in barrels.
Tawny Ports two very different basic varieties: young tawny and aged tawny Ports.
young
tawnies
are insignificant wines made from not great grapes
Aged
tawnies
are by contrasted extremely impressive. The label indicates how long the wine has barrel aged 10, 20, 30 or 40 years
Vintage Ports since most ports are blends a vintage port requires all the grapes to come from the same harvest. The decision to declare a vintage must include the Port Wine Institute. They see a max of 2.5 years of barrel aging, before bottling, and require 10 to 40 years of aging. They are not filtered and require decanting.Late Bottled Vintage Ports (LBV) was wine that was destined for vintage bottling, but for lack of demand was left in the barrel 4-6 yrs. They can be filtered or not.Colheita is a tawny port from a vintage year. Slide12
Happy Birthday John and Pat BarnesSlide13Slide14
CHEERS!