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Port recommendation for chees course?

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Peter Earnshaw

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Could I have recommendations for a great port to have with Stilton? I'll be visiting family for Christmas and have promised to arrive with a whole Colston Basset Stliton :) and some port. The Stilton is organised, the port is not, so I need to know what's a good match.
For example, it may be overkill to serve a Vintage port and LBV or Tawny could be fine. Am thinking of around �50 a bottle.
Many thanks in advance for informed replies.

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don't mix good wine with cheese - newbilong 21:35:01 11/27/05 (1)
okay, i admit that sometimes a great cheese will set of a wine beautifully.
but the lactose and fat in the cheese will clog your palate. it's like trying to listen to a great system with your favourite motorbike helmet on.
feel free to disagree
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- Re: don't mix good wine with cheese - jeffrt 18:14:54 12/24/05 (0)
  That's kind of a left-handed way of looking at what I've also heard/learned:
  You want to make any wine taste good, serve it with cheese.
  If you want to be tasting the wine sevre it with unsalted water-based crackers. (not butter- or oil-based crackers)
  That said, I like port with macadamia nuts and sometimes, when I know the wine (port) is good with muenster or white, not sharp New York cheddar. The macadamias are little on the extra oily side but they're a subtle nut compared to many others.
  Now, back to my last bottle of '83 Taylor. sigh ...
  - My vintage ports are disappearing all too fast. Only one more '77 left. The there's one '80 magum of Grahams and one '83 Grahams. double sigh ... ...
Re: Port recommendation for chees course? - jimbill 15:33:36 11/26/05 (3)
I don't know what the prices are like on that side of the pond, but over here you can still find a few vintage ports from 1997 in your price range. They are pretty much ready to drink.
Or a Ramos-Pinto 20yr old NV, if you can find it.
- I like the Fonseca '97... - mkuller 16:47:07 11/27/05 (2)
  ...which is easy to find here on the west coast and goes for about $20.
  - Infanticide!!! Nooooo, don't do it!!! - jeffrt 18:17:45 12/24/05 (0)
    How can you drink a '97 vinatge port so soon??
    I just tried a '94 and was so saddened that it was nowhere near ready. I had to let it sit for days to mellow out and soften a bit. You're better of with a Late Bottled '99 or '98 anything than killing a vintage, even a Ferreira.
  - Sorry, it's Ferriera '97...(nt) - mkuller 11:41:07 12/05/05 (0)
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