15 April, 2021

Dow’s 10- and 20-Year-Old Tawny Ports

Posted in : Fortified Wine, Port on April 15, 2021 by : The Gourmez

Tags: 10 year, 20 year, aged port, douro, dow, dow's, porto, portugal, tasating notes, tawny port, the gourmez, wine review

Last fall, I received samples of Dow’s current releases of 10-Year and 20-Year Tawny Ports for review. Dow ‘s (website), of course, is one of the most prestigious winemaking houses in the Douro, Portugal region. Port is one of my favorite wines—I just love how much complexity is in each glass along with enough sweetness
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8 November, 2017

Vale do Bomfim 2015 Red Wine Blend

Comments : 1 Posted in : Other Red Blends, Red Wine, Touriga Nacional, Wine on November 8, 2017 by : The Gourmez

Tags: 2015, douro, dow, port, port grapes, portugese wine, red wine, red wine blend, review, symington, tasting notes, vale do bomfim, wine review

Vale do Bomfim 2015 Red Wine Blend Douro, Portugal 13.9% ABV I’m about to leave for the 2017 Wine Bloggers Conference in Santa Rosa, and I thought, before I take off, I’d post one of my regular features since I started this blog in 2007: the simple wine review. Wine blogging has changed a lot
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24 October, 2016

Port Pairing for Halloween

Comments : 3 Posted in : Fortified Wine, Port, Wine on October 24, 2016 by : The Gourmez

Tags: butter toffee nuts, cockburn's, cockburn's special reserve, dow, dow's, dow's late bottled vintage, graham's, graham's 10 year tawny port, halloween, halloween pairings, mulled port, port, port pairings, port wine, strawberry chocolate brownies, wine pairings

Halloween is my favorite time of year and port is close to my favorite type of wine, so when I was contacted to do a post on port pairings with Halloween treats, I had to say yes. Obligatory disclaimer: That means I received these wines for free. But not the pairings – I made those!
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