I’m in the Tawny Port Minority…and proud!
If you’re a lover of Port–the great, sweet, fortified wine from Portugal, which has many different sub-types–you are supposed to love Vintage Port above all. It is the rarest Port. It is the most expensive Port.
But is it the best Port? Not in my tasting experience.
I am back in Porto, my fourth glorious visit in five years: half a decade of understanding the funky wackiness of northern Portuguese food, half a decade of giving myself over entirely to the unusual aesthetic of Port wine. But, more important in many ways, it has been half a decade of watching one of the world’s greatest luxury hotels come into existence (I toured the construction site), and then into its own (I’ve now stayed three times). It is a place to which I will forever wish to return.
