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[venta]

As I mentioned in my Whitby write-up, at some stage maviscruet offered me a glass of Not Port.

Comments

[huskyteer]

This was a lovely writeup. I especially liked the bit about the cheese.

[venta]

Thank you! I liked the cheese, too. Mmm... cheese.

[ringbark]

You have won this month's contest already. Well done! Here is the winning statement:

Nothing is ever tawny except port. And owls.

This is unbeatable for the time being. Now, as regards port or even not-port, I have a problem: I love the drink, but cannot abide any blue cheese whatsoever - and not for want of trying. Yet stilton is de rigeur for port drinkers. What should I do?

[venta]

Thanks :-)

If you don't like blue cheese, then sod what everyone else says. I assure you a suitably strong cheddar is an excellent match for port. (Reblochon I actually wasn't so convinced by, to be honest.)

Or you could elect to have white port chilled as an aperitif, thus removing the requirement for cheese entirely!

[bibliogirl]

Hm, you remind me that white port is our usual ahead-of-Christmas-dinner aperitif, and I'm not sure we have any really nice stuff. I may have to remedy that...

On the not-port front, I can recommend the South African not-port very highly...