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rashire

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So i suppose since this is a first post I should introduce myself a bit here first. I'm a newbie cigar smoker, but I've taken a strong liking to cigar since i was introduced to them about 2 years ago. When I was introduced to cigars it was by a uncle who had been a long time enthusiast and who was quite well off, I say this because as he picked quite a tasty cigar and he also handed me a glass of expensive port to accompany it. (I think somewhere north of $80 was mentioned). So on to the true point of this post is a friend of mine who I have since introduced to cigars recently bought 3 cohiba cigars (he didn't mention which specific type) so I was planning on picking up a bottle of port for when we smoke them this weekend but I know nothing about port. The people on the forums here look knowledgeable but I had seen no mention of port on the forums. So I was hoping someone here would be able to suggest a good port that would be available from the local liquor store and around $20 for a bottle. For reference I live in PA and will just be going to a wine & spirits store. Thank you ahead of time to anyone who can lend me a suggestion to accompany these cigars.

edit: so of course after this post I noticed the sub forums for wine and port, so I apologize about posting this here, but I would still like to know if anyone has a suggestion in my price range.
 
Welcome to CP

Six Grapes is in the $16 to $20 range.
Kopke has some in the $18-30
Fonseca Bin 27 for about $22
 
Thanks for the suggestion! I've been looking through the above forum and I heard a lot of mention of Grahams Six Grapes. So that may be what I get a bottle of. But I don't think I've heard mention of what type of port it is. Thinking back of the previous one I had and descriptions on the other forums I'm pretty sure it was a ruby, as it was very strong and fruity. So my interest lies along these lines.


edit: 2000 Graham's Late Bottled Vintage Port has also spiked my interest, but I've read it's not the easiest to find.
 
Well the unfortunate part is we are smoking on friday evening, so my last minute desire for a port limits me to local pickups. However I will takes those suggestions should I ever have the insite to plan ahead of time :whistling:
 
Six Grapes is a non-vintage ruby port, I think it is an excellent port for the price range. You can't go wrong with Bin 27 in this range as well.

Another one I enjoy in that range is the Warres Optima.
 
In that price range ..... Bev Mo has the 2000 Dow's LBV on sale for $19. One of my favorites, which Charlie and I enjoyed the other night with a cigar, is the HArdys Whiskers Blake Tawny Port, price $14.


:cool:
 
So I went to two stores today looking for a Graham LBV the one store barely stocked any port and had nothing from Graham's and the other store only had $40+ bottles from Grahams and 6 Grapes at $23. So I picked up a bottle of Fonseca no. 27 as it was on sale at $17. I've read a lot of posts here stating it is a good pick and that a lot of people prefer the tawney's to the ruby's with a cigar so the price difference pushed me that way. I thank everyone who took their time to reply to me here. I'll probably try to sample everything mentioned here to find what I like best over time. For now I have this bottle that I'm very eager to open, and have it accompany my cohiba. :D

Just one last set of questions about the port if you don't mind.
I've heard some ports need to be handled differently. Right now I'm simply planning on leaving the bottle at room temp and popping it open right when I plan to drink it. I'm not supposed to let it breath or chill it am I?

Again thank you for the replies and the help! :thumbs:
 
rashire said:
So i suppose since this is a first post I should introduce myself a bit here first. I'm a newbie cigar smoker, but I've taken a strong liking to cigar since i was introduced to them about 2 years ago. When I was introduced to cigars it was by a uncle who had been a long time enthusiast and who was quite well off, I say this because as he picked quite a tasty cigar and he also handed me a glass of expensive port to accompany it. (I think somewhere north of $80 was mentioned). So on to the true point of this post is a friend of mine who I have since introduced to cigars recently bought 3 cohiba cigars (he didn't mention which specific type) so I was planning on picking up a bottle of port for when we smoke them this weekend but I know nothing about port. The people on the forums here look knowledgeable but I had seen no mention of port on the forums. So I was hoping someone here would be able to suggest a good port that would be available from the local liquor store and around $20 for a bottle. For reference I live in PA and will just be going to a wine & spirits store. Thank you ahead of time to anyone who can lend me a suggestion to accompany these cigars.

edit: so of course after this post I noticed the sub forums for wine and port, so I apologize about posting this here, but I would still like to know if anyone has a suggestion in my price range.
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rashire said:
So I went to two stores today looking for a Graham LBV the one store barely stocked any port and had nothing from Graham's and the other store only had $40+ bottles from Grahams and 6 Grapes at $23. So I picked up a bottle of Fonseca no. 27 as it was on sale at $17. I've read a lot of posts here stating it is a good pick and that a lot of people prefer the tawney's to the ruby's with a cigar so the price difference pushed me that way. I thank everyone who took their time to reply to me here. I'll probably try to sample everything mentioned here to find what I like best over time. For now I have this bottle that I'm very eager to open, and have it accompany my cohiba. :D

Just one last set of questions about the port if you don't mind.
I've heard some ports need to be handled differently. Right now I'm simply planning on leaving the bottle at room temp and popping it open right when I plan to drink it. I'm not supposed to let it breath or chill it am I?

Again thank you for the replies and the help! :thumbs:
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Port of all types is my favorite cigar accompaniment. Only coffee come close with water a distant third.

If you're just getting started, I'd say pick out any Ruby or Tawny and give it a spin. Whiskers Blake is fantastic and nutty and Six Grapes is solid as well. Those will cover the lighter, fruitier, easier going side. If you have the funds, pick up a LBV or Vintage to experience the more concentrated, extracted brethren. IMO, either way, you can't go wrong.

As for storage and pouring, this heathen keeps his port in the dining room and not the cellar and I just pop the cork when I want some. BTW, searching on the keyword "port" would have brought up threads like this, this, this, this, this, and so on and so on.

:)

Now, I gotta ask. Why has it become so popular to start every single utterance with "so?" I'm not picking on you in particular, rashire, but your posts were really about the most heavily peppered that I've ever read. The blue highlight is the one, most justifiable use of "so" but the other 8 times, I just don't know.

Wilkey
 
I don't suppose I'm saying anything in particular. Just hitting a curmudgeonly patch I suppose. :)

It's a generational thing with respect to language. It may be cool, but it ain't rock n' roll to me. ;)

Wilkey
 
Ginseng said:
Now, I gotta ask. Why has it become so popular to start every single utterance with "so?" I'm not picking on you in particular, rashire, but your posts were really about the most heavily peppered that I've ever read. The blue highlight is the one, most justifiable use of "so" but the other 8 times, I just don't know.
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Well I'm not quite sure why I use 'so' in such abundance. English has always been my weak point, I'm more of a computer guy and thats where I excel. I never even noticed myself using the word so much, I'll make a personal note to try to avoid the word because after you point it out it is rather odd. Also I guarantee you'd have more to complain about if my browser didn't support spell check (Waiting for a version that points out my horrible use of comma's)

As for the previous posts that you linked to I actually read through most of them after the initial post which I edited to apologize for.

rashire said:
edit: so of course after this post I noticed the sub forums for wine and port, so I apologize about posting this here, but I would still like to know if anyone has a suggestion in my price range.
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The post was also made at 3 am my time (I know forum says 2, but I think my time zone settings are wrong) and I was a bit tired and hadn't seen the sub-forum or the search function. I tend to get a bit obsessive about things some times and was really interested in getting a suggestion so I jumped the gun. I'm eagerly awaiting my first Cuban so I really wanted something I was certain would accompany it well.

Thanks again to everyone who helped, even if some of this was located elsewhere and sorry for my crap-tastic (it's a word I swear...) English!
 
:) Carry on.

BTW, Kopke, good stuff. I'm also partial to Warre's and Whiskers Blake.

Wilkey
 
Poped open the bottle of Fonseca no. 27 Friday night, it was quite good and I thank everyone who recommended it. It wasn't as sweet as the one I'd had before but quite enjoyable. I think the next bottle I'll try out the six grapes. Cigar turned out to be a Cohiba Robusto, was very enjoyable, only complaint was smoke was pretty light, and the taste wasn't as strong as some others I'd had. Very smooth cigar though, wish I had a few more and a humidor so I could store them away(I hear they start really tasting good after 3 years or so.)

Anyways just really wanted to let everyone who chimed in on the thread to get a thank you from me. I also hate to get advice for something and not let people know how it turned out. Hopefully I can read around these boards some more and learn more about cigars, because as I said before it's something I want get more into. Plus its hit and miss buying random sticks at a store.
 
There's a local winery that makes an incredible port wine - Glunz Family Winery. This is the link to their 2000 vintage, but from time to time they open up their older stock for sale. Great stuff - highly recommend them!!! :thumbs:
 
ggiese said:
There's a local winery that makes an incredible port wine - Glunz Family Winery. This is the link to their 2000 vintage, but from time to time they open up their older stock for sale. Great stuff - highly recommend them!!! :thumbs:
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Interesting, at that price I might as well get a bottle. Going to have to finish the one I have first. Just under half left in there so it needs to wait for me to have another cigar or two. I'd order it and keep it till current bottle is done but I spent more on this last weekend on drinks then I like to spend in a months time. Not much overall but hurts a bit as I'm still in school and only work part time.
 
I'm interested to see the various suggestions. It's been too long since I've enjoyed a good cigar with a glass of port. 30+ years ago that was the favorite combination when my friends and I were from college and sat around catching up on news and such.
 
I just returned from a trip to Door County Wisconsin. We visited several small wineries there and came across three really good tasting sweet ports.

Here is the link to Simon Creek Winery. This was my favorite port. They also have a fantastic sherry.
[topic="0"]http://www.simoncreekwines.com/wines.html[/topic]

Another great winery up there is von Stiehl Winery and they have a Framboise that is even better.
[topic="0"]http://www.vonstiehl.com/wineList.html[/topic]

I had a port from Door Peninsula that I enjoyed with a cigar while up there, but I do not remember it being a cherry port. Either way it was great.
[topic="0"]http://shop.dcwine.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21_26&products_id=346[/topic]

I know Door Peninsula can ship to most states and I know von Stiehl can not ship to Louisiana, not sure about others.

All of these are affordable and they taste great.

Good Luck,

Johnny
 
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