Should Port be chilled?
Should you chill Port? Compare serving temperatures for Tawny, Ruby, White and Rosé, with advice for LBV and Vintage and a home chilling example.
Practical advice with sources you can check. Start with the label on your bottle, then find a guide to the style, the cork or the time in the decanter.
Looking for a particular year? Use the vintage chart or the birth-year and anniversary finder.
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Which Port goes with cheese?
Find a Port for blue Stilton, aged Manchego or Brie, and choose one bottle for a mixed cheeseboard.
Tawny vs Ruby Port: which should you choose?
Compare Tawny and Ruby Port by flavour and food. Understand the age on a Tawny label, with two bottle examples and producer serving advice.
How to store unopened Port
How to store unopened Port at home: temperature, upright or side storage, and producer instructions for Vintage, LBV and Tawny.
How long does Port last after opening?
How long opened Vintage Port, LBV, Ruby and Tawny keep, why official advice differs, and how to look after the rest of the bottle.
How to decant Vintage Port
How to decant Vintage Port without pouring the sediment: preparing the bottle, opening an old cork, choosing a decanting time and keeping any wine left over.
How to open an old bottle of Port
How to open old Port with a fragile cork: choosing a corkscrew, using a two-prong opener or Durand, and what to do if the cork breaks or falls in.
Vintage Port vs LBV and single-quinta Port
Compare Vintage Port, filtered and unfiltered LBV, and single-quinta Vintage Port: how they age, what the label means and which bottles need decanting.