Author Topic: Campfire Port (Read 42562 times)

Mace · « **Reply #25 on:** July 03, 2012, 09:45:44 AM »

Anything that can be begged, borrowed, or stolen.

Im not fussy, bottle, tap pack, cask, flagon.

Must be able to mix with bubbly in case SHMBO asks for a pink champagne, and most importantly, mix well with the Stones Green Ginger Wine in the other hand.

in case you ask, i do not have a problem, I am the problem, just ask SHMBO.

pommiedic · « **Reply #26 on:** July 03, 2012, 10:54:13 AM »

Brew my own in a 14L French oak cask.

sol · « **Reply #27 on:** July 08, 2012, 06:34:55 AM »

Had a mate over last night and he brought over a bottle of Bullers FIne Old Tawny Port.
A very nice drop too.

Sort of moreish.

Spurio · « **Reply #28 on:** July 08, 2012, 10:55:44 AM »

From riversands at St George in Queensland ...

FGP

cruisindub · « **Reply #29 on:** July 08, 2012, 06:21:03 PM »

The good wife and I both like a nice port, but the good stuff gets a bit pricey. Latest I've been tasting is 10 year old matured. $34 per half litre. Thanks to my fine wine manager wife.

Though my latest cold weqther tipple has been the honey Jack Daniels and expresso flavoured vodka.

Warms up the cockles nicely.!
Thanks also to my local fine wine manager.

Jason B · « **Reply #30 on:** July 08, 2012, 08:00:30 PM »

Enjoy a port around the fire often, from the local goon at Echuca ($10 for 2 lts) to grandfather.

Currently have a box of 6 from Cambells of Rutherglen, mixed port, muscat and desert wines.

Regards

Jas

Hefty · « **Reply #31 on:** July 08, 2012, 10:19:22 PM »

Quote from: peanut2 on June 30, 2012, 08:50:32 PM

Here are a few:
...
Bethany Old Quarry Tawny

x2,
I've got an oak keg full (well, not quite at the moment) of it at home, but I'm biased - My uncle owns Bethany Wines!

Cheers!
Jono.

brettk · « **Reply #32 on:** July 08, 2012, 10:28:25 PM »

Thumn estate liquor port, or galway pipe or any othing available at the point of purchase.

Just opened a bottle of Grant Burge aged tawny, not bad at all

sol · « **Reply #33 on:** July 13, 2012, 05:42:08 AM »

A customer of mine dropped me in a bottle of Rum Port yesterday.
Tried it out last night. Nice drop.
Reckons you can't buy it anymore. True or false?

xcvator · « **Reply #34 on:** July 13, 2012, 07:46:08 AM »

Quote from: Hefty on July 08, 2012, 10:19:22 PM

x2,
I've got an oak keg full (well, not quite at the moment) of it at home, but I'm biased - My uncle owns Bethany Wines!

Cheers!
Jono.

With a family like that I think we could be best mates very easily

fuji · « **Reply #35 on:** July 13, 2012, 08:28:26 AM »

Quote from: sol on July 13, 2012, 05:42:08 AM

A customer of mine dropped me in a bottle of Rum Port yesterday.
Tried it out last night. Nice drop.
Reckons you can't buy it anymore. True or false?

Look up Draytons in the Hunter Valley
Wayne

sol · « **Reply #36 on:** August 03, 2012, 09:37:34 PM »

Got a bottle of Black Pearl Port at Yungaburra Markets.
Very nice drop. www.wildmountainscellars.com.au

Ozsnowman · « **Reply #37 on:** August 03, 2012, 10:49:30 PM »

Got a lovely chocolate port at Echuca one day - goes down very well around the campfire

jgrant · « **Reply #38 on:** August 06, 2012, 07:13:10 PM »

Quote from: peanut2 on June 30, 2012, 08:50:32 PM

Here are a few:
Seppeltsfield No. 6 Tokay, No. 7 Tawny, No. 8 Muscat
Morris Black Label Tawny & Black Label Liquer Muscat
Bethany Old Quarry Tawny

The Morris Classic Range is also good, but I prefer the Black Label.

Peanut

Yes, yes, yes for the Seppeltsfield range Peanut! Yum!!

jgrant · « **Reply #39 on:** August 06, 2012, 07:16:34 PM »

Quote from: Marschy on June 30, 2012, 11:21:39 PM

Seppeltsfield Solero DP63 Grand Muscat and the DP57 Grand Tokay.

Galway Pipe was nicer when it was made at Yalumba. They don't do any fortified wines anymore, sold the lot. Who remember's 4 Crown. I use to buy this in 20 litre containers many years ago when I worked there.

I used to work for Southcorp before the Foster's take-over.

Boy I miss my wine allowance, sob.

Same as my hubby Marschy... Oh, the mixed cases of some of the best Penfolds wines for $40! Oh, and some pretty rough stuff too. Good old Southcorp... That wine allowance was singlehandedly responsible for my taste for a good drop!
Cheers!

Marschy · « **Reply #40 on:** August 09, 2012, 02:55:45 PM »

Quote from: jgrant on August 06, 2012, 07:16:34 PM

Same as my hubby Marschy... Oh, the mixed cases of some of the best Penfolds wines for $40! Oh, and some pretty rough stuff too. Good old Southcorp... That wine allowance was singlehandedly responsible for my taste for a good drop!
Cheers!

From the Hunter? Your hubby would have worked for Rosemount? I started at Southcorp just after they bought Mr Oatley out and for a little while after he sold the lot of us out to Fosters. They should never have let him keep his shares.

At Magil the wine makers used to taste batches of wine, typically export stuff to make sure the batches were ok for shipping OS. You could usually tell they been doing it as their lips were stained purple from tasting so much wine. They used to take only a small sample from a bottle, then move onto the next bottle. This used to leave all these bottle left with a little bit taken out which they would give away to staff. If you were quick we used to pick up some really good bottles of just about anything for nothing. They did this about once a month to quarterly.

Best job I ever had, but did nothing for my sobriety.

Swaggie · « **Reply #41 on:** August 09, 2012, 03:33:17 PM »

I read an article in the Herald Sun about 1994,could have been later its only a guess...It had a story about an 80 odd year old Cooper that did Barrels on the side...It showed he had fingers missing etc etc from work over the years...I cannot remember his name but know a mate picked up the barrel made of U.S oak on the way to Bendigo back then..Does anyone know who this bloke was,the barrel is stamped with numbers and its still in its raw state...

I don't drink a lot of it but after a year it comes out thick and you can smell the oak..Mates love it...

Oh beware of the waxed barrels too...

sol · « **Reply #42 on:** June 30, 2013, 07:14:38 AM »

Went to Dan Murphys yesterday and bought a cask of Golden Oak Australian Tawny Port for 10 bucks.
Very nice for a cask port. Look forward to giving it a good try out in a couple of weeks on our next weekend away

Foo · « **Reply #43 on:** June 30, 2013, 08:32:20 AM »

Had many cask of that and it is a good guzzling Port.

Foo

sol · « **Reply #44 on:** June 30, 2013, 09:09:10 AM »

Thanks Foo, might go get another one just in case

Turbojohn · « **Reply #45 on:** June 30, 2013, 09:37:55 AM »

I'll drink just about any port as long as there's a campfire involved. Dont mind the old doctor jurds jungle juice either

edz · « **Reply #46 on:** June 30, 2013, 09:38:03 AM »

You blokes missed one ingrediant to go with the campfire port session " A good Chocholate " ...A good Port and chocholate sitting by a good fire on a cold misty wet night... Aaaah the blurred and bleary eyed memories of the Macleay 1000 off road races .

rodsswag · « **Reply #47 on:** June 30, 2013, 09:58:03 AM »

I think for price and quality Hardys, Tall Ship port wins hands down.
And White Tim Tams.
There is a song some where about it, sucking port through your Tim Tams.
But as for at home
Penfolds Bluestone (or just about any of them)
Bunjrgen Estate Vineyard near Bonah QLD
Mount Tamborine Chocolate Port....
All with a shot of Johnnie Blue, Silver or Gold
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Rod..................

Swannie · « **Reply #48 on:** June 30, 2013, 11:13:41 AM »

I use to buy port from a local winery that was either laced with bourbon or scotch.... Whenever i drunk it and woke up the next morning I never had any recollection of the night before!!!!

Swannie

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GUEY · « **Reply #49 on:** June 30, 2013, 12:51:22 PM »

There's a few on here that I will have try.
Biggest problem is by the time the port comes out I'm to blind to know what I'm drinking.

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Author Topic: Campfire Port (Read 42562 times)

Marschy