Take Home Port Tasting
Beth Kuchynka • January 29, 2021
Est. 1638 Kopke Port
The country of Portugal has been growing grapes and making wine for thousands of years.
A trade partnership with England is responsible for the famed “style” we have all come to enjoy and call PORT. As the English’s taste for fine wines grew, so did their search to find such wines. Part of this search lead them further up the Duoro River valley, here they found full bodied wines sculpted by the hot climate of interior Portugal. The only hiccup with the partnership was the occasional spoilage of wine while on the ship voyage from Portugal to England. A simple solution to this problem was to fortify the wine with brandy protecting it from potential perils of the harsh journey. The method of fortifying the wine evolved into adding the adding the spirit during fermentation as opposed to after the wine has already aged. This fortified style of wine eventually came to be known as Port and while other regions are legally allowed to call their fortified wine by the same name, true Port only comes from the Douro Valley of Portugal.
Few Port houses have the pedigree and respect that Kopke, the oldest continually running Port house in all of Portugal does. Nicolau Kopke arrived in Portugal 30 years before the word “Port” was used to describe Portuguese wine and what he started grew from a small wine purchasing company to a major producer. Producing a wide variety of ports Kopke is known for specializing in a unique type of vintage port called “colheita” which is made from Tawny style port. For this tasting we will be joined by Serge Lozach, the Managing Direct of Wine in Motion, to walk us through a few different styles of ports. Serge first got involved with the wine industry at a family restaurant in New York City and had a few different stops, including being the head of sales at both Paul Hobbs Imports and Wilson Daniels, before becoming the Managing Director of Wine in Motion.
Usually known as a perfect after dinner night cap we will show that it can be enjoyed anytime, on its own or mixed in cocktails and when searching for Port look no further than Kopke.
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