vintage port
DON SCHLIFF’S DECADES OF VINTAGE PORT TASTING 1834 — 2017
By Christine Graham Don Schliff, renowned Port collector and one of the founders of Wine Warehouse, the famous wholesalers headquartered in Los Angeles, organized another historic Port tasting in February 2020, featuring Decades of Port 1834 to 2017. The wines for this spectacular tasting came directly from Don Schliff’s underground refrigerated cellar. Most of the […]
Click here to read entire article »DON SCHLIFF’S RARE VINTAGE PORT TASTING: 1935 AND 1945
Event organizer Don Schliff heating Port tongs before applying to neck of bottles Don Schliff, renowned collector of Vintage Ports and one of the founders of Wine Warehouse in Los Angeles, organized another historic Port tasting in February this year, featuring twelve Ports from the great 1945 vintage, accompanied by four top Ports from […]
Click here to read entire article »HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016!
It’s always hard to believe, but it’s that time of year again. The New Year 2016 is almost here. Beginning in 2011, after our first year as an online publication, I published my reflections on the past year and fearless wine forecasts for the upcoming year. Many things did occur and most trends were […]
Click here to read entire article »RARE VINTAGE PORT TASTING 1927–1963, FEATURING QUINTA DO NOVAL NACIONAL
(This article was written by Cary Feibleman, Dennis Foley, Edward Lazarus, Christine Graham and Ronald Brown) Event organizer Don Schliff applying Port tongs to bottle neck Don Schliff, noted Port collector and one of the founders of Wine Warehouse, the famous wholesalers headquartered in Los Angeles, organized an historic Port tasting in February 2015, featuring […]
Click here to read entire article »Retrospective Review: Volume II, Number 4 (February-March, 1981)
We are currently reproducing a copy of Volume II, Number 4 of The Underground Wineletter. Below you’ll find an updated review of each article, where I will go over what we got right and what we got wrong. We will follow this format with each successive issue. So Volume II, Number 5 will be […]
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