Scion Port from 1855 at $3,200 a bottle

This is a wonderful story.
An elderly lady from the Duoro area in Portugal recently died with no heirs. She owned casks with port dating back to 1855. Taylors bought the cask, bottled it and sells it for $3200 per bottle.



Read the story in Dr. Vino'S blog.

Say hello to Scion, not a cheap car but a $3,200 port

The Bordeaux 2010 Harvest is in Full Swing, an Update from the Right Bank

Bordeaux is harvesting. It started about two weeks ago and will probably be finished mid October.  It was a strange year, yields are lower but the quality on the right bank, particularly Pomerol, seems to be good.

Opening a bottle of wine with a shoe

Have you ever been in a situation that you wanted to open a bottle but did not have a corkscrew, watch this video which I have found on Dr. Vino's wine blog.  Incredible...

Opening wine with a shoe