1977 Vintage Armagnac will make a fantastic 40th birthday present for anyone turning 40 years old in 2017. Armagnac is a French brandy and it is the slightly less well known sibling of Cognac. Armagnac comes from Gascony in South West France (Cognac come from the Charentais) and the brandy produced here tends to be […]
1976 Port
Krohn 1976 Colheita Port is a perfect gift for anyone born in 1976 and is available to buy here. Unfortunately 1976 was not a good vintage in the Douro and very little 1976 Port was produced. The winter of 1975/76 was the driest winter on record for the Douro and the Summer of 1976 suffered drought conditions. […]
1976 Vintage Armagnac
At Fareham Wine Cellar we sell Armagnac from two producers who specialise in the production, sourcing and bottling of single vintage Armagnac – Baron de Lustrac and Baron de Sigognac. If you are looking for another Vintage Armagnac, please check our full list of vintages here. The depth of colour and complexity of flavour of […]
Janneau 1975 Vintage Armagnac
At Fareham Wine Cellar, we specialise in Vintage Armagnacs. We mainly supply Armagnacs from Baron de Lustrac and Baron de Sigognac but occasionally we have some from other producers. At the moment we have some of the very good Janneau 1975 Vintage Armagnac – obviously, this is a 40 year old Armagnac in 2015 fantastic […]
What is the White Paint on a Port Bottle?
At Fareham Wine Cellar we sell quite a bit of Port from Ruby all the way up to Vintage, old Colheitas and Tawnies. One of the things I am often asked about is as to why is there a blob of white paint on the Port bottle. Indeed, some customers have refused to buy a […]
A question about Port wine?
I recently found out that I am considered a bit of an expert about Port wine by the website that measure social media impact, Klout – which made me chuckle. This was brought to my attention with the arrival of a question from another Klout user in my inbox, and was a surprise to me! […]
2011 Vintage Port Tasting
2011 Vintage Port Tasting A tasting of 2011 Vintage Port barrel samples at Fareham Wine Cellar on Thursday 6th June 2013 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Ports on show were, 1. Smith Woodhouse 2011 2. Quinta do Roriz 2011 3. Cockburns 2011 4. Offley 2011 5. Ferreira 2011 6. Sandeman 2011 7. Churchill 2011 8. Quinta […]
2011 Vintage Port Barrel Sample Tasting
Fareham Wine Cellar 2011 Vintage Port Barrel Sample Tasting As anyone who is interested in Port probably knows by now, the most recently declared vintage, the 2011, was a universal declaration. When all the Port houses agree like this it can be taken as read that the vintage is normally very, very good. Please have […]
Fladgate Partnership 2011 Vintage Port
Fladgate Partnership 2011 Vintage Port This morning I was lucky enough to try three of the 2011 vintages Ports on offer from the Fladgate Partnership – the Croft 2011, Fonseca 2011 and Taylor 2011. The general view is that the 2011 vintage Ports will turn out to be very good, classic Ports and it is […]
Christmas Wine Tastings 2011 @ Fareham Wine Cellar
Christmas is fast approaching and we have finalised some dates for our annual Christmas wine tastings at Fareham Wine Cellar. Please find more information about the wines, and a couple of special offers that will be available on the day, further down. As usual, these are informal tastings at the Fareham Wine Cellar, however, I […]
