点评:Finally got the chance to do a tasting at my long time favourite port house. I was lucky enough to get a table in the window and it provided a very pleasant way to escape the bad weather.
The ports were excellent (including the 50 year old white port which I didn’t expect to be able to try). The staff were excellent - very friendly and knowledgeable and happy to recommend additional ports to taste. There’s no pressure to vacate the tables making it a relaxed and enjoyable experience.
One thing to note though, the standard bag is a paper bag. I wasn’t offered the cloth one to buy and unfortunately when I got back to the hotel the bag had got wet and the bottom collapsed meaning one of the bottles broke. Thankfully it was one of the cheaper bottles (the more expensive one was in a box). When I went back the next day to buy a replacement bottle, the staff member tried to say she had offered me a cloth bag, which she didn’t. A minor niggle but if you are buying more than a single bottle it’s probably best to skip the paper bag which is a bit flimsy when wet.
翻译:终于有机会去我一直以来最爱的波特酒庄品酒了。我很幸运地订到了一张靠窗的桌子,这真是一个躲避恶劣天气的好机会。
波特酒非常棒(包括那瓶50年的白波特酒,我没想到能尝到)。工作人员也很棒——非常友好,知识渊博,还很乐意推荐其他波特酒来品尝。他们没有强迫我离开桌子,所以品酒的过程轻松愉快。
不过有一点需要注意,标准包装袋是纸袋。我没有买布袋,很遗憾,当我回到酒店时,袋子被弄湿了,底部塌陷了,导致其中一瓶酒破了。谢天谢地,那瓶酒比较便宜(更贵的那瓶装在盒子里)。第二天我去买一瓶新的时,工作人员试图说她给了我一个布袋,但实际上并没有。这是一个小问题,但如果你购买不止一瓶,最好不要使用纸袋,因为纸袋在潮湿时会变得有点脆弱。