Nantucket WINE Festival

The Kitty and I went to an event or two at the Nantucket Wine Festival. While neither of us is an oenologist (wine expert) we do enjoy a glass of wine every night with dinner. So when we got the chance to go to a tasting from the Sandeman vineyard, who specializes in tawny Vintage port, we jumped at it. Especially because it was at the White Elephant, so near to our home.

I never know what to wear to these things so I put on Newport blue slacks and a Nordstrom blue check dress shirt. The speaker who is a Sandeman family member wore a blazer and jeans. Damn. Once again I overdressed. He was waaaay more studley, even for an englishman.

We tasted 4 different vintages of Port... 10-20-30- and 40 years old respectively. Between sips we cleansed our palates with Irish Golden Kerry cheese and bread... and a sip of San Pellegrino water.

Personally I preferred the younger Ports as they did not taste as sweet. The Kitty liked the older ones. Since the prices were more or less 40-60-80 and 100 dollars a bottle, I am fine with the younger one for economical reasons as well. PLUS... if you open a bottle of the 10 year old port, you can keep it for months. The older one tends to oxidize faster and has to be consumed within a few days. I heard it from Mr. Sandeman, so it must be true. And he had the confidence to fly from Portugal to Nantucket for a couple of days, and give his presentation in style. I enjoyed the day.