2003 a vintage year for port

If you are wondering what to lay down for a baby born in 2003, the answer is vintage port. Long after many a 2003 bordeaux and burgundy, baked by those heatwave conditions, has faded and perished, 2003 vintage port should just be coming into its own as a 2003 baby becomes interested in wine.

 

I shall be tasting these new vinous babies in early May and will of course report in more detail on these pages. Meanwhile, here’s the weather report from the Symingtons who will be declaring 2003 Dow, Graham, Warre, Gould Campbell, Quarles Harris, Smith Woodhouse and...