Taylor's v Graham's back to 1970

Adrian Bridge of The Fladgate Partnership (Fonseca, Taylor's, Croft, etc) and Paul Symington of Symington Family Estates (Graham's, Dow's, Warre's, etc and author of our recent 2010 Douro harvest report) made a good tag team at this enlightening comparative tasting of Graham’s and Taylor’s vintage ports back to 1970.  It was organised by West London auction house Bonhams and moderated by wine writer (and now also Alentejo wine producer) Richard Mayson.

It was the first time I had had the chance to compare six vintages of port produced by two different houses and it left me both reluctant and...