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why is downing a bottle of port a downside?

The last thing you want to do is waste the experience by just "downing it" like so much swill! Decanted vintage port lasts a few days in the refrigerator in a container with a lid. With such an expensive price tag, and the exquisite flavors of vintage, it deserves to be savored.

@@ThundermansThunder okay rich boy, when you buy the expensive wine, you can decide whether I down it like a cheap can of beer at a college party

Traditionally it was used for old port bottles where the cork was quite fragile and couldn’t be extracted with a corkscrew

Its for When you can’t Get the Cork out

@@magnusbjrnli4363 gotcha, interesting

port is a very mature wine so itll be coz of the cork getting old. i assume you could do it on most if not all bottles though

This is used mostly for older bottles where the cork is more fragile and there’s risk of breaking

@@AmandamccrossinSOMMVIVANT ohh, I see. Thank you so much for clarifying! It makes sense. 😊