Different wines fade in and out of popularity, but good ones deserve recognition regardless of the trends. I have picked 10 wine genres here that I feel have either been arbitrarily dismissed or have evaporated from consciousness. It’s wrong to dismiss entire groups. Some producers within these groups always made wines in more restrained styles than imagined, and others have evolved with the times. The diversity of styles available today is a wonderful thing.
Stereotypes are not the problem with port and Madeira so much as how and when to drink them. The era of cigars and after-dinner drinks is long gone. The French enjoy white port as an aperitif, but I prefer vermouth or fino sherry. Occasionally, though, it’s worth having a glass with cheese as a reminder of how glorious, sweet fortified wines can be. Of the various types, I will recommend aged tawny port like Taylor Fladgate 20-Year-Old Tawny Port. If you store an open bottle of tawny port in a cool, dark place, it will last a couple of months.
Excerpt Taken From: The New York Times
Author: Eric Asimov
