
Tasting Notes: Taylor Fladgate 1964 Single Harvest
Taylor Fladgate, one of the council of elders in the Port world, released a 50-year-old tawny port in 2014.
Taylor Fladgate, one of the council of elders in the Port world, released a 50-year-old tawny port in 2014.
I come from a family of beer drinkers, firmly rooted in the blue-collar heritage of my grandfather’s construction and carpentry business. My father likes to say that it was his own skill at unskilled labor that paid his way through college.
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