Food & Port Pairing Ideas

This quick and easy port & stilton cheese rarebit recipe is served with a walnut loaf, providing a sweet tanginess to cut through the rich rarebit topping.

Fonseca is best known for its dry white port, Siroco, which makes an excellent aperitif.

Aged in large wooden vats, ruby ports soften and develop their individual characteristics, without losing their freshness of fruit, their deep ruby colour and incredible vibrancy.

Aged tawny ports lend themselves to a variety of occasions and have the added benefit of being delightful when served slightly chilled, particularly enjoyable in the warmer summer months.

The traditional accompaniments to vintage port are Stilton, and/or walnuts. There is some sound sense here.

The association of Taylors vintage port with a mature blue cheese such as Stilton is one of the great classic food and wine combinations.

Taylor’s aged tawny ports with their characteristic mellow spicy, nutty and oaky aromas, silky palate and opulent flavours should be paired quite differently to their ruby port cousins.

Taylors ruby ports are the ideal partner for a cheeseboard, chocolate dessert or even an intense port wine reduction. Rich chocolate pot, or chocolate brownie accompanied with some red berries.

Keep a bottle in your fridge at all times, you never know when you are going to feel like having a wonderfully refreshing glass of chilled white port.