Having just been to Portugal where I had the pleasure of tasting a large number of fabulous ports blind for the book, Guia Popular dos Vinhos with which Neil Pendock and I are assisting Anibal Coutinho, my palate is somewhat calibrated to the part made from the classical Portuguese varieties. It was also very clear that the Port producers in the lodges of Oporto are looking for ways to make port a more popular drink amongst the younger wine drinkers and also to make it appeal to woman. David Guimaraens the Chief Winemaker of Taylors Fonseca Crofts led us through a tasting of the 2007 vintages of