a tutored port tasting evening, with accompanying cheeses

Friday 6th november 2009
Hosted by the carlton club

Justerini and Brooks of St James’ certainly ingratiated themselves with the Inter Club collective when they turned up at the Carlton Club with a fantastic selection of ports to sample at the recent Port and Stilton tasting, with varieties ranging from young tawnies to some full on 40 year old vintages. The latter being particularly popular as you might imagine, though the spirit level of this variety ensured that samplers made a b-line for the superb selection of cheeses that were on offer in order to guarantee that an appropriate port to cheese ratio was maintained.

A brief talk on the history and love of port professionally delivered by Richard Grenfell-Hill of J&B and a post event social in the Carlton’s Members’ bar book ended an event in which there was as much emphasis on getting to meet other Club members on the Club circuit as there was on the fabulous food and drink.

Thanks must go to the Carlton Club and Jordan Howell, the Carlton’s Inter Club Chairman, for hosting, and Richard Grenfell-Hill and Justerini and Brooks for supplying Portugal’s finest.