Courtesy of Pragerport.com

Aging in the barrel is the same thing that happens in a reduction sauce. Peter Prager

The Prager website invites guests to “come in for an informative port experience”. When I arrived at this tiny tasting room, Peter Prager (the winemaker) was casually leaning on the kitchen sink counter.  I told him that GirlwithaGlass had an appointment. He hollared up to Jeff Prager in the loft.  Jeff bounced down the stairs, in his baseball cap and pony-tail to greet me.  The Prager boys and I talked about their father (now known as Grandpa to the third generation), port making, and pairing food with port (a great interest of theirs).

If you enjoy a special, educational and intimate time with a real winemaking family, this is the place for you.  The ports are dry and food friendly with lots of perceptable flavors for easy pairing…carmel, walnuts, hazlenuts, and coffee for example. You can purchase Mom Prager’s candied walnuts to go with your port. I’m looking forward to pairing the Tawny and White Ports and writing about them soon.

Happy 100th Birthday this weekend to the founder and “Grandpa” of Prager Ports.  (He hangs out at the tasting room on weekends, so maybe you’ll get to meet him.)

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