Across from my seat at the bar at 13 Celsius the other night, I glimpsed a large and squat clear bottle with a metal pour spout affixed on top that drew my attention. Maybe it’s my fixation with attractive or interesting containers, especially those that might hold alcohol that I might like, but I thought that this bottle might be pretty cool, regardless; it’s shape and size were certainly unique among the hundreds of bottles employed at what I believe is the city’s top wine bar.
It proved to be a bottle of 20-year-old tawny port from Graham’s, a 6-liter bottle, certainly the largest bottle of port I had ever seen. And, a very enjoyable port, to boot, one that I have long liked. It’s $12 for standard 3-ounce pour that works very well at the end of the night or the end of the visit. No telling what the entire bottle cost. This is actually the second bottle the bar has had. The first ordered in conjunction with their port and Madeira week went fairly quickly. This one seems destined for the same fate.
13 Celsius
3000 Caroline (north of Elgin), 77004, (713) 529-8466
13celsius.com
It proved to be a bottle of 20-year-old tawny port from Graham’s, a 6-liter bottle, certainly the largest bottle of port I had ever seen. And, a very enjoyable port, to boot, one that I have long liked. It’s $12 for standard 3-ounce pour that works very well at the end of the night or the end of the visit. No telling what the entire bottle cost. This is actually the second bottle the bar has had. The first ordered in conjunction with their port and Madeira week went fairly quickly. This one seems destined for the same fate.
13 Celsius
3000 Caroline (north of Elgin), 77004, (713) 529-8466
13celsius.com
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