Virginia Shaffer is the owner and operator of Lady Oyster Tours & Tastings, a unique business venture on a mission to make Maine seafood experiential through intimate oyster tastings, sea farm tours, and coastal adventures.

She's the first female guest on Starboard's #drinkport podcast and she's set the bar high. She's chock-full of business insight and advice for anyone thinking about quitting their full-time job to pursue their own venture. And she's brimming with passion for what she does. Pull up a seat and let's #drinkport with Virginia.

Starboard is a Port wine for the American dinner party.
Follow along as we uncork a conversation about Port wine, stateside. Onward we venture to a new Port.

🍷#drinkport

Bartholomew Broadbent is an icon in the wine world. He’s the original Port wine pioneer in the United States who was responsible for making it mainstream nationally in the 1990s.

He's the CEO and Founder of Broadbent Selections, a fine wine importer and distributor that also produces award-winning Madeira, Port, and Portuguese table wines along with other offerings.

He's the ultimate Port wine advocate, and, he happens to live just 10 minutes from me. Join me for this can’t-miss episode with a true Port wine legend.

Starboard is a Port wine for the American dinner party.
Follow along as we uncork a conversation about Port wine, stateside. Onward we venture to a new Port.
🍷#drinkport

In the spirit of Thanksgiving and bringing those we love together, I invited my husband Pete to guest host this holiday episode.

And I flipped the script — he brought the questions and there weren't any that were off the table.

I still edited it.

Starboard is a Port wine for the American dinner party. Follow along as we uncork a conversation about Port wine, stateside. Onward we venture to a new Port.

🍷#drinkport

Are Matt Wagner and I the only two Americans drinking Port wine?
In this episode of #drinkport, I catch up with him to learn more about his popular #TawnyTuesday series where he reviews a bottle of tawny Port live on Instagram each week.
We chat about being ‘newbies’ to Port and brainstorm ways to get Americans more excited about trying this unique fortified wine.
And you won't want to miss who he would invite to a dinner party…
Starboard is a Port wine for the American dinner party.
Follow along as we uncork a conversation about Port wine, stateside. Onward we venture to a new Port.
🍷#drinkport

In this episode, I catch up with Ruud Scholten, who lives just outside of Amsterdam. He's a serial entrepreneur and founder of an exciting online Port platform that's designed to be the ultimate resource for Port wine enthusiasts. He's also the author of “The Portologist” featuring Port wine cocktail recipes.

We chat about parenthood, virtual reality, the perception of Port wine (is it really a drink favored among housewives in the Netherlands?), and more.

Starboard is a Port wine for the American dinner party. Follow along as we uncork a conversation about Port wine, stateside. Onward we venture to a new Port.

🍷#drinkport

In this second part of my conversation with Port wine subject matter expert and writer Roy Hersh, I caught up with him to learn more about his lifelong passion for Port wine, if he thinks it has the potential to go mainstream in the United States, and other musings on this lesser known wine.

Catch up on the first part of our conversation here.

Starboard is a Port wine for the American dinner party. Follow along as we uncork a conversation about Port wine, stateside. Onward we venture to a new Port.

🍷#drinkport

In this podcast episode, I catch up with the ultimate Port wine guru: Roy Hersh. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone — especially an American — more passionate about Port wine than Roy.

He’s practically dedicated his life to learning more about this unique fortified wine and is actively sharing it with others through his robust writing career, his popular website ForTheLoveOfPort.com, and the launch of his wine tourism business, Portuguese Wine Tours.

Just how devoted is he to Port wine? He relocated from the States, from his home in Seattle, to live in Porto, Portugal full-time. He’s tasted nearly 15,000 bottles of Port over the last 40 years and even named his daughter Taylor after one of the founding Port houses. In this first part of our two-part episode, I learn more about his background, what inspired his interest in Port wine, and of course, see what he has to say about Americans and their relationship with Port through the years.

Starboard is a Port wine for the American dinner party. Follow along as we uncork a conversation about Port wine, stateside. Onward we venture to a new Port.

🍷#drinkport