For The Love Of Port

1896. But it has an awkward history.

Request re Jorge Nicolau da Costa Monteiro Roy, Please allow a request about a subsequent newsletter. The Big-Bottle essay explained that the then president of the IVDP, Jorge Nicolau da Costa Monteiro, did not allow big bottles. His term ended at the IVDP; his successor did allow big bottles; that...

Advice has been received suggesting that the response above could be misinterpreted. What was and is meant was that the technical details are so boring — to me, even if to nobody else — that they were skipped when assembling the newsletter article. Perhaps, given Eric's interest, that assumption was...

So what is the difference between 1(a) and 1(d)? The article I read didn't explain it, and I was curious while reading, and still want to know. You asked. 2. Next we come to a more technical reading of the details of the rules. Wine is divided into various types by 75/106/EEC (as amended), of which...

Personally, I love Oscar Quevedo's caveat. Almost worth having a large bottle just so he would visit! I concocted that contract whilst sitting next to Oscar at a tasting. “Send it to me”, he urged. And I explained that though, legally, it looks like a disadvantage for the owner, any likely owner wo...

There has been a legal and a cultural change about big bottles of Port. Last December Roy suggested that the origin of this change appear in his FTLOP newsletter #83, December 2014 , with an agreed exclusivity of 30 days. It was an excellent suggestion of Roy’s. The essay now appears at www.jdawisem...

an Imperial (6l) and was opened with nine Magnums of F85, three bottles on Noval 1955 and many gallons of beer Indeed, many gallons. In recent years The Red Bull has pre-loaded with extra barrels for this weekend, having once had the embarrassment of being drunk dry. Playing Conjectures or Yogi’s W...

How many people would you feel is optimal to consume each of these two sized bottles? At the annual Dinners that are not a multiple of ten, typically about two dozen people drink a dozen bottles of Port (having started with a gallon of beer, sparkles, white and red wines). I thought that the 59 peo...

Andy Velebil has asked that I post this on :ftlop2014:, and I’m happy to oblige. Auction, Christie’s, 20 July 1978. http://www.jdawiseman.com/2015/20150118_19780720_NN27.png (Reproduced by kind permission of Christie’s ; my picture #24589.) I particularly liked NN27 being described as “Rare”. The ha...

When I lived in NY, about 6 years ago, Warehouse Wines & Spirits sold magnums of, I think, Martinez 1997 (or maybe 1994), at approximately free. They were in fine condition.

Just noticed (on wine-searcher) magnums of 1997 Sandeman Vau Vintage on sale for $30 at Warehouse Wines & Spirits in NY. Sadly, they don't ship, but they will free deliver within a radius of the store (for orders >$100). We’ve drunk this several times in the last year, though mostly in double-m...

Anytime you come to London, let me know. We really do like drinking Port.

• Graham Crusted bottled 1998;
• Offley 2007 LBV;
• Croft LBV 2004;
• Sandeman 20Y Tawny.

Which is three and a spare, in case of an emergency.

Chris G. wrote:There's 1311 bottles total. If someone wanted to offer $35.85 per bottle and take care of transportation(show up in a box truck and I'll help load), I would entertain that offer.

As I live in London and don’t have $47k handy, I can’t. But if you were near me and I did have the money, I would.

If you could do it all again, what would you do differently?

Moses Botbol wrote:3. Will large format bottles also come out for SQVP, or just major vintages?

GM12 in double magnums, the only size yet released.

If I have guests over, that enjoy drinking because of the alcohol, I dont open my older bottles. But to sit and sip a great old bottle with a connaisseur, makes my Day, and I would open the Best bottle in the house. :thumbsup: +3 Why the mutual exclusivity? Is it really impossible that a connoisseu...

There is a machine-readable data source at www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/exchange/eurofxref/html/index.en.html#downloads, for those who care.

Did you get a receipt for your ticket? (Of course signed in, at least, sequiplicate.)

GoDaddy has vandalised its webmail. It was good, even excellent. That version was scrapped in about 2010. Then it became a bit worse, but tolerable, but recently has become a lot worse with many bugs. Perhaps this is deliberate, to push clients to Office365. So I am looking for a new ISP with good w...