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- Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:17 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1994 Broadbent Vintage Port
- Replies: 4
- Views: 562
Re: 1994 Broadbent Vintage Port
Tonight I’d pretty much just echo and duplicate your tasting notes on this one Glenn. I’m content with this tonight, but it doesn’t totally scratch the want for an aged VP experience.
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 11:00 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 2000 Ferreira Vintage Port
- Replies: 3
- Views: 693
Re: 2000 Ferreira Vintage Port
Well, Younger self wasn’t wrong, albeit a bit off about only waiting 6-8 years from my first taste to try this one again. 10+ years later It’s a monster still. Popped and poured yesterday it was all just too much...alcohol, fruit, tannin. Not decanted, but left uncorked overnight and this eve it’s a...
- Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:23 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: TOP PORTS OF 2010 - Your list of favorites
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2308
Re: TOP PORTS OF 2010 - Your list of favorites
My favorites this year:
Vintage: '77 Fonseca, 94 & 95 Vesuvio
Wood P(p)orts:
Ramos Pinto 20 yr...can't drink enough of this one!
Kopke 30 yr...
Chateau Reynella 12+ year tawny AUS rlly well done
Other: 2000 Portal LBV, '95 Smith Woodhouse LBV
Vintage: '77 Fonseca, 94 & 95 Vesuvio
Wood P(p)orts:
Ramos Pinto 20 yr...can't drink enough of this one!
Kopke 30 yr...
Chateau Reynella 12+ year tawny AUS rlly well done
Other: 2000 Portal LBV, '95 Smith Woodhouse LBV
- Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:54 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Vesuvio named W & S Winery of the Year
- Replies: 2
- Views: 370
Vesuvio named W & S Winery of the Year
Just came across my interwebs that Quinta do Vesuvio was named Wine & Spirits 2010 Winery of the Year.
- Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:14 am
- Forum: Port & Madeira Marketplace
- Topic: Do you believe this still to be a good time to be buying older vintages of Port?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2987
Re: Do you believe this still to be a good time to be buying older vintages of Port?
Funny, I found July & August the best months to get minimum bids at auction accepted in both Port & still wine lots. I figured it was because folks went on vacation or holiday at that time and did not pay much attention to auctions. I found this out the first time when i had been bidding for...
- Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:02 am
- Forum: Port & Madeira Marketplace
- Topic: Who wants to join me bidding on this unbelievable lot!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2688
Re: Who wants to join me bidding on this unbelievable lot!
hmmmm....very interested....
could always chip in and if one couldn't make it, "sell" your seat
could always chip in and if one couldn't make it, "sell" your seat
- Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:21 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Port Wine Lovers' Purchasing Behaviour
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1375
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:06 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 20 Year Old Tawny Port by Sandeman
- Replies: 6
- Views: 843
Re: Sandeman 20 Year Old Tawny Port
In addition to Roy's recommendation for the 40 yr (which I have sadly not had yet) their 30 yr is one of my top tawny ports of all time to date.
- Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:43 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Which 1985 VP is the best
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1944
Re: Which 1985 VP is the best
Fonseca, Graham's, Smith Woodhouse
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:53 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: So what Ports are you drinking this weekend?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1754
Re: So what Ports are you drinking this weekend?
Finally relaxing this weekend and watching whatever these awards are on t.v. with a Kopke 10 yr from a FTLOP exclusive offer some time ago...Thank you Roy [cheers.gif] The 3 cases that keep on giving! I also got to crack the Sandeman 30 yr tawny which finally made its way to Alaska after 7 months of...
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:46 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Sandeman Tawnies
- Replies: 7
- Views: 832
Re: Sandeman Tawnies
Glenn et al., A case of Sandemans 30 yr finally arrived in Aaska and all I can say is wow wow wow. Port lovers and those (unfortunate) souls who can take it or leave it all have loved it so far. Really bright and a bit explosive on the initial pallate in a smooth round kinda way if you know what I m...
- Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:47 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Your favorite USA wine producer(s) is?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 917
Re: Your favorite USA wine producer(s) is?
Current favorites, though not that i can afford these with any real regularity:
Pinot: Littorai, Kosta Browne, Rochioli
Cab/Blends: Verite, Chalk Hill, Chappellet
Gordon Brothers-Syrah, and Cab in select vintages and sweet too
Sine Qua Non-for sweets, can't afford their table wines at all.
Pinot: Littorai, Kosta Browne, Rochioli
Cab/Blends: Verite, Chalk Hill, Chappellet
Gordon Brothers-Syrah, and Cab in select vintages and sweet too
Sine Qua Non-for sweets, can't afford their table wines at all.
- Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:18 pm
- Forum: Port Basics
- Topic: Times & cellars have changed/evolved your oldest bottle of VP & Colheita are?
- Replies: 128
- Views: 46909
Re: Times & cellars have changed/evolved your oldest bottle of VP & Colheita are?
'37 Noval Colheita & '45 Croft VP (since the 1897 Byass VP was downed a year or so ago)
- Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:06 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Sandeman Tawnies
- Replies: 7
- Views: 832
Re: Sandeman Tawnies
Wow, those are great prices and what we pay wholesale in Alaska! I've always liked the Sandeman 20 yr aged tawnies for their classier and brighter showing. I've only had the 40 yr once and remember it being really really nice...not on the acidic front from my recollection, and it had a really really...
- Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:46 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Colheita & Public Knowledge Conundrum
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1150
Re: Colheita & Public Knowledge Conundrum
Definitely great suggestions and discussion. Couple things related to getting port out there. We often offer custom port flights whether it is two or three of them so a patron can compare ruby to tawny, compare which one they like with a particular dessert better, or compare a basic ruby to a VP, or...
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:08 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Colheita & Public Knowledge Conundrum
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1150
Re: Colheita & Public Knowledge Conundrum
Well well well....guess which single bottle of Colheita my distributor shows up with this week to try? Yup, the Smith Woodhouse '86. :D Woohooo...Damn tasty for sure and it is getting placed onto our BTG menu as soon as possible! Thanks for the suggestions: I'll list as a Colheita with tawny in pare...
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:03 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: When you fly with Port ... how do you carry/pack it?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1506
Re: When you fly with Port ... how do you carry/pack it?
8 btl wine cruzer for me too. I like it, but it only holds 8 bottles, ya know? So the rest gets packed and padded with clothes in my other luggage....my wife loves it (not ) when i give her several bottles to pack too.
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:09 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Colheita & Public Knowledge Conundrum
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1150
Colheita & Public Knowledge Conundrum
Okay, I need some advice from ya'll. Since I have mentioned in a post or two that I opened a wine bar in Anchorage, and Roy so graciously featured my place several months back in the newsletter, I have learned allot about the Port knowledge of the general public, or lack there of really. After a tas...
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:49 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Would a "Port bar" work here in the USA?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1466
Re: Would a "Port bar" work here in the USA?
hmmmm....maybe a small Port bar in a very large city might fly. Might have to have KILLER desserts or some sort of related draw too? 30-40 seats maybe?
- Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:39 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Your Xmas quaff..
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1529
Re: Your Xmas quaff..
1937 Warre's Colheita....cannot wait!