For The Love Of Port

Online now with fellow port lover in belfast

http://tinychat.com/7n8h7

he's got a V96

I got a V91!

3x 2011 Vesuvio Capella

If the economy recovers at all in the next 10 years, a $500 investment now is almost certain to be worth $750 in 10 years and $1000 in 20. That gives an annual rate of return of 4.137% and 3.526% respectively. Which is better than what I'm currently getting from my bank on CDs, though mine are curr...

justified it by saying i'm laying it down for my son

On the 2011 vp train!

24x Quevedos
12x Fonseca, Noval, Croft
6x Taylor, Grahams, Warres, Vesuvio, SW

I just learned that BORGES also chose NOT to declare 2011. I know there are reasons why a company decides to declare, or not, a particular vintage Port. However, it seems like if you are in the Port business, when a high quality and presigious vintage like 2011 comes along, that it is in the best i...

Having had the Churchill's 2 years back it is a relatively "weak" wine that is in my opinion entering drinking window. It is not a block buster but definitely offers enjoyment of a fine mature port. The Vesuvio has some baby fat to shed, the Taylor and Fonseca will have you sucking the wal...

True if I were in the UK. But for export you pay no VAT or duty. With importation fees to the US it would come out to around $55. Still that's so inexpensive compared to other wines. I believe the last time I purchased 1994 Graham's in the UK it was $52, which I though was a good deal, but it seems...

It's sad for me to see some great ports be priced so low. As an example, the 1994 Graham's VP offered at 350 GBP per case. That's $44 per bottle. It's a super wine and is now almost 20 years old. If it were a Bordeaux, given that it comes from a great year and famous pedigree, it would be in the hu...

Glenn E. wrote:

Jeff G. wrote: gimme a half bottle anyday I can't decant and prep myself at home.

You have to be decanted? That explains a lot.

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well massive quantities of liquid typically requires decanting after a few hours

Cynthia replies that they're testing out different wines and will post on the vintage port site once they finalize the menu with what wines they're looking to carry. As with whimpy half bottles, some of us don't enjoy drinking tannin filled wines of youthful 750+ml bottles. gimme a half bottle anyda...

Andy Velebil wrote:

Jeff G. wrote:

Symington Family wrote:You will all be most welcome, the food is good!

Have a good weekend,

Paul

hopefully some great half bottles we can help wash it all down with!

Half bottles are for wimps lol

but variety is the spice of life my friend

i pop and pour then stick a t stopper on it,

i usually drink my lbvs as far out as a week or two.

Symington Family wrote:You will all be most welcome, the food is good!

Have a good weekend,

Paul

hopefully some great half bottles we can help wash it all down with!

this contest was rigged i say she was getting 27 votes per day every day and they all came exactly around the same time! personally, my photo of my pumpkin cookie was the only one that had every single type of wine made by fonseca represented behind the cookie. Are we cookie people or port people he...

I am personally trying to shove as much port into the restaurants in NY as possible

Feredrick I'll have you know that if you plan on drinking any sort of fancy older port, you're in essence getting more lead then you would storing it temporarily in a lead crystal decanter. case in point the Scion has 208 ppb worth of lead (higher than legal limits in most civilized countries) 208mg...

was this 97/99 pts blind?

was it a 97/99 with a very interesting story behind it?

http://www.wine-expos.com/Wine/NY/

Hey guys,

I'm goign to be pouring some Quevedo's ports (92 colheita too for those who show interest)

Feel free to stop by and say Hi.

this event also has pourings from the TFP and SFE.

Fyi, you can just look up teh COLA. unless you're getting a wine that isn't being sold at all state side. https://www.ttbonline.gov/colasonline/publicSearchColasBasic.do Search for the wine, retrieve the cola. creating one requires you to get a federal ttb permit for submittance. in terms of acutall...