For The Love Of Port

Roy wrote: You should "out" the name of this retailer Thats the problem, he does not have a business, he sells at http://www.marktplaats.nl . A site where you can bid on items that are put up there. He advertised with a 1890-1900 bottle so i was curious. I made a starting bid of € 100 and...

Maybe i should point him towards FTLOP

He says that the prices are official prices of the IVDP
I just hope he doesnt buy the wines in their shop, if so, someone should ask the IVDP why they have those insane prices.

Maybe something for the Port trade question this month ?

Roy, to me, and sorry to say, the TN section is a bit of a mess. When i click it and i see 8-10 new TN's posted i dont even bother to look at them right away. I think there should be more structure in it. As i speak only for myself, im not really interested in reading LBV or a 10, 20 or 30 years old...

Glenn wrote: Seriously? Does he not understand that tools like wine-searcher.com exist?

He knows now :twisted:

Yhanks for the quick response Dave, its appreciated.

Erik

Ok, the guy mailed me back saying that im not used to extraordinary ports asking questions like that....

Anyway, the prices are per bottle so this is a BIG no-no for me.

Andy,

it is a ruby, dont bother. Its just something i wanted to share. I know, for instance you, there are people here that like these special bottlings.

cheers !

Michael M wrote:

2003 Vesuvio VP 45 EUR

True, even lower. This morning i bought it at only € 36 ! With shipping from Germany its € 44
Even in the Netherlands the cheapest bottle according to Winesearcher is € 60

Too bad they only had 1 bottle left.

Derek,

good thinking. I did sent a email to this guy.

Erik

Is it possible to open a url in a new window ? I know it is, but can it also be arranged that it will happen here ? Its kinda annoying to hit the back button and sometimes the scrolling is blocked, especially when viewing large amounts of text.


thanks in advance.

Erik

I found this bottle again, while taking pics of all different bottles i have. Tucked away in the back of my cabinet. http://gallerij.erikwiechers.com/#1.46 On the label it says: C.N. Kopke, the eldest portshipper since 1638, especially bottles this Kopke Special Rich Ruby Port to express the pleasan...

Glenn wrote:

Insanity. Those prices are double (or more)

make that TEN times. A 1969 Taylor VP for € 2375 !!

He claims he goes to Portugal 3-4 times a year to get those bottles. I only hope for him he does not pay those prices there.

Today i got this list from a guy not too far away from my home. I must admit, he has a nice collection, but oh boy....those prices. When i said something about those ridiculous high prices he got a little upset and said that i dont understand a bit from pricing. That maybe true, but even i can see t...

Somehow i can understand this man. He is afraid that some obscure entrepreneur with the money to buy it will waste it on his/her self-proclaimed wine lovers. It would be my nightmare also when a $ 1000 bottle is gulped down by some person followed afterwards by a big BUUUUURP. The horror, the horror...

Roy,
alas. Paypal does not accept my CC. I hope i can work it out.

thanks.

Erik

Roy,

Dave seemed to solve this problem. I will renew it tonight and then upload the pics also to the PORTfolio section.

Thanks for the assistance.

Erik

During my christmas holidays i took the opportunity to take pics of all my different vintages. It seems that i have 43 vintages from 24 houses. If you have time and want to to see them, here is the link: http://iloapp.erikwiechers.com/gallery/www?Album&album=1 PS. Roy, i would love to upload the...

Thanks for the crystal clear explanation Glenn.

I was wondering if those 2 are related ? Yesterday i drunk a bottle of cheap ruby port my friend bought in a supermarket. Although the port was not that bad i had a bit of a hangover this morning. Now we shared several bottles in the past together and those were my vintage ports. I never had any han...

I hear ya Ray. I wont probably do anything either. Watch a cabaretshow and if im lucky i wont fall asleep before midnight...LOL