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- Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:48 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Have you, or do you plan to buy any 2003 Vintage Ports?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21415
Re: Have you, or do you plan to buy any 2003 Vintage Ports?
I haven't dared try too many more of my 03's... Most of 'em are earmarked for my son, but they are all just so darned expensive here that trying them young is an expensive endeavor. I have a bunch of Offley that I may try one of, although I wasn't overly impressed with it years ago, so perhaps it ju...
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:41 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Worst Tawny Picks?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1622
Re: Worst Tawny Picks?
I don't get the chance to try an awful large variety of Tawnys, but one that I have always been disappointed by is Grahams 10 and 20 yr olds. Not to say they are bad, they are not... Decent. Just not great or even GOOD... Just disappointing next to many of the other 10 and 20s out there that are com...
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:30 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Boston Bruins
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6450
Re: Boston Bruins
Good lord... What an eventful 48 hrs... Didn't make it onto the computer over the past couple of days... I'll try to cover as much with as little verbage as I possibly can. Re: the Raymond hit: when it is slowed down, I can see where many people, including Kerry Fraser, whom I have met and was an id...
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:03 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5780
- Views: 1125955
Re: What have you opened this week?
Fonseca LBV 2005. Really good. Surprised me with it being an unfiltered LBV but with a T-cap...
Day one was nice, day two was better... Unfortunately there was no day three, it was used to celebrate the Stanley Cup game seven (and unfortunately the madness that followed.)
Day one was nice, day two was better... Unfortunately there was no day three, it was used to celebrate the Stanley Cup game seven (and unfortunately the madness that followed.)
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:52 pm
- Forum: Port Basics
- Topic: Tawny Ports - Any variation on different bottling years?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2494
Re: Tawny Ports - Any variation on different bottling years?
My guess would be the right is the 2011. One thing i have noticed with some of my tawnies that end up sitting in the basement a while, they lose colour.
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:14 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 20 Year Old Tawny Port by Fonseca
- Replies: 10
- Views: 908
Re: NV Fonseca 20 Year Old Tawny Port
Right here. It was only open for a few days. That said, I agree that it was showing a bit of oxidation and that could have been a provenance issue as that bottle came as a singular bottle to fill a case made up of a lote of 1977's. It was a 2007 bottle that had a ridiculous retail shop sticker show...
- Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:08 pm
- Forum: Port & Madeira Marketplace
- Topic: TRADER JOE'S - not the first name you think of for Port
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4965
Re: TRADER JOE'S - not the first name you think of for Port
Ah, see now you're just being plain mean Roy!!!
- Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:06 pm
- Forum: Port Basics
- Topic: Tawny Ports - Any variation on different bottling years?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2494
Re: Tawny Ports - Any variation on different bottling years?
Ah, sweet Nimrod... Rest in Peace...Peter W. Meek wrote:Do you know what the biggest change in the taste of a tawny port is?
IT'S WHEN THEY QUIT BOTTLING IT!
After that, it tastes like NOTHING.
- Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:01 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Boston Bruins
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6450
Re: Boston Bruins
Lol... Good analogy
We'll see if homecrowd advantage and a couple nights of sleep has "Lubrongo" singing any different tunes tomorrow.
We'll see if homecrowd advantage and a couple nights of sleep has "Lubrongo" singing any different tunes tomorrow.
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:08 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Reminiscing your first trip to Porto/Gaia and/or the Douro
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1117
Re: Reminiscing your first trip to Porto/Gaia and/or the Douro
It is cool to share others stories of their first time. I have yet to make it... Three young's and a missus who doesn't really count Port among her loves makes it tough. One day!
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:55 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Late Bottled Vintage Ports
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1472
Re: Late Bottled Vintage Ports
I do buy a lot of LBVs... Budget and availability usually prevent me from purchasing quantities of VPs. I like the Noval LBV a lot.. I bought three cases of six (of the 2003) and have just one left. I will probably buy a couple of the 2004.. One for longer term drinking, one to try along the way. I ...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:37 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Which to pick from the new local selection
- Replies: 17
- Views: 984
Re: Which to pick from the new local selection
The 1976 Warre colheita is a rockin' tawny... I second this recommendation... 76 is my birth year and i try o grab everything that I can from that year... (unfortunately, aside from the Guimaraens, there are only a handful of tawnies worth drinking). I've tried, and loved the Warres. I have one lef...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:33 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Your Crown Jewel?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1637
Re: Your Crown Jewel?
I like this philosophy Tom!Tom Archer wrote:
In my book, no bottle is too old, too rare, or too precious to be drunk..
- eventually...
Tom
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:30 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Do you use the PRO version of winesearcher.com to search for pricing/availability on Ports?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 948
Re: Do you use the PRO version of winesearcher.com to search for pricing/availability on Ports?
Only free here. It is more to make myself weep when i can compare prices locally to prices in the UK or States. (cost of import/shipping to Canada just isn't worth spending any money on wine searcher, although it seems like. Pretty god free product... I would assume that it stands to reason that the...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:21 pm
- Forum: Port Basics
- Topic: When YOU are doing the rating of Port ...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1535
Re: When YOU are doing the rating of Port ...
I will not profess to understand fully, nor really care about the wine rating system. I know that there are too many "100 point" wines out there that do not deserve it. I *suspect* then also that there are a ton of wines rated 98 or 99 that probably re deserving of the 100, same as there a...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:15 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Boston Bruins
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6450
Re: Boston Bruins
Well, what a Final... The hockey gods have blessed us with a decent series (would be better if not for all this cheap trash about biting, headshots, goalies being run, stupid penalties being taken and the likes) and a fantastic setup for game seven. I am still hoping for the Bruins but fully underst...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:07 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Anyone here a technical trainer or teacher?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 672
Re: Anyone here a technical trainer or teacher?
Yeah I took the VMware training and exam... Pretty tough for a modern day tech exam... I passed then, but my skills have one soft since (don't use it much in the new job) and I dou very much I would pass if i had to take it again today. I think the one credential I respect the most is the CCNP/CCIE ...
- Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:24 pm
- Forum: Port Basics
- Topic: Oak (or wood) in Port wine
- Replies: 7
- Views: 967
Re: Oak (or wood) in Port wine
I agree with most - the oak (which often presents itself as a vanilla flavour) is usually more noticable in the tawnies/colheitas than in the rubies/VP. I have experienced "wood" or "vanilla" in some VPs but also as Moses indicated, it has never been anything to complain about. I...
- Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:11 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Anyone here a technical trainer or teacher?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 672
Re: Anyone here a technical trainer or teacher?
So, getting an MCT next? They make big dollars. I have hair trigger patience when it comes to teaching someone who is not technical. [dash1.gif] LOL, not a chance... although if I were to take up training, it likely wouldn't be Microshaft-related... too diluted and I just have too many bad things t...
- Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:48 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Boston Bruins
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6450
Re: Boston Bruins
Ask yourself if Niklas Lidstrom would have done that, and how he would have defended against Horton. I doubt even Pronger would have gone that far. Uh oh... ask an Edmonton fan's opinion of Pronger??? :Naughty: :Naughty: My own belief is Pronger would take that shot, with the intent to punish. I sa...