What Port(s) have you purchased this week?

[John M.]

4 Ferriera!!! Thanks David for the heads up.

[Glenn E.]

4 x 2003 Ferreira VP from WTSO... thanks to David for the heads up!

[Gerwin de Graaf]

6x Kopke VP 2011 (over here in The Netherlands, at an awesome price from where I'm standing, certainly for Dutch standards)!
6x Foncseca VP 2011 (in the UK)
6x Cockburn's VP 2011 (in the UK)
15 x Quevedo VP 2011 (three of which will be Magnums , as soon as Oscar confirms my order )
I'm a happy camper!!

[Russ K]

I just went bat &^%t crazy today...

Local or online? Your neighbor to the north is trying to decide where to buy.

on line. I went to tcwc and premier cru. The 499 looked like s good price for Nacional and they had good pricing on the taylor, dow, and grahams...I think the tcwc was good on niepoort and cockburns...
Just wanted to getsome 2011 locked down

[Russ K]

I just went bat &^%t crazy today...

Speaking of bat &^%t crazy...

1 x 1948 Graham's VP
5 x 1955 Graham's VP
3 x 1963 Graham's VP
1 x 1990 Graham's Malvedos VP



Glenn E. your my hero...

[Glenn E.]

The 499 looked like s good price for Nacional

That seems like an exceptional deal to me. If I had the cash available, I'd purchase a couple of cases of 2011 Nacional at that price and lay them down for a decade or two. I have a hard time believing that it won't go up in value by at least 50%, and probably double, in the next 10 years.

Just look at prices for recent vintages of Nacional on winesearcher.com...

2003 is reasonably stable at $700-$800
2001 is listed once at $500 then jumps to $1500
2000 is $630 then rapidly climbs to $1000
1997 is $1000 then jumps to $1200
1994 is $1000

If the word on the street about 2011 is to be believed, 2003, 1997, and 1994 (especially 1994) are likely the best comparisons for 2011 quality-wise. The big difference is the production level - 2011 releases are much smaller than any of those others, so the supply side of the equation is pretty limited. 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. And I think that's a conservative estimate because I think that when the economy actually rebounds that the prices of fine wines and high-end Port in particular are going to balloon again.

The trick is finding $12,000 to $18,000 lying around available to be invested long term...

[Eric Menchen]

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.

[Russ K]

Agreed, its a good deal for sure for Nacional becuase its more valuable to me to have it as early as possible in its life than trying to buy it 15 to 20 years from now not knowing where the heck its been. Website said they only had 24 available, I didn't want to be greedy!

[Glenn E.]

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 currently short term and I should be comparing to long term CDs.

Still, I think that's a pretty conservative estimate for the Nacional. This is a pretty small vintage with pretty high expectations. If it really is as good as at least one critic has claimed, we're could be looking at $1500/bottle in 20 years.

[Bradley Bogdan]

'55 Adams VP
2x '83 Offley Boa Vista VP
'85 Dow VP
'85 Fonseca VP

[craig l]

Happy Fathers day to me...first journey into the auction world...needed some older VP's!

1983 Cockburn 750ml $80.00
1983 Gould Campbell $40.00
1985 Fonseca (2) @$75.00
1991 Croft 2@ $57.5
1994 Warre's $52.00
2000 Niepoort $63.25
2003 Quinta do Vesuvio 3@ 52.00

[Jeff G.]

On the 2011 vp train!

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

[Eric Menchen]

On the 2011 vp train!

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

That's a long train. I'm contemplating my ticket, but it won't be so big.

[Jeff G.]

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

[Andy Velebil]

case of 2011 Taylor, Fonseca, Noval and a case of NV Churchill's White Port (the 10 year old one). There goes the budget.

[Jeff G.]

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 currently short term and I should be comparing to long term CDs.

Still, I think that's a pretty conservative estimate for the Nacional. This is a pretty small vintage with pretty high expectations. If it really is as good as at least one critic has claimed, we're could be looking at $1500/bottle in 20 years.

my S&P funds are returning me 9.4% compounded over a 10 year period.

you can keep your measley 4% =)

[Jeff G.]

3x 2011 Vesuvio Capella

[Andy Velebil]

Found a 2006 Quinta do Crasto LBV (Unfiltered) at a retailer not far from me for $16. A deal too good to pass up.

[Gerwin de Graaf]

12x Niepoort LBV 1997 (never had these before, I am very curious about this one! ), at an (I think) reasonable price of €15 a piece (@ auction);
8x 1970 VP from Amondio's (never heard from this producer. Anyone that has??)

[Andy Velebil]

13 bottles of 2003 Martinez LBV Port for a killer deal of $10 per bottle. I felt like I was in the UK for a little bit with that deal