For The Love Of Port

David Spriggs wrote:6 x Casa de Santa Eufemia 30-yr old White Port

I grabbed 2 as well.

Purchased in Portugal on the Port Harvest Tour:

Bulas 20 Year Old Tawny
Casa de Santa Eufemia 40 Year Old Tawny
1985 Dalva Colheita
1963 Dalva Golden White Colheita
1976 Krohn Colheita

While in Portugal over the weekend

5 x Casa de Santa Eufémia Special Reserve White - bottled 2008 (opened one w family and it was v nice indeed)
1 x JMF Alambre 20 yr Moscatel de Setúbal

1 x 2011 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port
1 x 2011 Capela da Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port
1 x 2011 Dow's Vintage Port

I stopped by a local Thriftway yesterday and was blown away to find a shopping cart full of port discounted at 50% off! Sice I bought more than six, I got an additional 10% off! Here is the haul.

Five bottles of Kopke 1980 Colheita for $38.70 each. Four different bottling dates: 2 x 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007.
Rocha 1983 Colheita for $29.70 bottled 2002. Kopke 1988 Colheita $36.90 bottled 2008. Rocha 1995 Colheita $35, bottled 2007. Half bottled of Kopke 1992 Colheita $11.50, bottled 2010. And just for kicks, a bottle of a Croft Special Reserve for $9. Quite a nice tawney haul!

Lisa

Lisa Stevens wrote:I stopped by a local Thriftway yesterday and was blown away to find a shopping cart full of port discounted at 50% off! Sice I bought more than six, I got an additional 10% off! Here is the haul.

Five bottles of Kopke 1980 Colheita for $38.70 each. Four different bottling dates: 2 x 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007.
Rocha 1983 Colheita for $29.70 bottled 2002. Kopke 1988 Colheita $36.90 bottled 2008. Rocha 1995 Colheita $35, bottled 2007. Half bottled of Kopke 1992 Colheita $11.50, bottled 2010. And just for kicks, a bottle of a Croft Special Reserve for $9. Quite a nice tawney haul!

Lisa

Very nice haul indeed!

Lisa Stevens wrote:I stopped by a local Thriftway yesterday and was blown away to find a shopping cart full of port discounted at 50% off! Sice I bought more than six, I got an additional 10% off! Here is the haul.

Five bottles of Kopke 1980 Colheita for $38.70 each. Four different bottling dates: 2 x 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007.
Rocha 1983 Colheita for $29.70 bottled 2002. Kopke 1988 Colheita $36.90 bottled 2008. Rocha 1995 Colheita $35, bottled 2007. Half bottled of Kopke 1992 Colheita $11.50, bottled 2010. And just for kicks, a bottle of a Croft Special Reserve for $9. Quite a nice tawney haul!

Lisa

Nice!

My local QFC has a bunch of Ports in their wine room, but they're way overpriced. I've been waiting for them to discount them to unload them, but so far it seems they'd rather just hang onto them. They go through "wine guys" pretty regularly... several "wine guys" ago I had a good relationship with the guy, and he'd let me know when Port was about to be unloaded. I got ten 1997 Quinta do Tedo's for about $20 each that way.

6x 2011 Niepoort VP.
Still need Cockburns, Warres, Noval, and Roy's recommendations.

back from Portugal with a few wines

Niepoort Tawny 20yo bottled in 1980 for 25 euros
Niepoort Presidential half dry, bottled in the 1940's for 25 euros.... I had to press my cloths to taste it, first time for me a bottle breaks in my luggage, this one had even double protection
2x Douro Boys Vintage 2011
Niepoort Colheita 1968 bottled 1994
Sandeman 40 yo tawny handblowned bottle, limited edition to 250 only!
Ramos Pinto 2011 VP

and got some en primeur 2011
3x Niepoort 2011
1 x Taylor's 2011
1x Taylor magnum 2011
1x Smith Woodhouse 2011
1 x Warre's 2011
1x Noval 2011
1x Sandeman 2011

Wanted some Vina Velha Vargellas but it was sold out, so was the double magnum of Taylor's

4 x Cockburn 2011 VP @ $50.5

Got it from www.amitywines.com

2 x 2011 Graham's "The Stone Terraces"

3x 2011 Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha Vintage Port. Just $166.89 USD, although found here @ Costco in Alberta. There were six bottles but a friend grabbed the others.

1st VP purchase ever:
2011 Dows - $88
2011 Warres - $80

Welcome Dave!
Hope you love young port. Otherwise you may have to sit on those babies for most of your existence :)

Welcome Dave!! No worries, this group will help you overcome that previous lack of Port buying

Last night, double blind at a wine dinner, I opened a NV Churchill's Dry White Port. For those who enjoyed Port, they loved it and most were shocked at what it ended up being once the bag was removed. As guesses were all over the map. I love blind tastings....

12 x 1992 Quinta do Infantado Vintage Port

Recently been in Denmark and stocked up some 2011 vintage ports:
6 x 2011 Grahams VP
6 x 2011 Grahams Stone terraces VP
6 x 2011 Vesuvio VP
3 x 2011 Vesuvio Capela VP
6 x 2011 Fonseca VP
6 x 2011 Taylor's VP
3 x 2011 Taylor's Vargellas vv VP
Will be in Denmark in a couple of weeks and pick up 12 x 2011 Noval

Also got 6 bottles of 1982 Maynard (50 cl) Colheita, which was very nice and will buy more. Maynard is a label fra Barao de Vilar.

Adam LeCroy wrote:Qty Name
18 2011 Quinta Do Vesuvio Vintage Port

First VP purchase was a doozie . . . I hope Gary's Wine is a reputable source :-/

http://www.garyswine.com/

This purchase ships Dec. 1st. Went with a temporary wine fridge, will have to figure out a cellar situation during the 1-5 years of life the fridge offers.

Adam LeCroy wrote:

Adam LeCroy wrote:will have to figure out a cellar situation during the 1-5 years of life the fridge offers.

Either that or to drink them!

2011 Vale Dona Maria x 6
2011 Nieport x 6
2011 Vesuvio x 3