What have you opened this week?

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Quinta de Honor 20 year tawny yesterday at a wine BBQ. Similar to the note already posted.
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Magnum of 1977 Warre's VP last night for my wine groups annual Cellar Dinner at Cal Poly Pomona Collins College of Hospitality Management. Showed perfectly!
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A Taylor '77 and an Offley '85 on holiday with the family.
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Mike Meehan wrote:A Taylor '77 and an Offley '85 on holiday with the family.
How were they?
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Andy Velebil wrote:
Mike Meehan wrote:A Taylor '77 and an Offley '85 on holiday with the family.
How were they?
Offley good I hope!


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1964 Krohn Colheita Branco. 2007 bottling... corks are kind of soft, but no leaking yet!
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A superb bottle of Warre 1970 (bottled by Percy Fox) and a bottle of Churchill 1985.
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A few Colheitas from the 1950s.
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Dow Boardroom Reserve Tawny for the June virtual tasting


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1/2 bottle of 1977 Gould Campbell VP last night. Drinking very nicely. Will get a note up later today.
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Andy Velebil wrote:
Mike Meehan wrote:A Taylor '77 and an Offley '85 on holiday with the family.
How were they?
Both very good indeed Andy. TNs over on TPF if interested.
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10YO White from Quinta da Gaivosa
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A bottle of Warre 1994 LBV, chilled from the fridge during this warm and humid weather.
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Al B. wrote:A bottle of Warre 1994 LBV, chilled from the fridge during this warm and humid weather.
It gets warm in the UK?
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Eric Menchen wrote:Ferreira Duque de Bragança 20 Year Old Tawny.
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Opened a 2011 Taylor's LBV and a DR 20YO last night with a buddy. TN will follow, but the DR did not disappoint.
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Was on vacation and opened a 1987 Krohn's Colheita (slightly corked), 1995 Noval Silval VP, Rocha Three Centuries tawny
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1976 Krohn's VP ... ordered a full bottle for our guests before the tour, at the Solar do Vinho do Porto in Lisboa.
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On the last night of our Five Regions Tour, after dinner, we were looking for a place to hang out and drink some Port. Nothing was open just about since it was about 12:30 a.m. Portologia had just close, several hotels had nothing worthy or their bars were closed, the entire Ribeira area .. ditto. Walking back to our hotel, I remembered that Gustavo/Goncalo's mother owned a Port wine bar and is open late on Saturday. She was actually there and allowed us to enter even though others were being turned away. Instead of BTG, as we were really "thirsty", I ordered a bottle of the 1985 Dalva Colheita. A Port of great substance that shows particularly more age than 30 years. Loved it!
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With Christian Golnick, his partner and his son, along with Ayesha and her friend Antonio, we had 3 glasses last night at Portologia.

20 year old Bulas
30 year old S. Leonardo
40 year old S, Leonardo
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