For The Love Of Port

1991 Andresen - same beauty as always. Love this Colheita.


1977 Gould Campbell - as long as they're not corked, always wonderful. This is still one of the TOP 1977's today!

S. Leonardo "60" White Port

Still amazing, though starting to show a few signs of change due to having been bottled in 2017. No worries for the next 5-8 years, though.

Can I ask you what you base that 5-8 years on? I am not questioning your judgement and I hope your prognostication is correct Glenn, but I'm interested to hear how you came up with that range. Thanks in advance.

Just simply that it's been in bottle for 7 years now, and while it did seem like it was possibly just starting to show some signs of change due to bottle age, they're very minor and so another 7 years (or, 5-8) will probably be just fine.

It could, of course, drop off a cliff. But I don't expect anything that already has this much oxidation built into it to do that.

Thanks, my friend!

DR L70, bottle 168/200 L-2017

Fabulous, as always. This was paired side-by-side with a Mourao "60" from the first buying opportunity. A rare treat!

2003 Fonseca VP from a half-bottle. Decanted about 4 hours. It's good, but very young and clearly needs more time, which is no surprise for a Fonseca.

1970 Sandeman VP.

San Leonardo 20 yo white.

Over the weekend we had a 1983 Taylor LBV Double Magnum (3l), 1977 Taylor VP, and 1985 Ramos Pinto VP.

A lot of port to drink.


The LBV tasted more like an older colheita than VP. A friend thought it was like a 1950's VP.

Moses Botbol wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 6:20 am 1983 Taylor LBV Double Magnum (3l)

Very cool! I don't think I've ever seen even a magnum of LBV before!

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 11:05 am

Moses Botbol wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 6:20 am 1983 Taylor LBV Double Magnum (3l)

Very cool! I don't think I've ever seen even a magnum of LBV before!

Ferreira Duque de Bragança 20 Year Old Tawny. Not opened this week, I actually opened this up on September 22 and then forgot I had it. I found half the bottle still sitting around the other day and tried it. Over a month later it was still singing! I finished it up over the next few days. I'm surprised how long this held up.

Two weeks ago we celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary with our bridal staff in 'Het Kompas', our favourite restaurant in Loosdrecht (NL),
with a nice Kopke Colheita 1979 (bottled 2008) from my own cellar. Delicious !

Mike J. W. wrote:Ferreira Duque de Bragança 20 Year Old Tawny. Not opened this week, I actually opened this up on September 22 and then forgot I had it. I found half the bottle still sitting around the other day and tried it. Over a month later it was still singing! I finished it up over the next few days. I'm surprised how long this held up.

You “forgot”…who are you and what have you done to the real Mike? Hahaha

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 9:31 am

Mike J. W. wrote:Ferreira Duque de Bragança 20 Year Old Tawny. Not opened this week, I actually opened this up on September 22 and then forgot I had it. I found half the bottle still sitting around the other day and tried it. Over a month later it was still singing! I finished it up over the next few days. I'm surprised how long this held up.

You “forgot”…who are you and what have you done to the real Mike? Hahaha

Crazy, I know. I'm not even sure how it happened.

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 10:27 pm

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 9:31 am

Mike J. W. wrote:Ferreira Duque de Bragança 20 Year Old Tawny. Not opened this week, I actually opened this up on September 22 and then forgot I had it. I found half the bottle still sitting around the other day and tried it. Over a month later it was still singing! I finished it up over the next few days. I'm surprised how long this held up.

You “forgot”…who are you and what have you done to the real Mike? Hahaha

Crazy, I know. I'm not even sure how it happened.

Hahaha! I have 1/5th of a bottle of Niepoort 20 I got a few weeks ago, but we went out of town and found it this morning in the fridge. Will report back--my guess is it will be just fine.

Casa de Santa Eufemia Reserva Especial White Port

Had a '94 Delaforce and '85 Grahams over the last week.

We opened an '85 Fonseca for election night .

I had been down a little on this vintage recently, but this bottle has turned the course in a positive way. Took a couple of days to get there.