From a friend's shop in Vancouver, BC

[Roy Hersh]

This is not intended to get anybody excited enough to buy, as the pricing is not advantageous to those in the UK or USA. However, this is what a monopoly does to pricing and I thought I'd share this list with you so that you can get an idea of what others have to pay for wines with prices far lower elsewhere in the world. However, my friend does stock likely the greatest quantity and depth of older vintage in all of Canada. I just asked him to send me a listing of his 1960-1977 Vintage Ports. Not many shops anywhere could match this depth of producers from this short list of a vintages.

My friend wrote:

Hi Roy,
Here is a current list, we may have a few other bottles squirreled away.
Prices will look high to you but It’s the 125% Government markup here in B.C. the good news there is no sales tax.

NAME PRICE IN STOCK
QUARLES HARRIS 1970 VINTAGE 279.99 62
CROFT 1970 VINTAGE 279.99 28
OFFLEY 1970 Boa Vista 279.99 12
COCKBURN'S 1970 VINTAGE 279.99 20
MESSIAS 1970 VINTAGE QUINTA DO CACHAO 289.99 12
CROFT Quinta Roeda 1967 VINTAGE 299.99 10
GRAHAM'S 1977 VINTAGE 299.99 4
SMITH WOODHOUSE 1970 299.99 1
WARRE'S 1970 VINTAGE 319.99 11
QUINTA DO NOVAL 1970 VINTAGE 319.99 38
DOW'S 1970 VINTAGE 329.99 35
MESSIAS 1965 VINTAGE QUINTA do CACHAO 349.99 3
MESSIAS 1967 VINTAGE QUINTA do CACHAO 349.99 6
BUTLER&NEPHEW 1963 VINTAGE PORT 349.99 1
CROFT 1960 VINTAGE 369.99 9
COCKBURN'S 1967 VINTAGE 399.99 21
QUINTA DO NOVAL 1960 VINTAGE 399.99 5
GRAHAM'S 1970 VINTAGE 449.99 16
COCKBURN'S 1963 VINTAGE 449.99 29
FONSECA 1970 VINTAGE 449.99 57
TAYLOR FLADGATE 1970 VINTAGE 449.99 37
TAYLOR FLADGATE 1966 VINTAGE 499.99 19
QUINTA DO NOVAL 1963 VINTAGE 499.99 18
NOVAL 1963 VINTAGE PORT 499.99 5
QUINTA DO NOVAL 1966 VINTAGE 499.99 2
CROFT 1963 VINTAGE 499.99 25
SANTOS JB 1970 (Mag) VINTAGE 499.99 2
WARRE'S 1963 VINTAGE 549.99 9
SMITH WOODHOUSE 1966 VINTAGE 599.99 1
GRAHAM'S 1963 VINTAGE 879.99 11
TAYLOR FLADGATE 1963 VINTAGE 899.99 2
TAYLOR FLADGATE 1963 899.99 3
TAYLOR FLADGATE 1963 VINTAGE PORT 899.99 6
FONSECA 1963 VINTAGE 949.99 8
QUINTA DO NOVAL 1964 NACIONAL 1,699.99 5