For The Love Of Port

You are not alone. The 1999 is a good wine but is not what you expect from a Barca Velha. Compared to the vintage you mentioned and older ones and the new 2000 it fails. And now a question. I have heard that the Barca Velha 2000 proably will be the last Barca Velha because the vineyards are sold and...

:help: I must be crazy Total number of port bottles - I won't tell (my wife could be seeing this) but I can say that there at this moment are 254 different bottles (styles, vintage and producers). Yes, .... I will do my best to taste it all during the next 60 years (I intend to set a new record as t...

Today I got this mail from Departamento Técnico <deptecn@realcompanhiavelha.pt> Dear Miss Soren Bodker, Yes it is a Port Wine. It is really from the harvest 1790. It should have been bottled after seven year's. The Company "Real Companhia Vinícola do Norte de Portugal" - Real Companhia Vel...

Now with a picture

I have asked for a .jpg picture instead of the hard copy I have. I hope to get it soon and will upload it at once.

Oh this is most probably a red wine and should have been placed in another forum

I have got a challenge. I have been asked to buy a collection of port. It is from a estate of a deceased person. I know the heirs and I knew of the grandfathers collection. It is not a big collection but there should be some good experiences among the 12 bottles, eg. Nieport Colheita 1912, some 1924...

As Andy Velebil mentioned earlier "Thats a large amount and the US is the 4th largest consumer of Colheita's, behind Holland, Denmark , and Canada (The US is tied with Portugal in 4th place)." So I am just sitting hear on top of all the Colheita's enjoying the discussion. :lol: :lick: :dru...

And here is the answer to "who has signed the letter" Dear Mr Bodker, Thank you for your e-mail and for the letter. That letter was signed by my grandfather João Henriques Gonçalves married with my grandmother who's name was Maria Borges and was the daughter of the founder of the H.M.Borge...

Roy, now you got me curious and I will search for the answer ( I have started) :type:

I have just got this bottle but I am a Port Lover and don't know much about Madeira so this must be the place to get some help. Can anybody tell me something about this bottle that I have bought here in Denmark. It was delivered to a danish wine shop in 1966 and folloved by a letter to the wine shop...

It is not so easy but I will try. - Feist Old Reserve Vintage 1878 - the closest I will ever come to heaven still being alive. - Noval Nacional 1997 - everything you can expect from a VP + extra power - Taylor Vargellas Vinha Velha 1997 - so hard to get so nice to drink - only one bottle left :wall:...

I am not an expert - just a dane that loves port. In the beginning I used a 5 star scale. Almost every port got 4 or 5 stars. Then I went on to 6 stars with the possibility to add - or +. Still I missed something. I thought it was difficult to make this overall rating and every time I wanted to get ...

Andy wrote Feist Old Port Reserve 1878 Sounds very cool. Do you know if this was a Colheita (tawny). I ask because many of the older bottles used "Reserve" to denote a wood aged Port. After enjoying the bottle I wrote Roy H. to hear if he could tell something about this bottle. He could bu...

In 2007 me and my wife and two friends (they didn't bring their wifes) were in Potugal with only one purpose - PORT. After this journey we agreed to meet (with wifes) 3 times every year to enjoy a lovely dinner and taste some Potugise Wine and of cause Port. It has become a rough competition - but i...

Really nice to hear som positive comments on this rather seldom seen Port. I have just bought a set of 1960, 63, 66, 70 and 75 from this producer because I have had some surprisingly good experiences with Rebello Valente. I can't explain why but I have the same experience about decanting the bottles...