For The Love Of Port

Some years ago I acquired a bottle of Niepoort 1952 Rich Ruby. Does anyone have experience with this specific bottle or with Rich Ruby in general? I am not familiar with this style.

Looking forward to your replies!

Anton

A very smooth Krohn Colheita 1983. Yum.

Nice thread. After checking my cellar, I haver come up with a top 5:

2000 (52)
2007 (39)
1997 (38)
2003 (36)
1994 (34)


So the youngsters certainly do dominate.

12 bottles of Burmester VP 2007 at € 27,00. Maybe not a port for the ages, but enjoyable in the coming years.

Yesterday I bought two bottles of Niepoort Polder LBV 2005 for € 15,00 each. I guess these are made especially for the Dutch market. Has anyone tried these yet?

12 bottles of Pocas 2007 VP. I'm afraid I will not touch those for quite a while ......................

Tasted at Christmas dinner 2010 with my family. Expectations were not all that high, but I must admit that it turned out to be a surprisingly good bottle. Decanted for 8 hours, with tons of sediment, this port was no longer dark. Lots of fruit, soft on the alcohol. It was really balanced with a long...

Yesterday I won 2 bottles of Taylor Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha 1995 in auction! I am looking forward to gulp them down.

Well, well, well, tension is rising over here on a very hot day.

Next tuesday there will be over one million people alongside the canals of Amsterdam to experience the homage of the Golden team of Orange.

There's absolutely no doubt which team is going to be victorious.

HUP HOLLAND HUP

Next week friday February 12th, I will be attending this great tasting of 2007 VP's in Leverkusen. It is organised by Axel Probst (World of Port) and IVDP. I am really looking forward to this event and to complete the weekend, I will also be visiting the next day's match of Bayer Leverkusen (the cur...

Last weekend the former importer of Burmester in the Netherlands had a "Wintersale", which included his last stock of Burmester. So I purchased 18 bottles of VP 1997. A very nice bottle indeed!

Anton

Recently I bought me:

6 bottles of Barao de Vilar 20 Years Old
2 Bottles of Taylor´s 1994
6 bottles of Taylor´s 1992

I guess the Barao de Vilars will be drunk way before the others ....... :

Yes, I sure do remember the first case. After trying many "singles" in the late nineties, I bought my first full case of VP in january 2003. It was a Burmester 2000 that cost me 165 Euro at the time. The Dutch importer of Burmester was based near my town, so actually from then on I got me ...

Hi Roy,

yes my wallet is dying to open for your offer!

Is there any chance of buying opportunities for "the Old World"?

Anton

Right now I really like the Barao de Villar LBV 2003 a lot. It is inexpensive (around € 8,00) and good value. It is a rich and full port that several friends of mine who are not regular port consumer like a lot.

Hi Roy,

as a matter of fact I am really curious about the way producers determine their prices. Is there actually any relation to their costs of production, do they look at pricing of the other producers or is the pricing of the last year simply leading?

Greetings from Friesland,

Anton Woertman