For The Love Of Port

Roy Hersh wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/dinin ... il1=y&_r=0

Hey, look at that - a wine from an obscure El Dorado County CA producer made the list (#9).

Glenn E. wrote:Everybody wants to bring an extra bottle... you know, just in case.

w00t! That's not wrong!

We're taking a couple extras down to Andy's - still have quite a few left though, so maybe some will make it up to Sammamish as well!

As the young-uns say: tl; dr;

Eric Menchen wrote:I will have to try some of these this fall when I open up some non-VP bottles. They sound interesting. I just have green Chartreuse, not yellow. If I put that in a Port Authority, do you think Darrell Corti will notice?

Yes! I'm sure he will. ..but only if you invite him over for drinks!

Carl D wrote:Makes me want to make a visit to Corti Brothers this weekend! That's dangerous, as we nearly always end up leaving there with 2-4 old colheitas and a dent in our wallet.

Went to Corti Brothers - came back with:

Smith Woodhouse 1980 VP x2
Smith Woodhouse 2000 LBV x3
Martinez 20 Year Tawny x1

Miguel Simoes wrote:Maybe Roy can take him on one of his trips to the Douro??

Now THAT would be a trip to remember! Touring the Douro with Roy Hersh and Darrell Corti! Sign me up!

Carl, Welcome aboard and nice to have you with us. Some mighty fine wines in your list. Please tell Darrell Corti that Roy Hersh sends his regards. He is one of the more brilliant men in terms of wine I've ever met. Roy - I recalled this post when I came across this article about Darrell Corti toda...

Roy Hersh wrote:6 x 40 year old Brunheda Tawny Port

Yummy!

Buy, that's a tough one! Let me think.... NOT!

We've flown with bottles of wine - Port and otherwise, T-stopper and driven cork - many times without issue. Luggage compartments on commercial airliners are not unpressurized - they're at the same pressure as the cabin.

Yes, those prices are a bit high. A 2 oz. pour of the Cossart at $125 when the BOTTLE sells at retail about $600 [help.gif] ...And remember, they bought that bottle wholesale! Oh yeah! But, it did give us a reference point to know whether we'd be interested in buying a bottle for $500-$600. It was ...

We'll see how my rankings change after the 20-yr Tawny horizontal that we're planning, but at the moment, I'd say:

Portal
Taylor
Noval

are my favorites - in no particular order.

Which restaurant in Sac has old Madeira by the glass? [1974_eating_popcorn.gif] The Firehouse in old Sac on 2nd street. Overpriced (of course), but we wanted to splurge since it was our anniversary and we'd never tried any old Madeira. After dinner we also splurged on a spoonful of Royal Tokaji Ess...

For our anniversary tonight, we went out to one of the nicer restaurants in the Sacramento area. We chose our particular destination for two reasons. First, we hadn't ever eaten there together and second, they have a large wine list including many older bottles. Before dinner, we sat in the bar for ...

Fonseca 2003 LBV. Pop-n-pour for a mini-celebration at the office.

Maurice Fitzhugh wrote:1935 Taylor Fladgate
1948 Taylor Fladgate
1963 Taylor Fladgate
2000 Taylor Fladgate
1937 Quinta Do Noval colheita
1997 Quinta Do Noval colheita

Yeowza!

We'll be holding one in the Sacramento area. Whether we conform to the newly proposed format remains to be seen (but I think that by default we will, since we already have all of those 20's and more).

Qta de Ventozello 2007 LBV 375ml - from Total Wine. Phyllis thought it slightly corked, I didn't.

I put a 1947 Kopke Colheita in the refrigerator today as it was in the mid-80's here today. When it was opened, we drank it slightly chilled and allowed it to warm a bit in the glass. Really yummy! It was in the low 100's here (more today). Mid-80's sounds like a walk-in fridge! The '47 Kopke sound...

Peter W. Meek wrote:I repeat: can't be done.

Bingo.