For The Love Of Port

Nice showing at the competition, Glenn! 2nd in pork and 5th in brisket is awesome. I enjoy my ceramic smoker, but have not entered the realm of competition. May I ask where you source your brisket? I have found some good value from Costco's prime brisket, but have also splurged for SRF gold. I feel ...

Thanks for communicating with them, Glen. It's too bad, but I appreciate their consideration nonetheless! I'm leaning toward postponing, myself, perhaps if only because I get the idea that dividing 8 - 9 bottles into 8 - 9 parts might work better than 5 bottles into 5 parts. I guess I was thinking a...

Like many of you, I was certainly looking forward to this event, though I also completely understand if we need to reschedule! I suppose I would only request that we try to reschedule in earnest and really try to find a date in the future that people can really look forward to and plan for. After Oc...

Hey Andy!

I think it would be great if you could look into a room at your country club for that weekend! Thank you!!

Cheers,
Mark

That sounds good, Marc J!

Well, perhaps to kick things off, I'm not sure what we may decide for Saturday 's flights.... these are to be a bit more accessible, right? Perhaps with more of a meal / food to go with everything? For Sunday's event, I was thinking perhaps I could bring a 1937 Burmester Colheita? You know, I also h...

Regarding attendance for Oct 28-29... So far those who have expressed interest and participated in this thread (in no particular order): Mark L Glenn E Eric M Mike JW Randy K (Sunday only) Roy H (Sunday only) Andy V Bradley B David S Marc J Lucas S Marc R Eric Ifune cannot attend Oct 28-29. 😞 That l...

Thanks for lighting the fire, Glenn! I would love for this to happen. I have participated in events like this (for madeira) including having traveled from afar to attend one. But I have never organized one. That said, I would be happy to be an apprentice or assistant or helper to someone who has don...

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Nice, Eric!!! Thanks for sharing.

Do post any pictures when you can!

@Jim, that sounds amazing, and I am envious of your friends who got to experience such a rare treat. Well done! I don't have any of the 1904 but I have a few of the 1903 I have yet to crack open. The 1908 is a good one, too! Do you have any left over, or was everything drunk? If you have a moment, p...

I have not purchased a Durand myself, though it has been on my Christmas wishlist and my birthday wishlist! That said, I have used it before on multiple occassions, and been at events where it was the only opener used, and it is great. Not perfect (but what is), and some ridiculously brittle corks a...

Christie's has some more larger lots coming up, again. Presumably the same source. Also more 1964 for anyone who missed out the last time.

Anyone want to join me in a splitting some bids?

Please let me know!
Cheers
Mark

I have also put it in my calendar for that weekend! I presume most of any kind of way-advance planning would be a) who is attending and b) securing a venue. Other details could get sorted out closer to the date, presumably? @Eric, I'm bummed you are busy that weekend. Hope things change such that yo...

Hello! There is also a specific place on this forum to post things for sale. There is a Section in these forums called PORT AND MADEIRA MARKETPLACE a bit further below this section for Port, and is probably where you'd want to post any sale you'd like to propose. But yes, to echo Mike, it will be he...

Thanks Roy, and thanks for everyone's input thus far! Perhaps we can do a two-day event, Sat and Sun. OCT 27, 28, 2023. Saturday would be an organized event that, perhaps, is something more approachable to more people and also something that those going to the big port event in Beverly Hills on that...

I can imagine that there are many who don't see the "utility" of large format madeira since oxidation is not a significant problem. I suppose I will leave the chemistry to more qualified individuals, so my personal opinion is: I wish there were more magnums available! I enjoy sharing, and ...

I didn't post this earlier, but I shared a lot of 6 cases of 1964 Justino's Boal (VJH) with a couple of FTLOPers from an earlier auction. Initially paid more per bottle than I told myself I would going into the auction, but in the end I am still very happy with what we got and at the price we got th...

How was that bottle, Marco? Is that the Verdelho?

I was just thinking about how Barbeito has really been doing some great stuff the past 10 years (is it longer? 15 years? I've lost all sense of time).

If you have any tasting notes, I'd be interested in hearing.

Enjoy!

Best of luck with the Auction, David!

I sincerely hope it goes well for you.