For The Love Of Port

I drink port weekly (always have a bottle or two open) I play poker and backgammon and have been known to drink port during both friendly games and during tourneys. I generally splash a little port in my eggs once they about to come off the stove I use port Friday night during blessings over the win...

Might be so bold to suggest the following: NYC and the surrounding areas have a combined great selection of current and aged vintage port. Save money go on a crazy buying spree and order all of them for pick up. Come down on a Saturday morning and make the rounds to collect all the wines from the va...

Was in a random wine shop in Harlem of all places and stumbled across dow 2011 vp. Was priced at 150 per bottle. I believe I paid 75 or so per bottle at release and about 95 per bottle in weeks leading up to it getting woty. as per Ws pro average price is at 225. I can grab bottles for at most 150 i...

I see we have some folks here in the northeast. I was thinking perhaps I can coordinate a port offline somewhere central to us ( off the top of my head Manhattan as there are commuter trains for NY/NJ/CT and further that all converge in Manhattan and Amtrak from points further away into the city as ...

I had read somewhere a few years back an article about retiring to Portugal. Aside from what was listed in article posted nby Roy I recall the following: Has an abundance of fresh produce due to the excellent growing season Is a hub for medical tourism so you can receive top notch care at state of t...

Dow 70
Warres 77
18 bottles of non port wines

Cracked open a 77 smith woodhouse. over a week standing in cellar and around 6 hours in decanter. While decanting I noticed a HUGE amount of sediment to the point I was a little concerned (cork came out whole but was pretty beaten up although no signs of seepage under the cap/on the top of cork. The...

Port tongs person (no name aside from porttongs and do not feel comfortable addressing you as porttongs) Your set seems to have more space between the tip you heat up and the screw where the two pieces meet thereby eliminating some of my concerns with my tongs not getting deep enough on some bottles...

Perhaps I have OCd (and when I say perhaps I mean full blown) but I have 3 pairs over the vertical tongs and none of the horizontal variety. One of my three pairs has gotten very stretched out from usage over the years (use them at least one a week every week) so they have been retired. I feel as th...

i will buy a pair LOL. Great job very impressed. SushiNorth from tpf has made port lancets I believe (its a metal cable threaded in to a circle with tension on both ends to tighten circle around the neck of the bottle. Having been bugging him for years to make me a set. Now I will bug you to make me...

I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on Portuguese table wines which I can pick up State side that have the ability to show well 20 plus years down the road. My son was born in 2011 and he only has 2 case of non fortified Portuguese wines in his collection (1st world problem I know) so I wanted...

Moses Botbol wrote:'85 Grahams for $40 a bottle.

If local buy out the rest of the inventory for me LOL!

5x 77 smith woodhouse 367.50 ... What do you think is a good price on the 92 taylor. I think I scored an awesome deal but would like feedback from a few people before I post the prices (the 77's came from auction and I paid under a hundred per bottle for all of my lots but around 7 I love 1977 Smit...

5x 77 smith woodhouse 367.50 4x 77 taylor 294.00 3x 92 taylor What do you think is a good price on the 92 taylor. I think I scored an awesome deal but would like feedback from a few people before I post the prices (the 77's came from auction and I paid under a hundred per bottle for all of my lots b...

Our son (only child) was born in 2011 [yahoo.gif] He has more bottles of vintage port than I do ranging from single bottles, to cases in owc to large format bottlings. Has to be over 400 bottles of 2011 vp resting for him and his children! Aside from the port there is another 100 or so 2011 bottles ...

A little story how I sourced my first of tongs... I had been on a mission for a few years to secure port tongs without luck (posted here and on other port forum port if not mistaken as well as berserkers and spectator)without any luck. One day out of the blue I decided to write a letter to Kobrand w...

Did a transaction with Jim smooth and easy. Wines were in pristine condition, looking forward to enjoying them in about 20-40 years!

Thanks for making it so easy.
David

The other forum has a thread and a friend of the NYC port community will be in NY between Dec/Jan from the other side of the pond so perhaps we can plan something in early Jan to accommodate his trip abroad and others who could not make it before Christmas. Date and list with be forthcoming. I Will ...

Was wondering if there was any interest in doing a 1985 retrospective? I can host at my house on Long Island or take the lead on booking a location in Manhattan if its easier for attendees. Was thinking early to middle December. I have about 5-8 different houses from 85 so I can also provide sourcin...

at offline last weekend:
calem 77
kopke colheita 74
Jose Da Silva 1908
warres lbv 84
grahams single harvest tawny 82
Barros 80
Hardys Aussie VP 1978
Warres lbv 86

This past weekend was
91 taylor, 94 rozes and 66 fonseca.