For The Love Of Port

I have and love my Laguiole - from Chateau Laguiole. There's a bunch of people making corkscrews being sold as Laguioles. That said, I typically only use it for bottles <20 years of age. Everything else is straight to the Durand. Most of my worst purchases have been premoxed white burgundy. It's so ...

I agree with Brad but IMO Parker is way to loose with those 100's, to the point that they're nearly meaningless.

Outside of Madeira, where I listen to you guys & Roy, the only reviewer I tend to give weight to regularly are Burghound/Meadows as I feel some affinity for his palate/scoring.

So - any thoughts on a theme?
Grape?
Vintage or decade?

Gary & David - Mohegan sun is literally around the corner, a 1.1 mile drive: http://tinyurl.com/qczbedg For any who have a spouse/friend who isn't interested in gambling the Spa at Norwich Inn is equidistant: http://tinyurl.com/o8ttpk7 I've heard only very positive reviews of both the spa and th...

Posting this for the euro contingent here...

The Kopke might be interesting.
http://auktion.eppli.com/browse.php?sea ... ategory=24

Guys - I somehow totally derped out on that one. I meant to type June 13th, the date Marco had liked, which is a Saturday and typed the 16th. I'd like as many people as possible to make it - so let's try this. Please reply with a Saturday in June that you could make it and we'll see which date fits ...

Hi guys - sorry for the lack of response - I was on vacation 2 weeks ago then spent last week catching up. Marco was the only one who expressed a date preference; June 16th so if we can get a decent sized group to commit for that date it will work for me. Thematically I would like to stick with Made...

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Fun idea, I'm a tequila lover as well and while I wasn't particularly thrilled by the special edition Herradura Port Cask or Cognac Cask products many of my favorite tequilas do use a Sherry casks as well as Bourbon and Cognac casks. The approach is far from exclusive to those special edition Herrad...

$40 on eBay. :) "Drowned in Malvesay" 12.5 cm x 10.5 cm copperplate engraving, 16 cm x 12 cm sheet size, Amsterdam, circa 1675 We are pleased to offer this scarce example of a finely crafted original miniature print by an unknown artist from the Golden Age of Dutch engraving depicting the ...

We're not supposed to but I sent mine in early (having missed the start date originally) and they didn't seem to mind....

The madeira has landed!

I'm so out of space....

That makes sense but I set the precedent ~20 years ago when I turned my check book over to my wife, then girlfriend, years before we were even married. She studied finance, (is a CFO) and she seems (seemed?) to enjoy doing it where to me balancing a checkbook was boring and tedious and so rarely don...

That should do the job. :) When my brother built my storage cellar he lined the entire thing using 4x8 sheets of 2" blue foam and IIRC there's no plastic - the foam was caulked and it forms the vapor barrier as well as insulating. It was going into an existing commercial space with 2x4 & 2x...

I was thrilled not to have to pay sales tax in CT - it uh...well let's call it a nice bottle of early 20th c. yummy if I'd had to pay tax. [dance2.gif] On the flip side my wife, who I really did prep for this, noticed the CC hit today (she does the bills). Apparently when I was complaining about the...

Seriously the 10 year tawny is one of the best I've had. Maybe one or two others I can think of reach this level of a 10 year tawny Now you guys have me rethinking my order...normally I'm a Taylor Tawny guy - the 30 is a go-to house pour for me. The thing is - will I ever drink the 10? I've found w...

I've never had a chance to taste any of this so thanks to all of you who've written reviews over the years - and of course to Roy for making this happen! :thumbsup: I thought about full verticals on the Tawny ports but life is too short to not drink the best you can so I skipped the 10, only grabbed...

Dates Proposals: (all Saturdays) May 16th? June 6th? June 13th? The restaurant I've proposed is about a mile from Mohegan Sun so: -It's about 1/2 way between NY & Boston. The restaurant and casino are ~5 minutes off of 395. -There are numerous accommodation options at the casino and surrounding ...

Darnit Jim, you beat me by $50 on lot 323! [berserker.gif] By the way - if you want to unload a partial of any of these I'd be very interested in discussing it further - especially the first 2 items. [cheers.gif] 6 bottles of 1894 H&H Founder's Reserve Solera 12 bottles of 1912 D'Oliveiras Verde...

Justin, thank you. I'm not good at half measures, I'm an all-in or nothin' kinda guy. :) Regarding the long term Madeira market I'm hardly an expert (yet!) because I'm still relatively new to this, especially buying Madeira at auction on this scale - someone like Eric has a better sense of the long ...