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by Tom Heine
Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:57 pm
Forum: Port Forum
Topic: Port retail prices in Canada...
Replies: 8
Views: 1411

Thanks for all your information gentlemen! Frederick, interesting story, if the penalty is 100% of the costs, when you get caught importing wine without paying duty, and in your case, you had to pay only 30$ for 15 bottles, then I presume your false bill showed a price of only 2$ per bottle!?! That ...
by Tom Heine
Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:38 pm
Forum: Port Forum
Topic: Best VP Port ever...
Replies: 10
Views: 2005

Thanks for all your recommendations!

I think it's going to be a 1966 Fonseca or Grahams... hopefully....
Will let you know when I have the bottle! (which could still be tricky, here in Calgary)

Looking forward to open it in February! :yumyum:


Cheers,

Tom
by Tom Heine
Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:24 pm
Forum: Port Forum
Topic: Port retail prices in Canada...
Replies: 8
Views: 1411

Port retail prices in Canada...

As a European who recently relocated to Calgary, Canda, I am pretty much in shock by the high retail price of Port here. A quick comparison on wine-searcher.com shows that the prices in the UK or US are typically around 1/3 - 1/2 of the selling price here in Canada. Does anybody of you have experien...
by Tom Heine
Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:08 pm
Forum: Port Forum
Topic: Best VP Port ever...
Replies: 10
Views: 2005

Thanks for your responses! Derek, I'll add my surname and location after this. Sorry for that! Some interesting recommendations! Given my financial limitations (a 2000$ bottle is simply not realistic… or, in my view, worth it for that matter...) and my own experience with VP's, I find the following ...
by Tom Heine
Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:16 pm
Forum: Port Forum
Topic: Best VP Port ever...
Replies: 10
Views: 2005

Best VP Port ever...

Hello all, I registered only recently with FTLOP, but I have followed the website for quite a while now... First of all: many thanks Roy for setting up such an interesting and complete website, dedicated to Port! I haven't found any other websites with so much information! It got me even more intere...