For The Love Of Port

Thanks for the insight. I guess I was hoping that there was some bad handling/storage explanation for why the 1967 Krohn Colheita is not nearly as good as the 1968 (since they looked so different), but I guess '68 was just a better year between these two Colheita's. (I have more bottles of each so w...

Luc Gauthier wrote:Unfortunately Tom , no 45's
Only Graham's 70

My favorite Vintage, although I'm bias, as that's my birth year. I also haven't had a ton of Vintages, but sure do like Graham's 1970.

Does cloudiness in an old Colheita indicate anything in particular? I purchased a couple bottles of 1967 Krohn Colheita for a Colheita taste we held back in June. (Why buy only one bottle if I'm having to pay for shipping anyways, right?) However, once opened, we noticed that it was quite hazy/cloud...

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Houston Porter wrote:Any other suggestions?

Something from Ferreira.

I can't seem to find anything from Ferreira, other than an 1868 Colheita in Portugal for $2K. Are they known for their Colheita's?

THAT all being said, any suggestions for other old Colheitas for our tasting? Because my best friend and I believe that Graham's 1969 Single Harvest is our favorite, we are setting up a blind tasting around that one. (We had it in Vila Nova de Gaia three years ago but only just recently was I able t...

Thank goodness! ...and thank you to all of you who responded. Those are all viable reasons this could have happened, and have subdued my panic. (I'm doing a very old tawny port tasting in about a month and was excited not only to get this 1968 Messias Colheita, but to get it at what appears to be a ...

I just received a bottle of 1966 and 4 bottles of 1968 Colheita ports produced by Messias, all of which have an oddity that has me concerned. My concern is the "Engarrafado em..." ("Bottled on ...") sticker that has been attached to the back label. . On the bottle of 1968, the st...

I picked up a 40 and a 30 and at such a great price, I am looking forward to trying them to see if they might become one of our regulars. Thanks for the tasting note on this one.

Yes, Premier Cru was selling loads of Krohn since they had them on hand. I picked up a case of the 68 and the 30 year old apiece. They were great wines at a discounted price. Also they had been bought out and I've very fond memories of their lodge from prior visits. I wanted more of their wines wit...

Yes, Francis Dinkelspiel is the great grand daughter of Isaias Hellman. (There may be another great in there.) She wrote the book after the loss of most of her ancestor's wine. She also wrote "Towers of Gold" about Isaias Hellman. He was a fascinating individual and one of the forgotten f...

Al B. wrote:Keep an eye out for Taylor Vargellas 1967. You can find this bottled in Oporto in 1969 but also bottled in England in 1969 and in 1970.

Could make an interesting tasting.

I definitely will. I've liked the other Vargellas's I've had.

Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California by Frances Dinkelspiel

This is about the guy who set fire to the Vallejo wine warehouse. It's a fascinating story and a good read.

Glenn E. wrote:(Another Premier Cru bottle, FYI.)

It sounds like that was the buy of the century. I wish I had been around for that one.

Do you have any old White Port? I've never been a big fan of White Port, but haven't had too many and those were mostly dry ones, and dry isn't something I'm fond of. However, yes, I do have a couple bottles of white in my collection, although I'm guessing the Kopke Lagrima is going to be on the dr...

Does anyone use standard fridges with an added temp regulator?

I'm looking into a wine fridge and it seems like they are pretty expensive. Sure, they look much nicer than having a second fridge out in the garage, but I sure can find fridges cheap on Craigslist.

We drink LBVs with dinner, so brie would work. We discovered Churchill by accident while visiting Vila Nova de Gaia and loved their tawnies so were excited to discover an LBV at one of our local bottle shops when we got home. I believe it was the 2005. We liked it enough that we bought a case. I jus...

Ya, I started off trying to the find one port that beat all others as my favorite, but eventually figured out that there was no such thing because there are so many great ones. But when I find something I really like, I do like to buy a few bottles to have on hand. I'm definitely interested in tryin...

Ah, I see. Thanks for all the info. This is fascinating, and now I want to try more English bottled ports. There are a few English bottlers who are generally better than Oporto bottled, so definitely do explore some! Now that I'm venturing into Vintages, I'm definitely curious. (I always avoided th...

Oh Wow!!! How awesome. I had no idea that those are basically in the U.S. because of FTLOP. No wonder FTLOP folks are so gung ho on Leonardo ports. Sounds like you guys have been treated pretty well by them. There are benefits to being a subscriber to the FTLOP newsletter. [cheers.gif] Yes, glad I ...

Any suggestions on a port that would go well with Dungeness crab? (In our area, it's a tradition to have Dungeness with Thanksgiving dinner.) I have been loving the Taylor Fladgate 2011 LBV with holiday meals, so we'll crack on of those open too. (We just tested this alongside Taylor's Vintage, Grha...