For The Love Of Port

Life doesn't suck...

The fill level was quite good. A bit hard to tell sometimes with the dark glass of Port bottles, but seemed not to have lost any along the way. Hard to tell with an 80-year-old cork, but it appeared as it had been out of the neck for a long time. Might be that it was only discovered to be high when ...

Christie’s auctioned an extensive private cellar (700 lots) with a number of old wines, including some ports. The ports went back to early 20th century ports, many purchased at Christie’s London in the 1960s. I took a risk and bought the lot below for $528 including commission (below the low estimat...