For The Love Of Port

Madeira prices have skyrocketed in the past decade, and for those of us who got into madeiras not too long ago finding a "bargain" madeira is almost impossible. However, as Al B. mentioned those Christie's auctions of 2022/2023 offered true bargains for Justinos 1934, 1940, 1954, and 1964....

Ah, I didn't realize there was a difference. Thanks for pointing that out, Andreas; although I'm still not sure what 'stenciled bottle' mean.

I got this bottle from Christie's which claimed its origin to be "... the cellar of the first President of Junta Nacional do Vinho Madeira". The Terrantez handwriting faded but is still readable. Though the lot mentioned a stenciled label, I was not able to find any traces of it. Looking a...

That page as well as any other page I try on their website, continue to return 429 response code for me, which means: The HTTP 429 Too Many Requests response status code indicates the user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time ("rate limiting"). I haven't been on garrafeiran...

1973 D'Oliveiras Madeira Boal (bottled in 2015) 1973 D'Oliveiras Madeira Verdelho (bottled in 2021) Barbeito Madeira Malvasia 50 Years Old O Japonês Served the first two at a Birthday party, guests really enjoyed the Verdelho and the bottle was emptied. And on the last one, I have to say, what a fan...

Justino's (VJH) 1954 Verdelho

I don't mean to change the subject but... :) does anyone know a good place to get port tongs? If you know a place in Portugal, that would be even better since I'm planning to be there this Fall.

You can also find just the 'tongs part' - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0774XBXN6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1. One challenge with it is that it's hard to find the right corkscrew to integrate these 'tongs' with, and w/o it, it's not much of a use. I own one of these, but...

I was trying to get 1963 Taylor but my a meeting at work that I could not miss made someone else a happy winner. enjoy!

1966 Blandy's Bual - fantastic boal, it's a pity it's my only bottle...

Haven't tried many, but I found 1994 to be a good one.

Barbeito Madeira Cristovão Colombo 10 Years Old Verdelho

, not bad, deep and soft, a bit too soft for me though.

Agri-Roncão Porto DR - 40 Year Old Tawny again. Mmmmmm.

2002 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Port
Not bad, prominent Cab Sauv fruit profile as you might expect.

1994 Churchill's VP

1997 Quinta do Crasto Porto Colheita

1900 H&H Century Malmsey Solera (H&H bottling) - in the sweet category
1964 Justino's Madeira Boal - in the semi-sweet category
1934 Justino's Madeira Verdelho - in the semi-dry category
1969 D'Oliveiras Madeira Sercial - in the dry category

2000 Delaforce VP, not (too) bad and I think one should drink it now.

1977 Graham's VP

still pretty good, but for me it was overshadowed by a 1977 Fonseca VP I had a week before.