For The Love Of Port

Thanks so much gentlemen!

[yahoo.gif] Guys! Guys! I finally get to go to Porto! I've been a site member for over ten years now and I'm finally going! [yahoo.gif] My wife, a scientist, gets invited to conferences all over, and this July she'll be in Porto. (I get to go along as the companion animal.) Her schedule will keep he...

Thanks gentlemen for the advice. Shopping now! We'll have a nice time for sure.

Hello all, Last night my fiancee took us out to a Pocas vertical tasting. We sampled everything from your basic Ruby up to a '64 Colheita Tawny. We preferred the 1967 to the 64. Both featured an almost Scotch-like, teasingly smoky resonance on the back of the palate, and a great, honey-textured pour...

I feel like this is a newbie question, but got to wondering. Here in the US, are prices generally better before, or after, Christmas & New Years? Or does it make no noticeable difference?

Cheers!

I found the article disagreeably snarky. Drinks like rye are making inroads into the 'younger set' and I don't see why someone couldn't have an open mind about port as well (along with their open bottle). Hmf. I think it would be interesting to find some of the old recipes for port drinks referred t...

You're right Andy--that is a little off-putting.

Whenever I've checked, lately anyway, Vinfolio.com has beat these guys.

Benchmark sometimes can be beat on price, but I've never seen them offer so much port. Here's the e-mail I got. Hope these work for someone--I'm still thinking about it. :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------- You can thank this lovely European collector for storing thes...

Roy Hersh wrote:Wow, I haven't been in there since 1995. A nnice shop with a decent selection of Ports, is it still owned by Steve?

That I don't know--I've never been; I've only lived here four months or so.

Shall I inquire after Steve and mention the Roy Hersh Fortification Discount...? :hello:

A store in DC, Pearson's, is advertising seven cases at $23.99 a bottle. (Link--do a Find for LBV.) Tasting notes here at FTLOP seem a bit mixed. Go or No Go, do you think?

Thanks all,
Mike

I'll be keenly watching this--for the first time in at least a year. Having gone through a prolonged period of financial insecurity (but I held on to the vintage port--stored it with my folks so I'd elude temptation!), I've landed a terrific job that'll endure just about any downturn. (If there is s...

The conclusion...

1966 Fonseca from vinfolio.com for $229. (They have three more after this one.)

I'll let you know how it goes--!

Wow--thanks again all. Derek, I didn't mean to show the choices paired that way; I agree it would be one from the top group and one from the bottom one. Today's Winesearcher is pessimistic about doing that as it's got some of the Warre's in the UK for $170+shipping, and they go up from there. But no...

Thank you gentlemen both--! I'll try to get a '66 here. I've never seen any advertised so it might be a bit of a treasure hunt though. So: 1966 Fonseca 1966 Taylor, or else 1966 Warre's 1966 Dows ...and if I play the lottery enough, maybe the Nacional. Yes? Dave, the government deducts taxes from ou...

At the end of this month-ish, provided the IRS doesn't trace the monies laundered from my math manufacturing operations, I get a nice refund.* I would like to set aside about $300 (US) to buy a nice bottle for drinking now or in the next year or so. I'm drawn to a '63, but that may be because I lack...

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--my $0.02. :hello:

Has anyone ever tasted one so old? Was it good...?

I think this is a plea from Mike for some help... :idea: Alex, thank you, yes! Life is about expanding one's horizons. I'm very grateful for what I take away from these forums. Well, may I venture to offer a start on this terminology...standing on the shoulders of giants and all... Traditional – da...

I'm one of the outliers who voted the Fonseca. This seems like not such a serious and weighty occasion and I think that port will suit the mood better. Less gravitas.

However, my heart is with Alex; since you'll be washing your glasses in tidal pools anyway, why fret too much? :o

"...fine gritty sludge. "

{sigh} I think I'll never learn all this technical jargon...