For The Love Of Port

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 4:21 pm

Lucas S wrote: 1995 Vesuvio VP. Wow what a port.

We don’t talk about this one. lol

So true, Andy!

1997 Gould Campbell VP Purhased in NYC for just $50, opened it the next night and absolutley lovely. Shared with numerous co-workers and very well received. Shared with co-workers…such the enabler. Hahah. I love it!! Of Course Andy!!! I bet I got 15-20 small pours out of it. To me, one aspect of Po...

1997 Gould Campbell VP

Purhased in NYC for just $50, opened it the next night and absolutley lovely. Shared with numerous co-workers and very well received.

My daughter recently got engaged and the bloke was born in 1989...what a challenge to find Ports in that year! But I did!

3 x 1989 Kopke Colheitas.

Note: She was born in 1993 so this couple clearly has a birthyear Port problem---(I adopted 1994 for her years AGO.)

1995s are incredible and the best thing is most are very affordable.

At my class reunion at Hamilton College I brought a 1983 Dows and my friend a 1994 Smith Woodhouse . The Dows was sublime---really in a good spot yet could be a touch more potential. Just lovely and roundly loved. The SW was also well received--I would say this needs another 5-10 years. Nice contras...

I have a Durand an it is freaking awesome! Never a serious issue getting corks out. Only drawback is it tends to damage the side of the cork obliterating any printed info. (so if a mystery bottle I would tong it). For $68 I might pull the trigger here if I were you. As to having a "longer one&q...

Fun topic: A. 2002 Kopke White B. See A. above. See Mike W above. I love Portal 10, can get for $20 or a little less and a marvelous easy after dinner Port, esp in warmer weather. C. 94 Warres; 95 Smith Woodhouse, 97 Sandeman D. 00 Warres, 03 Warres, 04 Crasto (maybe the 08) E.All 2011: Fonseca, Cra...

1.5 hour decant; saturated cork but did not leak. Fine sediment. Still a dark port - just looks a lot younger than 41 years. Powerful aromas with a floral element and blackberry - one of the more odiferous Ports I can recall. Beautifully rounded taste, fruit forwad with dark berries and a little str...

I gotta be honest---I am dissapointed there isn;t someone saying I bought a case of 1983 on release in 1985 or such.

Still, I love and appreciate everyone's responses. Seems like most on FTLOP are like me, came to Port in the last 20 years or so. Cheers!!

Hahaha---your memory is better than mine!

I was logging in my recent acquisitions and was curious what bottle (unopened) I've had the longest. Turns out it is a tie:

2004 Quinta do Crasto LBV ($16)
2003 Grahams ($50)

Both acquired on 3/1/2010, but from two different sources. Prices all in (VAT and shipping if applicable).

So what you got??

2 @ 1980 Gould Campbell (375mm)
1 x 1997 Ferreira
1 x 1983 Ferreira Quinta do Seixo
2 x 1985 Gould Campbell

At auction. Lost out on 1995 Fonseca Guimaerens - hope it went to a good home.

1985 Quinta do Crasto. Wow! In an awesome spot. Shocked me how tasty it was a I was not expecting much.

Has anybody ever bought a Magnum off WineBid and know how shipping for those work? Does it become the equivalent of 1/3rd of a case and ship with regular 750mls or what? Btw, they had a huge influx of Ports this week, normally it's around 200 results if you search for Port, this week it's 577 (alth...

Here is a recap of this fun evening. Mike W. had the entire set of the Graham's Malvedos and I was quite excited about this tasting as I'd only had the 1988, 1995 and 2009 versions before so my depth here was lacking--and who does not love Grahams? We had 6 bottles for 5 people (quite a small group)...

That was fun!! I'll upload notes and pics soon.

The 1990 was clearly off, the rest were very solid.

Good impressions and notes, Lucas!

Eric Menchen wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:51 pm And I'm stuck in the middle. I have a couple bottles I could have contributed too :-|

Does that make Andy a clown to your left and me a joker on your right? LOL. That's a classic song!

Hey!!

We are having a Malvedos tasting and have an open seat or two. If you live near northern New Jersey and want to come PM me.

84-86-88-90-92 Malvedos (nothing odd) plus Mystery Port.... and you'll get to meet some fellow Portophiles.

All in under $200 with bottle adoption and dinner out.

Nope. Never an entire flight or even close. That is really something....and not like it was a bunch of known hooligans such as an 83 Cockburn or 90s Niepoort.

So alternate meaning to WOTN: Worst of the Night.