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- Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:17 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Birth year Ports laid down for your kids.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5192
Not planned, and no doubt a sign of mental instability, I do have a 1996 Malvedos I am planning on opening next January for the 10 year birthday of my dog. :oops: Over the past few years having a birthday for my dog, which started as a joke, has turned into an annual event where he gets more present...
- Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:12 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Good Port that is not Port?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2584
Good Port that is not Port?
...or at least not PORTO . My wife is not a porto drinker. Every once in a while though we do find something she likes. Most recently a Colheita '77 from Rocha with a creme brulee. I can think of only two true VPs she has poured for herself with no coaxing. Aside from these two, she did like a rando...
- Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:07 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Thoughts on Yalumba 50 year old tawny port
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1453
- Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:05 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Best Corkscrew?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8522
- Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:02 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Port consumption by location??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1918
Derek, I think it is. Every bottle of any win is different depending upon the company and locale in which it is enjoyed. I think a glass in London on a cold evening would b much better than a warm day lounging on the beach in Grand Cayman. Same wine? Yes. Different though. I think just as wine can c...
- Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:49 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Port consumption by location??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1918
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:25 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Drink to keep up with your cellar
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6289
Very good suggestion, few follow this though. I think that most collector, if they do consider it much, look at what they already own and consider drinking windows. They don't make the leap to using this same information, and filling gaps, for purchases. Wine is one of those funny purchases where co...
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:48 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Port consumption by location??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1918
Port consumption by location??
Read the article from the NYT that Mario had reposted and the tagline about the temperature. So, aside from anecdotal data, does anyone know what the port comsumption is like in various locales as related to climate? I always presume that here in the desert of Arizona there are fewer drinkers of por...
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:39 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Does anybody own a bottle of 1927 Fonseca?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1574
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:37 pm
- Forum: Port Basics
- Topic: Extended time of DECANTING Port
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9154
I think that all ports should be opened, straw inserted, and the port should be sucked out as quickly as possibly allowing for minimal aeration. If you do not have a straw, either drink directly from the bottle or pouring into a left over SuperGulp cup from 7-11 and chug it as fast as possible while...
- Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:10 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Favorite Port pairings?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3473
- Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:55 pm
- Forum: Port & Madeira Marketplace
- Topic: 2003 VP Offering
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3501
- Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:18 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The "comfort zone" ...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6280
Very different animals. For port I look for the best deals on new vintages and provenence on older. I am willing to pay a more for provence, to a point. I am also willing to wait for a good deal as they come by enough that splurging on lesser deals do not make sense. For madiera, good vintage madeir...
- Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:44 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Problem with Port
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2165
Problem with Port
While not in the offline capital of the world (or even thr country) I have attended many offlines here that included stellar people, and some halfway decent wines. ;) My issue with bringing port is that, seen as a dessert wine, port is laways pored last. While I love finishing off with a great port,...
- Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:35 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Favorite Port pairings?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3473
Favorite Port pairings?
Anyone want to discuss their favorite port pairings? I have different pairing for each type of port but for the very best of each type tend to drink it alone. I thought about this the other day though as I finished off, on the second day, a bottle of Quinta do Vesuvio 2001. I have BBQ'd some porterh...
- Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:10 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Have you, or do you plan to buy any 2003 Vintage Ports?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21416
- Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:02 pm
- Forum: Port Basics
- Topic: Colheita, 100% grapes from the harvest year?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 30994
Has anyone here had Colheita from the same producer, same year that was bottled at different times? I am interested in the differences between the two bottlings. Would perhaps also be important who the producer is. I know that Dirk Niepoort feels his age well in the bottle where others would say Dri...
- Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:47 pm
- Forum: Madeira Forum
- Topic: Another reason to love Madeira
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1720
Another reason to love Madeira
Shipping year round! Living in the desert I have a good deal of wine stored for me at various retailers throughout the year, followed by a flurry of shipping in late Nov through early Feb. Of course with madeira, as long as it soes not get so hot as to raise the cork, a quick shipment in the other m...
- Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:32 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Have you, or do you plan to buy any 2003 Vintage Ports?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 21416
- Sun Aug 07, 2005 8:49 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: vintage port 2004?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3103