For The Love Of Port

These days, a tregnum is 3 x 75cl bottles. Magnum = 2, Tregnum = 3. Ergo, 2.25 liters. Some of the old(er) squat bottles were 2.1 liters, not 2.25. This probably derives from the fact that England - at least for a while - used bottles that were 70 cl, not 75 cl. 3 x 70 cl bottles is 2.1 liters. (I t...

Yeah, you need to use a Durand or Ah-So for any wine cork from the latter 1990’s to the early 2000’s. Otherwise be prepared for a million tiny pieces. No clue what the cork industry did to them back then. They seal fine. But getting them out is messy. I haven't experienced this problem with any pro...

Hey, that looks like my New Year's Bottle!

Unfortunately the winesearcher "average price" is generally not even close to accurate. Winesearcher contains every listing that it can find on the internet, and that includes many listings for what we call "trophy bottles". The stores have no intention of selling those bottles. ...

DR 30 year old tawny Port

A.S. Demka wrote:My last bottle of DR white colheita 2008. Elisabete Almeida told me that they’ve run out of 2008 stock now. Luckily there’s plenty of 2010!

I bought 2 cases of this and still have 8 left. I'll probably have another one at some point over the holidays. It's a fantastic Port!

I've never been much of a fan of Nacional - even blind I rarely rate any of them above 92 or 93 points, and a lot of them are in the upper 80s for me. They're just not my style. That said, this is not one of the good ones. For me, at least, $50 would probably be the limit and that would only be so t...

Well that was fast... sorry but they're already sold out.

Eric Menchen wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 3:53 pm I have tasted Pez candy, but have no recollection of what it tastes like. Might you dispense some descriptors for that?

Bright, fruity disappointment.



But seriously, it's a sugary, sweet, vaguely fruity flavor with some artificial citrus-like acidity.

There's also a 1988 d'Yquem at this link.

https://www.wtso.com/premium-selection

Another magnum of 1977 Gould Campbell for a Christmas Party. Only 10 left!

I'd go a little longer than Frederick... maybe 3-4 hours. I suspect that the Ports will show best between 4 and 6 hours after opening.

Neither 1998 nor 2001 is a classic vintage, but they're still pretty young so I think they still need a pretty decent decant.

- Graham's 2020 @ € 198,- Ouch! But I just looked at wine-searcher.com, and that's better than the prices I found in the U.S. Yeah the "Limited Edition" 2020 Graham is as expensive as The Stone Terraces used to be. But they've also increased the MSRP of GST to... are you sitting down?... ...

1983 Graham VP 1983 Gould Campbell VP 1937 Kopke Colheita NV Andresen 40 Year Old White Port 2003 Kopke Colheita Branco 2008 DR Colheita Branco All of this past weekend's FTLOP 18th Anniversary party. Notes from the weekend: the 1963 Graham was both corked and had some other sort of flaw, which we k...

1x Noval Nacional 2016 at auction 3x Graham's Stone Terraces 2021 Did the price of Stone Terraces essentially double for you, too? Suggested retail price in the US increased from $225 to $545! US$ 225?? That was a bargain! Lowest price in Europe (including appr. 20% VAT/Sales Tax) was around US$ 30...

A.S. Demka wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:33 am 1x Noval Nacional 2016 at auction
3x Graham's Stone Terraces 2021

Did the price of Stone Terraces essentially double for you, too?

Suggested retail price in the US increased from $225 to $545!

A bit of a sleeper as a 30 Year Old. Most people think of others first when asked to name the best 30s, but Ramos Pinto deserves to be in the conversation.

2x 1968 Taylor-Fladgate Limited Edition Very Old Single Harvest Port I'd call them colheitas, but they're labeled as above. So, would those be from Krohn's stock that was purchased? If so, they would be fresher than the 1968 Krohn's I bought a bunch of. My and wife's birth year. Yes, everything I'v...

Half of the shipment has arrived!

I think he's probably referring to the fact that the buyer has little or no control over when the seller decides to sell. If a high-value property suddenly pops onto the market for whatever reason, potential buyers have to act quickly whether or not the timing is ideal for them. Or maybe he's alludi...