For The Love Of Port

ouch...these kinds of things are definitely gonna become more and more common...all of you here with large collections should take precautions! here's another wine heist for the most Unique wine collection "The collection has been registered in the Guiness Book of Records for years, as the most...

Post Wine & Spirits on Long Island has the Warre's 2003 for $45 they still have the 2000 for $36
I've picked up a bunch of both at their store. Their contact info is on Roy's post here

woof...the spammers are definitely out in full force hehe the pdf is Much easier to read than having it all split up... I thoroughly enjoyed reading the whole thing at once. How about opening up something from the early 80's for your other bottle since we've been having all those discussions lately ...

sure...get the styro packagers and either check it in as is...or stick em in your suitcase and pack your clothes around the box for boxes check out http://www.uline.com/AdvSearchResult.asp?keywords=wine&Ref=Pwrshp&Source=ALL&StartPage=1 here is the TSA regulations that you can print out ...

thats pretty cool! grats to all our uk'ers
I still haven't been able to try this yet since its slightly harder to find in the East Coast....Roy can you tell the Broadbents they need to get more of their Madeira's into the NYC market...not that many bottles are available and 0 malmsey's

jdaw..your in nyc right?...they have the ramos pinto 85 at Soho wines and spirits at 461 West Broadway

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/life ... 9772c.html

they just showed this on my local news...
trust me its port related sorta i really hope they decanted it before putting it in the atomizer...and you need a parter to help heh

If you want I can get to em for you Roy

I have 1 bottle of 01 Vargellas but not sure its ready so I'll wait a bit more.
Were still waiting for the TN for the 77 Quarles and 83 Graham ^_^

If port producers or the "industry" sponsor the site...maybe I'm just being paranoid and I'm not sure that it would happen... but I'd be worried that people wouldn't speak as freely for fear of offending a sponsor....
I've seen that happen in a few other forums(non wine related)

:lol: Andy Thats awesome tho grats to Mario. Remind him to not forget to take some dramamine heh supposedly weightlessness will cause nausea. Too bad they cant bring a very old port also...sorta meeting of old world/past and new world/future would be kinda cool not to mention I'm curious what it wou...

that was fun...i wish they showed more hehe...that was a hell of a lot of pounding/splinters to make a barrel...no wonder they cost so much

On the Discovery Channel tonight at 9pm(est) they will be showing a new episode of Dirty Jobs (fun show)...yeah yeah its during the state of the union...but remember they might not show this episode again for a while...state of the union will be :beat: all week lil cut/paste from tv guide Mike works...

Wine Library is having a free shipping offer that lasts until midnight tonight (12am EST) I think it might be only ground shipping...which is why I titled this post for east coasters since it got real cold all of a sudden...ground shipping to the west coast isnt the best idea. How does this relate t...

WoW I'd trade in 10 of these bottles for that Taylor hehe

here's a pic of the bottle in the article
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01192007/ph ... ws010b.jpg

I cant find any pics of it online...but I did see video of it on my local news...
Hopefully its not corked
http://1010wins.com/pages/186563.php?co ... tId=291983

Do you think they got a good deal on the shipping cost? heheh

Hey all I was reading the old optimum bottles to have thread and well I hope someday to build my own cellar and have as many as you guys but that got me thinking about storage... As a still new to the wine world in general(only been a year but found my L-o-P early) I recently picked up a Eurocave 28...

wow those UK University cellars are really stocked up arent they hehe I wonder what else they have lurking around down there :)

well UPS and Fedex have the risk of being discovered also...unless there's a dedicated shipper like Western Carriers...then i would suggest that you store your wine temporarily at a wine storage facility in Chicago then just have them ship it (or if you can beg them to just ship it for you ) I know ...

you can take a look at Roy's 2004 Port Forecast page 1 for what looks like very old port bottles with what looks like mold and cobwebs? hehe

Welcome Paul :) There's plenty of stores that you can order from and get it shipped to you (if your state allows it) Like Andy I also get most of my ports shipped from all over ordered online. Just be careful when shipping in extreme cold/hot temps. If your gonna order from far away in any extreme t...