For The Love Of Port

Pocas is a much smaller company. if the people in the lagare are living and working together in the same "bubble" anyway it doesn't matter. in a big company with much bigger volumes it's nearly impossible to have the same few people doing all the work.

i have another 1970 Graham bottle here (empty) that was bottled in Portugal with a selo. the same embossed glass bottle as posted by Moses but yet another different label in english and french.

just so you know; if you get a deal when you buy more i might be interested too and i'm not so far away.

Christian Seely, Managing Director of AXA Millésimes and of Quinta do Noval, comments: "... Quinta do Noval’s Vintage Ports are sourced from grapes from both the Pinhão and Roncão Valleys, and so we know the quality of the vineyards of Passadouro that neighbour ours." So that seems like n...

it's an interesting video. what i understood mostly is that in top quality port you need good grapes but also very skilled people and the needed combination of specific grapes and skills is different for vintages and tawnies. and i think no winemaker will ever tell you he/she uses lower quality grap...

2x Passadouro 2016 and 2x Vieira De Sousa 2015

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 12:15 pm Yum! Those look really well done! Do you do a lot of baking?

not really. but i work in theatre so i have loads of time now that everything is canceled and closed.

(and i picked the best looking one for a photo )

Eric Ifune wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 2:08 pm Paul Hollywood of "The Great British Baking Show" showed his recipe on one of the Masterclass episodes.

i used the recipe of Portologia. it said the amount of filling was for about 20 pieces. it turned out to be 41

you try their recipes to enjoy in the Belgian sun (and make the wine come to you [cheers.gif] ) https://scontent-bru2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/100476947_10158561355004078_6374912733594255360_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=110474&_nc_ohc=oEXyIhfFSAAAX-KooWr&_nc_ht=scontent-bru2-1.xx&oh=77a1...

2017 Post Scriptum. i wasn't too crazy about the first sip but it opened up in the glass. i guess this could be kept for quite a few years.

you can add Noval to the list

Fonseca Guimaraens too

i don't know about other port companies but i can add that quite a few of brewers and distillers here in Belgium are doing the same. some hotels are taking in homeless because the normal shelters -with big dorms- are to dangerous fashion companies are sewing masks, event companies make plexi screens...

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 6:58 am

Bert VD wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:15 pm Quinta Das Marias 2018 Encruzado (Dao)

Was it good...Perhaps a better question, would you buy it again? LOL

yes it was. not great but good. very fresh, quite acidic.
i'm probably not buying it again any time soon because i bought it in a supermarket in the Dao. not here in Belgium

Quinta Das Marias 2018 Encruzado (Dao)

1992 Niepoort LBV to celebrate another healthy day. (i am out of jobs for at least a month because of the virus. any reason is good to enjoy life a bit now)

i totally understand why you would wait for a special occasion to open a special bottle. i'm like that as well. but sometimes i just feel like having a good bottle of port and i might invite some friends to make it an occasion. don't you ever want to celebrate a good... tuesday? or a friday perhaps?...

1985 Crasto vp.

the first and only one i've seen and it's also hard to find notes about this vp. from a local shop that had one bottle for 58€.

Burmester 2003 vintage.

right now it's a Butler Nephew 1975 VP