For The Love Of Port

At an auction i bought a 1963 Martinez VP, good fill levels and a nice price. Will try it later this year.

edit:
oh yeah, i paid € 70 for it

The best VP i ever drank was the 2004 Quinta do Javali ! An explosion of fruit and silkiness. No VP came even close.

http://www.quintadojavali.com/

Erik, i hope all is alright? Why'd you sell it all off? All is well Andy. Someone made me a very good offer for it which i could not refuse (Godfather tune). Nah, the price was that good so i decided to sell it off. And the times i drink a very rare bottle are a few times a year so for me its bette...

i just sold almost my entire collection. I now have 1 bottle left, a croft 1920 and some Colheitas of a fairly unknown shipper, Barrao de Villar.

All depends on the price when released. I bought a case of 2005 Niepoort when it was just released and now i see i can buy it much cheaper in the stores. And......i think prices wont go up very much in a 20 years time period, so if i want to try a bottle of 2007 in 2027 i assume that the price, comp...

nope, not me. I once did "langlaufen", on skis through the woods. That was fun. However, i dont see myself together with a few thousand tourists skiing off a mountain, then go back up that mountain again and do it all over.

And.....its to freaking cold also !!!

The most expensive bottle i ever bought was a Niepoort Garrafeira 1940 for € 300. But i would buy a Nacional for € 1000 if the bottle was pristine.

For bottles i really want to have and i know their history a bit or i trust the seller im willing to pay a little more.

Carlos,

this is the bottle im talking about.



Happy hunting.

Hi Carlos,

what about:

1969 Kopke Colheita ?
1973 Nobal LBV ?
N.V. Casa de Sta. Eufemia White Port Special Reserve ?

regards

erik

Next year organize it in the UK or so ?
I wish i could attend this spectacular event.

Have fun !

Timothy wrote: Since I've gone off-topic into books, I've also recently read The Billionaire's Vinegar. Benjamin Wallace does a good job of making it an interesting read. I just finished that yesterday, excellent book. The things people are willing to sacrifice or spend to obtain a bottle is amazin...

I'm downloading this movie right now. Did anyone seen this movie yet ?

Today i made pasta with homemade pesto sauce and with a sidedish mushrooms smothered in port-honey sauce. The pesto i made myself out of fresh basilicum, pine seeds, parmesan cheese and olive oil. Mix them in a blender et voila. Simple but oh so good. The mushrooms i baked for 7 minutes in oil, then...

Great David !!
It worked ! It looks nice in my list AND easy to find it too.

Again , thanks a million !

Glenn wrote: Aha, well that's probably my issue. I'm using IE 7.0.5730.13.

Me too, and at work we use IE6 if i'm correct.

emptied my cache, tried a different machine. No result

any news about the favicon ? The new threat is about the emoticon. The favicon is still not here.

My condoleances Roy. Remember the good days, and i hope you and your family are in peace with it also.

Thanks Andy,

im asking because i can buy a 1945 VP of this brand.

I never did hear or read anything about this producer. Can anyone enlighten me ?

Thanks in advance.