For The Love Of Port

I ate at the Mercado da Ribeira last summer and was just around the corner from it last week. Cool place.

I will be in Portugal in June this summer for sure.

Read an article and talked to some financial types that think we could see 0.85 this year, particularly if the US Fed raises interest rates.

I bought some euros today at 1.0913 all-in. Mid-market sitting at 1.0688 now...buy price at xe.com is 1.0887.

Keep on dropping!

That's not a phrase I hear often! You've been here? And will do.

Bradley--almost 20 years ago we spent a few days staying in Trinidad and went to Eureka for a dinner. Love the area.

Brad-- let me know what you ended up with if you want to split, and I'll see if it is something I'm interested in.

Love Eureka, btw.

I have a bank account in Portugal so I use that to buy currency. I will book a trade and draw dollars on US account by EFT and then send euros to my Portuguese account by EFT. I don't think you can use xe.com to send money to a retailer, at least not practically, because you don't have account info ...

I researched this several years ago and again, to a bit lesser extent, around late 2014, and as Roy said, try xe.com. I found it to have the most competitive exchange rate, and certainly better than the banks I use in the US. I've been buying euros on the march downward since January, and the spread...

Just picked up some of the Duque de Braganca and Cockburn 2011 VP from this. Thanks for sending around.

I read an article predicting $1.10 in the next two years.

We all know what predictions are worth, but we can keep our fingers crossed.

A Portuguese friend of mine said that BES for whatever reason (there are several you can imagine) did not take the opportunity to write down bad debts when other banks did during the main bailout. BES was presenting as if things were good. Now the bottom has dropped out as things were not so good fo...

Well...not sure I have another bottle to check the bottling year. It was not shipped recently, at least not within the last year. It was stored on its side. But I did take it to a BYO restaurant that night, so it had a car ride before drinking. Last time I opened one it was at home though, so it wou...

I opened a 1994 Barros Colheita this weekend with some friends. It was quite cloudy, not clear (though colored) like most tawnies and colheitas I've had. It was not terrible, but not a great one either. My friends that do not drink much port liked it. I've had other years of Barros Colheita that I r...

I grabbed 6. Hope it is good---haven't tried this one yet.

John, I've been many times, but never the Douro (except one football match in Porto during Euro 2004). Same reason, I have 3 kids 10, 8 and 5. Someday we will tour the Douro, but not yet. I can't help with the Douro, but I've been in and around Lisbon, west of Lisbon, south of Lisbon (extensively in...

Thanks for checking Andy. Good news--I had left them an email on Saturday on the website with the order I wanted to make, when I was having trouble. They contacted me Monday and processed the order according to the FTLOP offer since I had emailed their website.

I cannot get the website to work. I'm entering the term as per the newsletter, but am not getting to where I need to go. Anyone having this issue or am I just doing something wrong, or are they sold out?

My first and only trip to Oporto was during Euro 2004, when Portugal hosted. I saw one match at Dragao stadium. Sadly, Port was not consumed that visit. I've been to Portugal many times, but generally to Lisbon and the Costa Azul, or many years ago, the Algarve. I definitely need to get on one of th...

I grabbed a bit over 3 cases, colheitas and wine. The better half prefers tawnies and colheitas, and I've regretted not buying more colheitas from some of the previous buying ops. They are harder to find, so I jumped on this one. Mine came Thursday as well. Fall would be good for me. Time to reload,...

I have a bank account in Portugal and held enough Euros in it that it would be painful to lose them, or too much value. Not enough to hurt badly, but enough that I'd not be happy about it. I just sold them for USD last week--too much downside compared to the upside. Things do not look good from here...

I got my shipment about 2 weeks ago or so. All of my bottles looked to be in good shape as well.