For The Love Of Port

Anyone know what the 1802 ultimately went for?

I suppose another tiny factor, given these days a slight penchant for swindlers to make/sell fake wines, is that the BAK seal itself is rather hard to take off, then replace convincingly...? In which case, one could argue that the contents of a BAK sealed bottle are more likely to be authentic than ...

How was that bottle, Justin? Curious to hear thoughts. I've heard generally positive reactions, but thought I'd ask you! I haven't had one myself, but I've got a couple as yet unopened.... I'm wondering what I'm waiting for! (maybe for some visitors!)

Thanks everyone. And yes, Alan, I totally agree that I was hesitant to post here because I didn't want to be 'that guy' who automatically assumes the worst and points fingers. I certainly did not want to post "hey, look at these fakes" because honestly, I just don't have enough knowledge a...

Hello dear fellow madeira enthusiasts!!! So I was perusing the Christie's e-catalogue of their London auction (that happened earlier today, although curiously I only got the email just 30 minutes ago) and saw a few ancient madeira for auction. A 1715 was up for auction, but it looked like it had bra...

Thanks, Mario!

Thanks for the info so far, everyone!

I'll put it into my calendar.

I'll look out for your posts regarding a way to RSVP for it!

Cheers,
Mark

where / how does one sign up ?

any idea as to location within LA?

(Not sure how much value you put into these things, but...)

TripAdvisor just named Porto as the #3 "Destination on the Rise" in the World. (Behind Tulum, Mexico and Cartagena, Columbia)

Cheers!

I'm also a fan of -Two day event, separated by tiers. -Daytime tasting, evening meals. (perhaps not too early of a start on Saturday, to allow some folks to arrive in the morning in case they can't travel Friday night?) -We could concentrate on producer or grape varietal. -Or, for the first tasting,...

What is Madeira jelly?
(listed in Dessert section)

A quick search mentions madeira jelly as accompaniment with foie gras, but less so about its being a dessert all unto itself!

I was thiiiiiis close to picking up my order in Santa Monica today, when I realized I was sporting a 103 fever and I could hardly stand up, let alone drive down the 405 on a Friday afternoon. Had to call and postpone my pick up which they were very very very accommodating to do. Ah well, I guess I w...

A 1903 vote from here, too!

(but you can't really go wrong with either)

I was tempted to post this under our recent 'corkscrew' discussion, but really it is about if you DON'T have a corkscrew... ... have any of you guys seen this before? or even tried it? https://video-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xfp1/v/t42.1790-2/1181355_10151539809772761_55532_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjUyOS...

Really interesting and fascinating. I started googling what I could about this and found this Associated Press article from LA Times 2008. I wonder how the people mentioned and involved with each article are connected. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://articles....

1963 Presidential Porto Golden White Colheita
(Da Silva) bottled 2013
750ml

Looks like it capped out at 4900 EUR, which was below the reserve. (I wonder how much that is in drachma....) Looks like a good bottle, though. Thanks for sharing the listing link!!!

I am tempted to bid on this, though the fact that the bid is already as high as it is and it has still not yet reached its reserve is a big turn off. Also, seller has a mixed bag of feedback and I'm not too familiar with the auctioneer (though this bottle at a big name auction house will likely hamm...

Can't wait to hear how everything went! Sorry, once again, that I missed it. Hope it was great!

Hey John,

A couple folks had some thoughts about some of the lots in the auction in the forum post titled "Acker May Auction" a bit further down in the Madeira forums.

Not sure if it answers any of your questions, but there is/was a brief dialogue...

Cheers!
Mark