For The Love Of Port

+1 to John, to please keep posting your notes; some are wines I may never try, though would be interested to if the opportunity arose, and I enjoy your notes.

From the VPID I can see labels up to and including 1996 say only Malvedos, while 1998 onward have Quinta dos Malvedos.

http://www.hallarn.com/vpid/vpid_displa ... eyear=2011

Roy Hersh wrote:The latest and greatest Barca Velha is from the 2008 Vintage...
but this is just lunacy. Is it a great wine, of course. But 100 points? You be the judge.

Happy to - please send my tasting sample bottle(s) to my home address... :friends:

My last month tastes: Graham's Tawny Single Harvest 1952 and 1972 Graham's 90 Very Old Tawny Warre's Vintage 1977 (Magnum) Enviado do meu iPad usando o Tapatalk Wow, that's some nice tasting. I've been lucky enough to have the G52c a few times, but not the Graham's 90 - how did you find it by compa...

I take it that you gents feel that Bufete Fase is the place for the best Francesinha?

Many factors could be relevant to consideration of palate variation between geographically distant populations (which need not be US/UK but would apply equally well to others). Typical food and lifestyle issues can affect palate (for example preferences or dislikes for sweeter foods, dairy) which co...

I've loved white Ports for many years, long before they became trendy in recent years. Too bad you're not closer I've got a few older whites. :winepour: :winebath: I'd go for the whites also, having been saying similar for a good while; my preference is the old sweet whites rather than the dry (whi...

Al B. wrote:I have seen 1981 colheita from Burmester, 1981 LBVs from Warre and Niepoort and a 1981 vintage port from Ferreira.

Also 1981 Quinta do Infantado VP.
No 1973 VP that I'm aware of.

Hi Will; agreeing with the above, 50-60% would be the most you could expect if bottles are well kept in good condition (bedrooms and wardrobes tend to be poor). Good levels, no seepage, and good colour are all generally more important than label condition, except for highly unusual bottles where it ...

(cross-posting from here TPF which I hope is acceptable, to widen the potential pool of knowledge) The oldest branded port corks I have seen are Croft 1912 and Cockburn 1912. Others here have opened many more pre-war bottles than I, so may have older examples; Is the 1912 vintage the first to have b...

Glad to hear it. Mine arrived safely last week also. Thanks to Roy and all who made this happen for us in EU.

I did get an answer back this afternoon at around 15:00 o'clock with a confirmation. I wasn't too stressed. However since there is a window of opportunity, it works best for the customer if you just get a confirmation that they did receive your order and there wasn't some mix up. I am sure that eve...

After placing your order pr. mail is there normally sent a confirmation mail back right away? I send my order yesterday afternoon and have not heard back yet... They are probably just busy. Hi Thomas, I'm in the same position, haven't heard back yet after sending order yesterday morning, but I'm pr...

I tend to primarily associate minerality with slate or similar, more than metallic.

Roy - a request - if/when you've emailed EU subscribers with details of the EU opportunity, could you please post here as well to say the email has gone out? (to avoid/manage any email mis-haps) Thanks.

I like the G20yr, particularly in terms of QPR, which doesn't seem to get much love on here or TPF.

Eric Ifune wrote:I love both the San Leonardo 30 and the 40. I might say the 30 is a slightly better buy. The 40 is a step up but not an enormous one.

+1

Simple tradition here; I open a Croft '70 for Xmas each year. Last year I wanted a Tawny as well to give friends the choice, so opened a Krohn '76. Croft, Krohn, Christmas (no Cruz, sorry!).

Really? Someone filling their water cooler/dispenser with a different liquid qualifies as news? (never mind "hero woman" in the title, and "shared the hack" in the text). "Hey guys, I used a ruler as a back-scratcher! Quick, I must post about my incredible idea on Facetwit.....

I think it's a perspective issue. I agree completely regarding it being a pity when a restaurant (or a special vintage tawny) becomes only available to the wealthy, and not to those that have supported it through their growth, if that happens. I certainly applaud any restaurant attempting to avoid t...