For The Love Of Port

hey Paul, the restaurant is Casa do Escritor. it's simple but nice and they are super friendly. ) Does this place also have a wine shop attached or part of it? If so, how was it (if you checked it out that is)? Hi Andy, if you look at TripAdvisor for the Writer's Place Restaurant at Pinhão you can ...

Hi Bert, see you are (were) in the Douro again and made an interesting visit. What's the name of the restaurant you mentioned. End of May my wife and I will be in Provesende again for some days (you know where ). Any chance of seeing you then?

Was it the 2015 (as the title of the post states) or the 2013 (as the label tells us)?

The previous years there has been 4 newsletters per year with November & December rounding of the year. Also a buy OP or two. This year nothing so far, which is disappointing. I think a clear statement of what we can expect as subscribers going forward would be in order. Really very, very disap...

The previous years there has been 4 newsletters per year with November & December rounding of the year. Also a buy OP or two. This year nothing so far, which is disappointing. I think a clear statement of what we can expect as subscribers going forward would be in order. Really very, very disap...

You are not. There has not been one this year. For me, it's slightly disappointing (and that is an understatement!!) there is none until now, even more so as Roy promised several times (in July, August, September and October) it would be a matter of days before the next one to be published. I was g...

There is good interest in buying properties in these less hilly areas of Portugal where one can farm using far less manual labor than the Douro. Way more cost effective than the Douro is for making relatively inexpensive or moderately priced dry wines. IIRC, this Quinta was owned by Richard Mason p...

Bert VD wrote:it's Vargellas 2015, not Vargellas Vinha Velha 2015 i guess

+1 (if you see the price it is offered for, it's the only possibility )

Pintas (Wine & Soul) 2016VP, presented at a blind tasting of 23 2016 Vintage Ports at Corney & Barrow

Hi Bert, It was a great pleasure to meet you so unexpectedly in Provesende! Dining on monday and tuesday ( in fact everyday) was an unforgettable experience, thanks to the wonderfull cooking of Jet, the great wines Ronald made taste us and the lively discussions between (among others....) Ronald, yo...

Hi Rune, Thanks a lot for your note and picture. Visited Quinta do Javali a couple of years ago and was very impressed by the quality of their wines, both port (including very good LBV) and still red wines. In NL the wines are limited availble (last Reserva Old Vines being 2012) and from port their ...

Today i got the first prices for a 2016 Vintage Port. It is the Kopke 2016 Vintage Port. We will be selling at €44,95 enprimeur. I tasted the 2016 vintage port (cask sample) @ Prowein, it confirmed me again that Kopke keeps on improving with there vintage ports. Your price is very different (in a p...

For all those interested: www.chocapalha.pt

Andy Velebil wrote:Didn't WE gives this some stupid high score of like 94 points? Gotta wonder what the heck that reviewer was thinking. It's nowhere close to that score.


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It's worse Andy: they gave it 97 points!!!

Paul Metman asked: Interesting, that you mention and recommand Murças VP '15! I visited Murças this year May and the winemaker told me they were very proud of their VP '15. I was surprised (and a little bit disappointed ;-) ) not to find the Murças VP '15 in Roy's review in Newsletter 94. Do you ha...

........... I love the diversity and the fact that certain producers in certain years really hit a home run. Anyone looking to buy a big, grown up 2015 vintage port should take a good look at Murcas... Interesting, that you mention and recommand Murças VP '15! I visited Murças this year May and the...

Decanted 2 hrs. I recommend 2 - 2.5 hrs as it opened during the interval around 1.5-2.5 hrs. Dark purple colour. Deep appealing aroma of berries (especially blackcurrant) along with minerals, all in a subdued way. Medium to full body. Taste is powerful, elegant, quite a mouthful with a lot of berri...

Roy Hersh wrote:Considering that there were 76 Ports approved by the IVDP from the 2015 vintage, it is easy to say that there will be at least that many released from the 2016 vintage.

Hi Roy,
Where can I find a complete list of all these approved VP's of 2015?

From a cask sample Decanted this young port for 8 hours, maybe a hour or two was better. The port has an intense purple-red color. In addition to a little alcohol, I smell cassis and plums, very tempting. After a good sip I taste cherries, raspberries, pure chocolate with a hint of pepper. The fini...

Monique Heinemans. wrote:I bought both the 2003 and 2005 some years ago. I had the 2005 Croft Q. da Roeda several times and must say this really is a very nice single quinta vintage port. I can strongly recommend it!

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