1980-1995 LBV Tasting in New Jersey, USA

[John M.]

Greetings Port Lovers;

Mike W, Matt W, Lucas and I are organizing a tasting and have room for more. Know it is a long shot but still want to offer the invitation.

We are going to cap at 12 people and so far have 6.5 commitments: Cost will be about $155 to $180 per person for Port, dinner, corkage fees and tip (i.e. All In!)

Location: Watchung Valley Golf Club, 600 Mountain Blvd, Watchung, NJ USA

Date: June 7, 2025 from 3 to 8 pm

The Line Up: 12 Late Bottled Vintages (LBVs) from the 80s and 90s.

Dinner: It will be included. 3 Courses. Details in the works.

Cost: $155 to $180 per person including the Port. Exact amount to be determined

Other Tidbits: These will be served sighted; already odd enough. Includes 4 Smith Woodhouses and 4 Warres

If interested PM me, also include your email address. Thanks, John

[Mike K.]

Very nice!

If I wasn't out of town already that weekend, I would have seriously considered driving down for this. Sounds like great fun!

[John M.]

Here is the Final Line-Up

Late Bottled Vintage pre-2000 Tasting Lineup
1984 Smith Woodhouse
1984 Warre's
1986 Smith Woodhouse
1986 Warre's
1991 Dow's
1992 Smith Woodhouse
1992 Taylor
1992 Warre's
1994 Quinta Do Noval
1994 Warre's
1995 Andresen
1995 Smith Woodhouse

[Moses Botbol]

Who's the .5 commitment?

[John M.]

Moses--

I'd like to say a "half-wit" but someone who was on the fence. They now cannot. Still room if you'd like to attend!

[Moses Botbol]

Moses--

I'd like to say a "half-wit" but someone who was on the fence. They now cannot. Still room if you'd like to attend!

I asked the wife if she was interested. We'll discuss it tonight. Need to find a dog sitter.

[John M.]

32,849 Views!!!! Does not seem possible!

[Eric Menchen]

And while I appreciate Andy's tasting notes, I don't think this is quite right either:

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I suspect a bot. But I wonder why just those posts.

[Glenn E.]

The various search engine bots can get stuck at times, and that can cause very large numbers like that.

Or it could have been some kind of rudimentary DOS attack. I have no clue why anyone would target a forum like FTLOP, but we do occasionally get hit by hackers.

[Mike J. W.]

One small change to the lineup. We replaced the 1992 Warre's with a 1998 Graham's. This will give us 7 different Producer's and 7 different years.

[John M.]

Very good tasting---all showed adequate or better. Story to come later!

[Moses Botbol]

Where's the participant picture?