Portwine2u.com - we specialize in port wines

Mark DaSilva · Post by **Mark DaSilva** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:31 pm

Hello All,

Glad to be a member of this site. Roy has some great write-ups in here!

Just putting the word out on our site to you port lovers. We sell only port wines (well, and a few Portuguese Wines too).

We have many brands of vintages, tawnies, colheitas, ruby's, whites, madeira's, even some California ports as well.

If you would like to come by and visit, go to:

http://www.portwine2u.com

No need to buy, just browsing is welcome. If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know at:

portwine2u@hotmail.com

We can ship to most states, however, there are a few that we cannot. Check the bottom of the front page to see if your state allows it.

Again, this is a great site. Even though we specialize in port wine, there is much to learn.

Mark

Marco D. · Post by **Marco D.** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:18 pm

Welcome Mark,

Finding a new source for Portuguese wines is always welcome. A few comments:

I saw no search engine on the site... that might be worth adding.

Your "Main Menu" lists "Madeira Ports"... you may consider changing this to just "Madeiras" (as Madeira is not port).

I like your shipping rates!

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:58 pm

Question, do you allow pick ups at the store...as I live not to far away and that would save on shipping costs.

Mark DaSilva · Post by **Mark DaSilva** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:11 am

Marco,

We did have a search on our site, but it wasn't working properly. We will put it back in soon.

Re: Madeira Ports...I may have to leave it in there as is since we often get questions from new port wine fans who ask specifically about Madeira Port. It also works pretty good as a keyword.

Andy,

We are only internet sales at the moment and our site automatically bills for shipping. ABC won't allow us to do arms length yet, but we are working on changing that to house our own store down the road. Soon to come too -- port wine tasting. We get a LOT of queries about that.

Post by **Roy Hersh** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:03 am

Mark,

If you ever need a FTLOP guy to lead your Port tastings, please let me know. BTW, nice looking site!

I think it would look even better with a link to the FTLOP.

Todd Pettinger · Post by **Todd Pettinger** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:22 am

I smell (taste) a partnership coming up!!!

Todd

Mark DaSilva · Post by **Mark DaSilva** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:39 pm

Roy,

I may just take you up on that (wine tastings). Sounds like you've tried a lot more than I have. Thanks also for the kind words on the site. We are always listening to what others have to say.

Thanks to your members too. We're getting a lot of hits these days.

Mark

Marc J. · Post by **Marc J.** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:27 pm

Mark, nice site! Glad to see a nice variety of ports. I also live relatively close by and I am looking forward to your port tastings!

Marc

Mark DaSilva · Post by **Mark DaSilva** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:21 am

Thanks, Marc.

Yeah, we get a lot of requests for port wine tastings. Believe me, I'd love nothing more than to have a wide variety of ports to sample with cheeses and desserts to offer our members and customers. There are many I still need to try myself. What better excuse to do it?

There is a company that allocates its premises for such parties in Lake Forest down here in Orange County. I will contact the owner to see if we can use it. He is licensed to host these, I am not (at the moment).

Does anyone know if there are a lot of members here from this area?

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:45 am

Mark DaSilva wrote: Does anyone know if there are a lot of members here from this area?

Me

There are some others from the Parker forum that enjoy Port on occassion. Not sure how many would come to a tasting, but about a year ago Wine Exchange did a Port tasting and it was pretty full.

Mark DaSilva · Post by **Mark DaSilva** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:49 pm

I just found another place close by that allows wine tastings in Laguna Hills. They have several rooms that are being built as we speak.

One day, I'll do a roll-call here to see who lives close by and maybe host a port wine tasting.

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:16 am

Hmm, don't gotta twist my arm to drink Port

Mark DaSilva · Post by **Mark DaSilva** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:38 pm

Okay, so I plunked down a deposit to reserve a slot in this warehouse to store some of my wine. I am opening frenchwine2u.com as well, so the more storage I need, the better...

Nice looking establishment. Great wine tasting rooms.

Look out...port wine tasting in Southern California coming soon!

F rank Tota · Post by **F rank Tota** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:07 pm

Andy V. wrote:Hmm, don't gotta twist my arm to drink Port

Mine, either. Especially if Andy is in tha house!

- Frank

For The Love Of Port

Portwine2u.com - we specialize in port wines

Portwine2u.com - we specialize in port wines

Sorry for the late response...