LBV - Filtered, Unfiltered and Traditional

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Al B. wrote:Having done a bit more research, it seems that vintage port (and therefore I assume Bottle Aged or Traditional LBV) is not fined before bottling, just racked.
So was William Wallace. Should we do the same to Mr Salmond?
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Andy wrote:
Where is that? I've never seen it for that cheap. It's normally around the $25-30 range.
That may be so, Andy, but we have a local shop here that has consistently been selling them @ $17 and every time they get in a new shipment, I just buy more.
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Roy Hersh wrote:Andy wrote:
Where is that? I've never seen it for that cheap. It's normally around the $25-30 range.
That may be so, Andy, but we have a local shop here that has consistently been selling them @ $17 and every time they get in a new shipment, I just buy more.
Wow, I'd buy all I could at that price as well. Do they ship? :mrgreen:
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