For The Love Of Port

I will take your word (and that of every other on this forum) on the Cruz Ruby :)

But I doubt it could be worse than "port 74" - a Canadian product that calls itself 'port' and tastes much like I imagine nail-polish remover would taste like IF one were so foolish to try a taste...

I use it to rinse my decanters as I know the raw alcohol will kill any bacteria currently living in it. (I think it is 99.8% alcohol, .2% food colouring)

The nail-polish aroma is what VA tainted ports smell like. It's generally not considered a good thing.

Q1) How many bottles of VP do you have?
723 at home (not including Colheita and other styles) 35% of total wine.

Q2) When did you start amassing them? 1987

Q3) Is there an annual net gain or loss to your VP bottle numbers?
Since 2003, an annual net loss

Q4) What Vintage is most represented in your cellar? (why?)
2000 followed by 1994 and 1970.

Q5) What Producer is most represented in your cellar?
Taylor, Fonseca and Dow respectively.

Q6) Where or how do you procure most of your VP?
From distributors, retailers, private collections and MAGS primarily from auction.

How many bottles of VP do you have?
Roughly 80-90.

When did you start amassing them? 2003

Is there an annual net gain or loss to your VP bottle numbers?
Without a doubt there is a net gain!

What Vintage is most represented in your cellar?
I'd say 1994, followed by 1983, 1977 & 1955.

What Producer is most represented in your cellar?
Dow closely followed by Taylor & Fonseca.

Where or how do you procure most of your VP?
From local wine merchants with whom I've developed a nice working relationship.

Q1) How many bottles of VP do you have?

110 (approx 30% of the cellar) Plus about a dozen Colheita and Madeira

Q2) When did you start amassing them?

1999

Q3) Is there an annual net gain or loss to your VP bottle numbers?

A slight gain so far in 2007, after two years of slight decline

Q4) What Vintage is most represented in your cellar? (why?)

'94 as that was most available and widely acclaimed at the start of my cellar purchasing, 2000 is the next most represented vintage

Q5) What Producer is most represented in your cellar?

Fonseca with Taylor a close second, and Dow in third

Q6) Where or how do you procure most of your VP?

Mainly at auction with patiently placed minimum bid after minimum bid (I'm not gonna be the one running up Port prices!)

After buying some other stuff (mostly German rieslings) the % of port in my cellar has dropped to 48%. This is the first time less than half of my cellar consists of port! :help:

Ronald Wortel wrote:After buying some other stuff (mostly German rieslings) the % of port in my cellar has dropped to 48%. This is the first time less than half of my cellar consists of port! :help:

Crikey - less than 10% of mine is Port.

Ronald, sounds like an emergency case run is needed on the double!! :) A couple of cases should take that number back up over 50%!

Todd

Alex, if you have 29 (and a half) bottle of port in your cellar, which counts for 10% of the total, that means that we have the exact same amount of bottles, being 295.

What is the rest of your collection like? The other 50% of my collection is divided between Portuguese dry reds, France (Bordeaux, Rhone and Loire) and Germany (mainly Mosel rieslings).

Ronald - I said less than 10%, I have over 400 bottles hanging around. I should point out that I have non-vintage Port as well, which would take me over the 10% mark - some Crusted, some LBV, some Tawny and some Ruby.

The major holding is in mid-level Bordeaux, both left and right banks. There is a case of Sauternes hanging around as well. I also have a fair amount of Aussie stuff and increasing amounts of Italians, especially from Tuscany. Plenty of individual stickies fill up all the little spaces now, some Champagne, a touch of New Zealand, some aging Riojas, a smattering of Burgundy, some Rhone, a touch of Loire, Chileans, South Africans, Tokajis, Germans, an English sparkler and a bottle of Dutch white.

A Dutch white?? Did we give you that or were you stupid enough to buy it yourself? Either way, it should probably be drunk pretty soon or kept as a relic forever.

Nope, I bought it myself. St Pieter. I suspect it maybe slightly past its drinking window.

Silly guy, liking Graham AND buying Dutch wine...

tpettinger wrote:Q1) How many bottles of VP do you have?
10 (surprised myself when I counted them!)

Update: drank the GC '80 but recently acquired 11 bottles bringing the total to 20. (Not bad for 2 months of collecting the stuff!)

tpettinger wrote:Q4) What Vintage is most represented in your cellar? (why?)
2003 (3) 1 Fonseca, 1 Taylor, 1 Noval (Just in the process of acquiring two cases, so total count will rise to 27.)
2001 (2) [Fonseca SQVP]
1997 (1) Ferreira
1994 (1) Vesuvio
1987 (1) Barron de Zellaer
1985 (1) Warre's

Update:
2001 - (now 10) 1 Fonseca Quinta do Panascal + 9 Fonseca Guimaraens
1980 - 0 - This bottle has been drunk. Unfortunately it was not as good as I was hoping

Todd