For The Love Of Port

Eric Menchen wrote:2011 Graham's VP, double magnum
The price seemed too good to pass up, but now I'm thinking, "When am I going to open that?"

This weekend?

Al B. wrote:

Eric Menchen wrote:2011 Graham's VP, double magnum
The price seemed too good to pass up, but now I'm thinking, "When am I going to open that?"

This weekend?

I like your thinking, but it won't be shipped until next Monday. And I think I'm going to save this one and work through some of my 375s and 750s of 2011 first.

Brought home from Portugal;
2009 Wine and Soul Pintas VP
1977 Quarles Harris VP
Kopke 1966, 1978, 1987 Colheita's
2014 Quinta de la Rosa LBV (one of the best LBV's I've had from them)
and some white and red wines

My haul from PHT2:

1906 Brunheda Colheita
Brunheda Armazem de Cascais Tonel #4
Brunheda Armazem de Cascais Tonel #3
1964 Brunheda White Colheita
2 x Brunheda 40 Year Old Tawny Port
2 x DR L70
DR Very Old White Port
2 x DR 40 Year Old Tawny Port
1964 Messias Colheita
Viera de Sousa Very Old White Port

Sadly, the Pocas Quinado did not survive the return flight. :-(

And from the pre-tour, I picked up 6 bottles of Kopke including 3 x 1987 Colheita, but I can't remember what the other 3 are! Might have been 2 x 1952 and 1 x 1966 Colheita? They're in transit via Iberomail.

John M. wrote:Andresen 10 Year Old White Port.

This is a great food Port - pairs well with just about anything short of hearty red meat.

This is a great food Port - pairs well with just about anything short of hearty red meat.

You certainly have the experience and expertise in this matter.

Glenn E. wrote: Sadly, the Pocas Quinado did not survive the return flight. :-(

Oh no! What happened?

From the Port Harvest Tour 2:

2 x 2017 Vieira da Souza Vintage Port
2 x Casa de Santa Eufemia 40 Years Old
2 x DR 40 Years Old Tawny Port
2 x DR 70 Years Old Tawny Port
2 x 1968 Andresen Colheita Port
1 x 1957 Kopke Colheita Port
1 x 1958 Kopke Colheita Port
3 x 1966 Kopke Colheita Port
1 x 1978 Kopke Colheita Port

Glenn E. wrote:And from the pre-tour, I picked up 6 bottles of Kopke including 3 x 1987 Colheita, but I can't remember what the other 3 are! Might have been 2 x 1952 and 1 x 1966 Colheita? They're in transit via Iberomail.

Arrived today: 3 x 1987, 2 x 1966, and 1 x 1965. :)

David Spriggs wrote:

Glenn E. wrote: Sadly, the Pocas Quinado did not survive the return flight. :-(

Oh no! What happened?

I packed it in my suitcase inside the sturdy wood box it came in, with a sock stuffed into the box with it to fill up the remaining space and keep it from rattling around in the box. Yet somehow it still broke in the box and leaked all over the clothes that I'd wrapped the box in. No long-term damage to anything else in the suitcase, but the Quinado was a total loss.

In looking at the remaining shards of the bottle, they looked awfully thin. Thin enough that I suspect it was a flawed bottle in some way and not any fault of the packing or the luggage handlers. That bottle wasn't going to survive much of anything other than extremely gentle handling and storage.

Lisa's bottle made it back fine, packed the same way except without the extra sock for padding. Yet another indicator that my bottle was simply too fragile to survive shipping.

Glenn E. wrote: I packed it in my suitcase inside the sturdy wood box it came in....

Bummer! It does sound like it was a flawed bottle.

Glenn E. wrote:They're in transit via Iberomail. ...
Arrived today: 3 x 1987, 2 x 1966, and 1 x 1965. :)

Glad to hear that worked. Did you just have them shipped from the store (Kopke?) in VNdG? I've been leery of that option, but may need to consider it next time.

Eric Menchen wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:They're in transit via Iberomail. ...
Arrived today: 3 x 1987, 2 x 1966, and 1 x 1965. :)

Glad to hear that worked. Did you just have them shipped from the store (Kopke?) in VNdG? I've been leery of that option, but may need to consider it next time.

Yep, exactly that. Lisa and I (and perhaps others) just handed them a business card, too, and they got all of the information that they needed off of that. (Name, address, contact email, etc.) It made the checkout process much smoother and faster than it has been in the past.

Glenn E. wrote:

John M. wrote:Andresen 10 Year Old White Port.

This is a great food Port - pairs well with just about anything short of hearty red meat.

Good to know. I have a bunch of Portal 10 Year White and was thinking of a pair tasting.

Glenn E. wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:And from the pre-tour - They're in transit via Iberomail.

Arrived today :)

Mine arrived yesterday. Totally painless! I would do that again.

My haul from PHT2:
Vieira de Sousa 2017 VP
Vieira de Sousa Very Old White
Andresen 1968 Colheita
DR L 70
DR Muito Velhos Branco
Casa de Sante Eufemia 40 year old X 2
Brunheda Codecais Lodge tonel 3
Brunheda 40 year old X 2.

2 x 1995 Dows Q. d. Bomfim...at a good price.

John M. wrote:2 x 1995 Dows Q. d. Bomfim...at a good price.

I like this vintage as a whole. While most VP’s are not blockbusters and are reaching or have reached maturity now, they have been very pleasurable to drink.

2 x 2016 Quinta da Romaneira VP. I bought these through an offering from the Garagiste website. It's the first time they've offered a Port since I've been a member. The price was just too good to pass up even though I've never tasted any of their Ports. 2016 is a good year so hopefully these are decent bottles.

Mike J. W. wrote:2 x 2016 Quinta da Romaneira VP. I bought these through an offering from the Garagiste website. It's the first time they've offered a Port since I've been a member. The price was just too good to pass up even though I've never tasted any of their Ports. 2016 is a good year so hopefully these are decent bottles.

It is a nice VP. What price?