For The Love Of Port

1 x Graham's SH76 - "only" available on Emirates 1st class flights

The number of times I have had to explain to aircrew not to serve port in shot glasses..

- And no aircraft with me on board lands with a half empty bottle left over - let alone a full one..

Tom Archer wrote:

1 x Graham's SH76 - "only" available on Emirates 1st class flights

The number of times I have had to explain to aircrew not to serve port in shot glasses..

- And no aircraft with me on board lands with a half empty bottle left over - let alone a full one..

Hah. Never had a shot glass used on a plane just the usual wine glass they use for everything. But Same here on the bottle quantity. Air crew always seems a bit surprised someone has more than a small glass of it and it usually generates some questions from them.

J Kristiansen wrote:1 x 4.5 L Graham's 20 years

1 x 4.5 L Graham's SH82

1 x Graham's "The Tawny" - Older version

1 x Graham's "The Tawny" - New version

1 x Graham's 40 years - Older version

1 x Graham's SH76 - "only" available on Emirates 1st class flights

Big fan of Graham's - and especially the Single harvest collection

Well done!!

2 x 1977 Smith Woodhouse VP
1 x 1977 Gould Campbell VP

1 x 1963 Feuerheerd VP
3 x 1985 Graham's VP

Mike J. W. wrote:1 x 1963 Feuerheerd VP
3 x 1985 Graham's VP

That’s a 63 you don’t see often.

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:27 pm

Mike J. W. wrote:1 x 1963 Feuerheerd VP
3 x 1985 Graham's VP

That’s a 63 you don’t see often.

That's exactly why I bought it. It's probably not going to be a world beater, but it will be unique...and hopefully drinkable.

1 x 1963 Feuerheerd VP

A bit of an oddity, this vintage of Feuerheerd was quite well marketed in the UK, but prior and subsequent vintages are rarely seen.

I last opened one three years ago - very light, but pleasant.

1 x 1L Porto Dom Rozès
2 x Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos 2008
2 x Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos 2009

Big fan of Graham's - and especially the Single harvest collection

If memory serves the 1L is a ~40 yr tawny. I’ve not had it in a very long time but still have the empty bottle on my shelf.

Andy Velebil wrote:If memory serves the 1L is a ~40 yr tawny. I’ve not had it in a very long time but still have the empty bottle on my shelf.

Yes that is correct..

Big fan of Graham's - and especially the Single harvest collection

Part of a collection I bought and kept:
Niepoort 1948 Garrafeira
Niepoort 1970 vintage
Fonseca 1970 Vintage

Jasper A. wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 11:04 am Part of a collection I bought and kept:
Niepoort 1948 Garrafeira
Niepoort 1970 vintage
Fonseca 1970 Vintage

Those are some really nice Ports.

Jasper A. wrote:Part of a collection I bought and kept:
Niepoort 1948 Garrafeira
Niepoort 1970 vintage
Fonseca 1970 Vintage

Very nice indeed.

Today was day off, went on a walk to try to find wine shops with special Port ''dying'' on the shelves. I normally avoid Vintage but had nice experiences with old Tawny/Colheita. These rare treasures are getting harder to find but I think it is still possible to get nicely priced Port with some bottle age, if you enjoy that!

Found :
Feist 40 years old bottled 1991
Valente, Costa Limitada Vinho Velho do Porto - apparently a 50+ years old Port bottled in the 50'-60's. That is what the shop owner told me, but looking at the bottle it could be older. It looks like an early model of the 2 pieces bottles.

Frederick Blais wrote:Today was day off, went on a walk to try to find wine shops with special Port ''dying'' on the shelves. I normally avoid Vintage but had nice experiences with old Tawny/Colheita. These rare treasures are getting harder to find but I think it is still possible to get nicely priced Port with some bottle age, if you enjoy that!

Found :
Feist 40 years old bottled 1991
Valente, Costa Limitada Vinho Velho do Porto - apparently a 50+ years old Port bottled in the 50'-60's. That is what the shop owner told me, but looking at the bottle it could be older. It looks like an early model of the 2 pieces bottles.

Good finds.

Just got back from Port Harvest Tour 2, and the checkbook is quietly sobbing in the corner. There's too much to recount in detail, but the highlight would have to be re-supplying my stock of DR L70, as well as picking up more of their Very Old White Port which is a 50-year old. I also finally managed to acquire a bottle of their Muito Velho Tawny Port which we've now tasted 3 times and is allegedly an 1885 Colheita.

I have Ports coming from Andresen, Brunheda, Bulas, and Quinta do Mourao as well! Something like 4-5 cases in total (including DR).

It was a good trip.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:31 am Just got back from Port Harvest Tour 2, and the checkbook is quietly sobbing in the corner. There's too much to recount in detail, but the highlight would have to be re-supplying my stock of DR L70, as well as picking up more of their Very Old White Port which is a 50-year old. I also finally managed to acquire a bottle of their Muito Velho Tawny Port which we've now tasted 3 times and is allegedly an 1885 Colheita.

I have Ports coming from Andresen, Brunheda, Bulas, and Quinta do Mourao as well! Something like 4-5 cases in total (including DR).

It was a good trip.

I might need to move t Samammish!

Not a purchase, but my Port from the last buying op arrived today! Christmas in October!!

A little behind, so here are my recent purchases in batch:

August 9th, 2021:

-1994 Graham's VP (375 mL)

-1997 Fonseca VP (375 mL) (x2)

-1997 Niepoort VP (375 mL)

-1997 Warre's VP (375 mL) (x2)

September 20th, 2021:

-1997 Fonseca VP

-1997 Smith Woodhouse VP (375 mL) (x8)


September 26th, 2021:

-1994 Fonseca VP (375 mL) (x2)

-2000 Fonseca VP (375 mL) (x2)