For The Love Of Port

Randy Katz wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 4:02 pm Never tried yet. Price seemed fair at $115 after buyers premium.

That's an excellent price for a very good Port (2009 Taylor Vargellas Vinha Velha).

2 x Kopke 50 years old Tawny

Big fan of Tawny styles port - and especially the Single harvest

J Kristiansen wrote:2 x Kopke 50 years old Tawny

Big fan of Tawny styles port - and especially the Single harvest

It’s very good.

1 each of Quinta do Mourao, S. Leonardo 30 Year Old White & Tawny.

1x 1975 Graham's VP
1x 1997 Sandeman Vau Vintage

Vieira de Sousa 10 year old white.

1 x 1987 Taylor Quinta de Vargellas

A small selection to introduce some co-workers further to port. I suspect they will like them

10YO White Vieira de Sousa
10YO White Quinta Santa Eufemia
1999 Wiese & Krohn Colheita
1998 Andresen Colheita
1998 Smith Woodhouse Madalena SQVP
2015 Quinta do Crasto LBV

Pacheca Tawny Port, about $12 at the Grocery Outlet, Bonney Lake Wa. This comes in a unique clear bottle, with a beautiful color that could be a blackberry liqueur. Oddly translucent for seeming such a dark color. The 20yr was lately well reviewed here, so I have high hopes for this. They claim flavors of toasted almond, fig, and caramel. I may regret buying only two, as there were only a few left. Tasting notes forthcoming.

Fonseca 20 but I am going back to B&M Store today. They have a 1997 Q d Carvalhas VP that comes with Port Tongs!--how cool is that (hope their quality is good).

We have a Mother's Day tradition here started about 10 Years ago--after Mother's Day brunch/dinner my Mother, my Uncle and I share some Port (We rotate who buys which is a story unto itself) and it is always something very good. This year will be the Carvalhas--know its young but we are going for it!

Last time (pre-Covid) we had brunch/dinner at a nice restaurant and we had Grahams 40; it was my Uncle's turn to buy. The 3 of us discretly peeled off to the upstairs bar to have our Port and lo and behold a few minutes later other family member's followed us/came looking for us. Uncle just said come join us. I don't know what the bar tab was but 12-14 glasses of 40 could not have been a small bar tab!

So I got the 1997 Carvalhas and it also came with a jump drive--on it is a video on how to use Port Tongs. Pretty neat!

S. Leonardo 30 y.o. Tawny

John M. wrote:So I got the 1997 Carvalhas and it also came with a jump drive--on it is a video on how to use Port Tongs. Pretty neat!

A bit hard to to definitively tell from pic, but just a word of caution. Those appear to be more the more decorative ones than the functional ones. You’ll know after one or two uses if they hold up.

John M. wrote: ↑Sat May 07, 2022 5:11 am So I got the 1997 Carvalhas and it also came with a jump drive--on it is a video on how to use Port Tongs. Pretty neat!

I love the presentation pack. Thanks for posting the pictures.

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Sat May 07, 2022 6:35 pm

John M. wrote:So I got the 1997 Carvalhas and it also came with a jump drive--on it is a video on how to use Port Tongs. Pretty neat!

A bit hard to to definitively tell from pic, but just a word of caution. Those appear to be more the more decorative ones than the functional ones. You’ll know after one or two uses if they hold up.

Nice point---Perhaps. I do have a really nice pair already. We shall see.

6 x 1964 Krohn Colheita Branco

1 x 1941 Constantino VP
1 x 1992 Graham's Malvedos SQVP
1 x 1994 Quinta do Vesuvio SQVP
2 x 1994 Graham's VP
1 x 1994 Ramos Pinto VP
1 x 1998 Quinta do Crasto LBV

Randy Katz wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 10:58 pm 6 x 1964 Krohn Colheita Branco

Wow! Where did they come from? That’s a heck of a purchase.

1 x 1955 Cockburn VP

Al B. wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 4:23 pm

Randy Katz wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 10:58 pm 6 x 1964 Krohn Colheita Branco

Wow! Where did they come from? That’s a heck of a purchase.

Auction.. Only place to find much Krohn.

Mixed reviews on this site, all seem good but rarely great. At $230 each, seemed a good purchase.