For The Love Of Port

One each of:

1994 Graham's LBV
1997 Fonseca VP
2003 Warre's

While in Porto last week I bought single bottles of Osborne 1994 VP, the Confraria 40YO Tawny, Bulas 10YO White, Quevedo 10YO White and a bottle of Kopke 2011 White Colheita. All bought for fun; none are likely to last beyond the end of the year!

2011 Noval Nacional Port x 6

Wife is not pleased.

Randy Katz wrote:2011 Noval Nacional Port x 6

Wife is not pleased.

2016 Smith Woodhouse VP x2

And the infrequently produced 2016 Quinta dos Eirados VP x2. Part of Santa Eufemia, should be interesting.

Got all four for $80 plus BP!

Randy Katz wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:12 pm 2011 Noval Nacional Port x 6

Wife is not pleased.

I'll drink it instead of Cris!

Eric Ifune wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 2:14 pm

Randy Katz wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:12 pm 2011 Noval Nacional Port x 6

Wife is not pleased.

I'll drink it instead of Cris!

Such a noble gentleman.

18 bottles of 1992 Fonseca VP for $66/bottle.

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:16 pm 18 bottles of 1992 Fonseca VP for $66/bottle.

Wow! It's around 90$ Can! Here in Quebec, I can't imagine seeing 1992 fonsecas below 150$ US.
Nice catch!

Eric Ifune wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 2:14 pm

Randy Katz wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:12 pm 2011 Noval Nacional Port x 6

Wife is not pleased.

I'll drink it instead of Cris!

Cris responded with some type of Portuguese hand signal utilizing 2 fists with a single finger extended. I'm not sure what that means. My Portuguese hand signal knowledge is a bit rusty.

- 1x Porto Reserva Novidade 1890 Burmester, bottled in 1977
- 1x Royal Oporto 1937, bottled in 1972
- 1x Souza 1937, bottled in 1972
- 1x Souza 1957, bottled in 1973
- 1x Niepoort Garrafeira 1938, bottled in 1943, decanted 1977

I did not tell my wife, Randy. She's still happy with me.

7x 2012 Cockburn's LBV
5x 2016 Dow's LBV

price was right.

One each:

2000 Quinta do Noval VP
2000 Niepoort VP

Scott Esterly wrote:One each:

2000 Quinta do Noval VP
2000 Niepoort VP

Both wonderful ports!

My daughter recently got engaged and the bloke was born in 1989...what a challenge to find Ports in that year! But I did!

3 x 1989 Kopke Colheitas.

Note: She was born in 1993 so this couple clearly has a birthyear Port problem---(I adopted 1994 for her years AGO.)

John M. wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 3:41 am My daughter recently got engaged and the bloke was born in 1989...what a challenge to find Ports in that year! But I did!

3 x 1989 Kopke Colheitas.

Note: She was born in 1993 so this couple clearly has a birthyear Port problem---(I adopted 1994 for her years AGO.)

You can also use 1991s which were bottled in 1993...

One of my wife's cousins has the same problem.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 1:55 pm Just ordered my first batch of 2021 Graham's The Stone Terraces. 6 bottles on pre-order. They won't arrive (in London) until September.

Did you find these on a site like wine-searcher? Curious as to how you/others source young/brand new vintages.

Scott Esterly wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 12:57 pm

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 1:55 pm Just ordered my first batch of 2021 Graham's The Stone Terraces. 6 bottles on pre-order. They won't arrive (in London) until September.

Did you find these on a site like wine-searcher? Curious as to how you/others source young/brand new vintages.

Yep, winesearcher.com. It's my most-used method for finding Port.

1 x 1980 Warre's VP
1 x 2000 Sao Pedro Das Aguias VP

One each of:

750ml 2000 Cockburn VP
375ml 2007 Dow’s VP
375ml 2017 Warre’s VP