For The Love Of Port

Thx to Ken from Castle Rock's need to clean some bottles out -

2003 1.5 L Niepoort
2 2003 Croft
2 2007 Taylor
2000 Niepoort
1987 Grahams Malvedos
1994 Dow
2003 Fonseca
2000 Grahams

finally one I can drink (the 87)
Russ

Russ Kimmitt wrote:Thx to Ken from Castle Rock's need to clean some bottles out -

D'oh! Good for you. I sent Ken a list of bottles I was interested in, but I haven't figured out yet if I can afford them.

a single bottle of Quinta do Noval LBV 2004 at 22$/16,75eur/14,45£ 'accidently' found its way with me back from work today... normal price on this one here in Denmark is around 36$

/claus

3 Warres Warrior Porto Wine Reserve 750ml (089419003031) - $17.99 $1.80 $16.19 $48.57
8 Quinta Do Noval Porto 2003 (083664858873) - $125.00 $75.01 $49.99 $399.92
1 Quinta do Portal Late Bottled Vintage Port 1996 (698843133704) - $23.99 $2.40 $21.59 $21.59

and working on a deal with Ken from Castle Rock though I'm afraid I've missed the bus

craig l wrote: and working on a deal with Ken from Castle Rock though I'm afraid I've missed the bus

Who is Craig from Castle Rock and where is he getting all of this great VP? (Tried Googling but couldn't figure it out)

1 x 1985 Fonseca
1 x 1985 Grahams
1 x 1994 Croft
1 x 1994 Warres
1 x 2000 Warres LBV
1 x Quinta de la Rosa Ruby
1 x 2003 Quinta de la Rosa LBV
1 x 2001 Dows LBV
1 x 2005 Dows LBV (I've got some 2004 left for a Dows LBV vertical--looking out for 03 and 00)
1 x 2000 Taylors LBV
1 x 2005 Taylors LBV

I had my eye on an 83 Grahams and someone beat me to it by 2 days....oh well, you snooze, you lose....still, I'm pretty psyched.

1 x 2005 Graham's LBV

-- Gary

Lamont Huxley wrote:

craig l wrote: and working on a deal with Ken from Castle Rock though I'm afraid I've missed the bus

Who is Craig from Castle Rock and where is he getting all of this great VP? (Tried Googling but couldn't figure it out)

Lamont, checkt he marketplace for KEN from Castle Rock....

Ouch!

Last weekend, I opened my last bottle of 1963 Quinta do Noval Nacional during a fun and festive break out from two cellars. Today I scored a new bottle of that Port, (one can never be w/out one) and it might just be my last, who knows. Very painful at a time I was not planning to be buying more wine. But the provenance is unquestionable, as it is from the source where I purchased the first nine bottles. I just hope it shows as well as last weekend's brilliant bottle.

Er, I don't think I'll be buying any more Port this month!

Roy Hersh wrote:Ouch!

Last weekend, I opened my last bottle of 1963 Quinta do Noval Nacional during a fun and festive break out from two cellars. Today I scored a new bottle of that Port, (one can never be w/out one) and it might just be my last, who knows. Very painful at a time I was not planning to be buying more wine. But the provenance is unquestionable, as it is from the source where I purchased the first nine bottles. I just hope it shows as well as last weekend's brilliant bottle.

Er, I don't think I'll be buying any more Port this month!

Did you already tell Dorene and Taylor there's no money for summer holiday this year...?

1 x 2001 Niepoort Colheita
3 x 2005 Niepoort LBV

all are 375's & my first colheita.

Also, I received a set of port tongs!

John M. wrote:
Also, I received a set of port tongs!

Sweet!!!

3 x 1997 Broadbent Vintage Port (produced by Niepoort)
4 x 1985 Fonseca Vintage Port

The Broadbent has already arrived - that purchase was a week or so ago. Just got confirmation on the Fonseca, which should arrive early next week!

36 x Generation III Port Style wine from Ferrara Winery in San Diego, California
2 sips of Fonseca 20 year Tawny

OK, so I bought 3 cases of Gen III ($42/bottle), but only one was for me, the other two were for my father and brother. Great stuff, but they don't ship so I had to go to SD myself to pick it up and ship it.

The Fonseca, on the other hand, was another story. After visiting SD for a day I went to Las Vegas for the weekend. One of those days I went to the Casa Fuente Cigar Lounge in Caesars Palace and suggested for my Bachelor/Future-Groom-to-be friend to have a port with the cigar I had given him as he hadn't had good experiences with ports. Needless to say paying $20 for the two sips of port we got served was highly a ripoff because a bottle is only $45-50, but it matched almost perfectly with the cigar and my friend agreed. While I'd go back to the lounge, I'll stick to their excellent $14 Mojitos and avoid their port selection. Even Six Grapes was above $10/glass.

Andrew E wrote: While I'd go back to the lounge, I'll stick to their excellent $14 Mojitos and avoid their port selection.

For $14 I hope that's one hell of a Mojito!

Lamont Huxley wrote:

Andrew E wrote: While I'd go back to the lounge, I'll stick to their excellent $14 Mojitos and avoid their port selection.

For $14 I hope that's one hell of a Mojito!

There was a bit of sarcasm there, haha, but I should also mention I had about 3-4 waters to go along with it.
It actually was good though, and it's a really large glass too so I'd say it's worth it, especially if you've been used to "$10 beer nights" at larger cities when you go downtown, lol. I did some reading around before going there and everyone recommended the Mojito.

I did not see this same thread in the Madeira section, but I just picked up 6 bottles of Broadbent 1996 Madeira for $35 each. Different animal than their 10 year Madeira. Not sure which one I like better (not having them side to side). The '96 has more orange extract, floral and is a little hotter.

I had some explaining to do about this purchase to my wife. She seemed to take it in stride.

12 x 1994 Fonseca VP
6 x 1994 Quinta do Vesuvio VP - wouldn't want to allow the supply to drop too much!
1 x 1963 Grahams VP

Bought some cellar defenders - 6 x Taylor 2004 LBV,
3 x Grahams 6 grapes - I've not tried it before but Andy has talked it up so I'll give it a go.

I also picked up 6 Grahams 1998 Malvedos

Grahams 1999 Malvedos (£26.50; $44)