For The Love Of Port

2 x 2007 Pocas VP @ € 27,50
2 x 2003 Cockburn Q.dos Canais VP @ € 36

1x 1947 cockburns @ too much

10 more bottles of 2007 Pocas VP. At the price of €26,50 (Sligro) a no-brainer to me!

2 x 1995 Smith Woodhouse LBV for $25 each (excellent LBV)
1 x 2000 Ferriera LBV $19
1 x 2005 Niepoort LBV (love this one) $12 for 375mm

One 750 ml bottle of Fonseca 1985 $ 86
One 750 ml bottle of Grahams 1985 $ 84

12 x Dow 1980
6 x Gould Campbell 1980
6 x Vesuvio 2009

(and previously bought 6 x Taylor 2009)

Having just explained in this thread that I am not buying anything other than port from '83, '80 and '63 I now have to confess that I can't resist a bargain. My local Tesco supermarket are running a special offer - buy 6 bottles and get 25% off. This makes Vargellas '98 £15.75 ($25) a bottle, Quarles Harris '94 £16.50 ($27) and Croft '04 LBV £3 ($5) a half.

So I gave in and cleared the shelf of Vargellas...

Al B. wrote:Having just explained in this thread that I am not buying anything other than port from '83, '80 and '63 I now have to confess that I can't resist a bargain. My local Tesco supermarket are running a special offer - buy 6 bottles and get 25% off. This makes Vargellas '98 £15.75 ($25) a bottle, Quarles Harris '94 £16.50 ($27) and Croft '04 LBV £3 ($5) a half.

So I gave in and cleared the shelf of Vargellas...

Just ordered 6 x 2000 Fonseca VP @ € 52,50 (Belgiumwinewatchers).

Thought I'd try a Niepoort Tawny--only $14 so worth the flyer. Hope to try over the weekend--having a pool and a very warm weekend forecast, I'm sure I'll have no shortage of friends to share it with. I did throw it in the fridge--thinking it would be a bit better chilled.

John M. wrote:Thought I'd try a Niepoort Tawny--only $14 so worth the flyer. Hope to try over the weekend--having a pool and a very warm weekend forecast, I'm sure I'll have no shortage of friends to share it with. I did throw it in the fridge--thinking it would be a bit better chilled.

Yes, chilled is a good way to go, especially in the summer time

Last week was a good week:
4 Casa Santa Eufemia 1999 Vintage
4 Casa Santa Eufemia Special Reserve White
3 CSE 1995 Colheita
1 CSE 20 yr Tawny
4 1963 Dalva Golden White
1 1952 Dalva Golden White
1 Dalva 1994 Vintage
1 Dalva 20 yr old White
2 Q. da Romeneira 40 yr Tawny
1 Q. da Romeneira 1988 Tawny
1 Q. da Noval 40 yr Tawny
1 Q do Tedo Fine Tawny
1 Quinta Nova 2000 Vintage
2 Quinta do Tedo 2007 Vintages
1 Quinta dela Rosa Tonel #12
1 Falvios 10 yr Muscatel
2 unlabelled "Farmer's" 20 yr port
1 Burmester 40 yr Tawny
1 Burmester Jockey Club (my wife likes it....)


It was a very very good Portugal trip last week. More details later in another post.

Marc Sherwin wrote:Last week was a good week:
It was a very very good Portugal trip last week. More details later in another post.

Hurry back. We have an 1890 Burmester to drink.

-- Gary

Stopped in Bev Mo early today and saw they had both a Noval 10 year and 20 year Tawny. 33% off for both so I picked up both.

Had the 40 year Noval last week, VERY nice and looking forward to comparing these other 2.

1985 Dow's VP

Victor D. wrote:Stopped in Bev Mo early today and saw they had both a Noval 10 year and 20 year Tawny. 33% off for both so I picked up both.

Had the 40 year Noval last week, VERY nice and looking forward to comparing these other 2.

Victor, how much were they with the discount? I may need to go make a trip to my local store :)

I think the 10 year was 39.00 and the 20 year 59.00.

12 x Porto Rocha Vintage 2003 together with a couple of friends

Eric Menchen wrote:2 x 2003 Cockburns at a local b&m for $30 each; that's all they had left

I went back and they had more in stock. I picked up 5, so now I have an even six pack in OWC and an extra bottle to open earlier for assessment.

Damn. I think I need to move.