For The Love Of Port

...four of the top five bookmarks on our browser are madeira related!

Finish this sentence FTLOP'ers.

...you keep checking RWC for new releases.

...you try to 'friend' Mannie Berk on Facebook.

...you create your own Madeira blends.

Barry Sunderland wrote:...you create your own Madeira blends.

Love this!

...you spent more on madeira in the last year than you did your first car.

...on a teacher's budget, you seriously consider the buying the 1850 D'Oliveira.

Barry Sunderland wrote:...you create your own Madeira blends.

...guilty as charged

but also:
...you thought about naming your daughter "Malvazia" as her middle name.
(that was after three glasses of Malvazia, next morning I changed my mind and picked my grandmother's name instead)

Peter

...you're truly disappointed that your birth year was such a poor madeira vintage.

...you get frustrated that so few people contribute to the Madeira Forum.

... you celebrate the birth of your second son by opening a bottle of Madeira.

(actually opened the Barbeito "Mãe Manuela" just over a week ago. tasting so much better now. rather wonderful and balanced from beginning to end)

Miguel Simoes wrote:... you celebrate the birth of your second son by opening a bottle of Madeira.

(actually opened the Barbeito "Mãe Manuela" just over a week ago. tasting so much better now. rather wonderful and balanced from beginning to end)

Belated Congratulations!!

Andy Velebil wrote: Belated Congratulations!!

Thank you Andy!

Big boy at 8lb 7oz :) all went well!

you're license plate is BUAL

... when you specifically go to Madeira do conceive your first child there (and it worked out!). My baby daughter will be christened tomorrow and the toast after lunch could ony be with Madeira!

Just loved Moses' reply on the BUAL license plate and I agree with Barry. I have recently started thinking about doing my one Madeira blend....

Miguel, congratulations for the big boy! I really thought it would be difficult for you to keep the Mãe Manuela far from sight!

Miguel Simoes wrote:

Andy Velebil wrote: Belated Congratulations!!

Thank you Andy!

Big boy at 8lb 7oz :) all went well!

Congrat's. Did you pick a name?

Moses Botbol wrote: Congrat's. Did you pick a name?

Daniel Auh Simões. We both really like the name Daniel and it travels extremely well (same spelling pretty much everywhere). We thought Filipe (our first) would be smooth sailing but have had it butchered so many different ways (Felipe, Felippe, Filippe, Philippe, Philip, ...) that we went as safe as possible this time.

Am not enough of a Port/Madeira geek to name him something like Graham or Sercial...

As I think about it, feels tougher to get boys names than girls names when using Port/Madeira for inspiration.

Goncalo Martins wrote:... when you specifically go to Madeira do conceive your first child there (and it worked out!). My baby daughter will be christened tomorrow and the toast after lunch could ony be with Madeira!

Congrats in advance Gonçalo! That's a lot of Madeira spirit packed into a little girl. Any chance you named her Malvasia??

Miguel Simoes wrote:
Congrats in advance Gonçalo! That's a lot of Madeira spirit packed into a little girl. Any chance you named her Malvasia??

No , but Maria, which isn't that far from that!...

Goncalo Martins wrote:... when you specifically go to Madeira do conceive your first child there (and it worked out!). My baby daughter will be christened tomorrow and the toast after lunch could ony be with Madeira!

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Congratulations!

Thank you Andy!

Chose a Blandy's Malvazia 5 yr for the toast with around 50 guests.