For The Love Of Port

Having just read Eric M.'s report on his birthday vertical tasting of Vesuvio VP's and mentioning as his decanting time: 2 hours, 5 minutes ... instead of just rounding it off to two hours; therefore, the inspiration for this thread is in his honor!



So, you know you are a Port geek when ______________________ .



You fill in the blank ...

...you read all your Selo Numbers hoping one ends with at least 4 zeros, or has 5 sevens in a row, etc.

...Most of your cellar is Port

... when you hold semi-blind tastings by yourself

(in fairness my wife pours the wine and my mother-in-law tastes it too)

... when you made it clear during the job interview that you only accept the job if it is guaranteed that you can take every year the last two weeks in September off, as that is harvest season and you NEED to be in Portugal during that time...

...when you are reading this thread

Andy Velebil wrote:...Most of your cellar is Port

Guilty!

Glenn E. wrote:

Andy Velebil wrote:...Most of your cellar is Port

Guilty!

+1

Moses Botbol wrote:...when you are reading this thread

+1

Still working up to a (hopefully in the near future ) status of Port Geek. Most of my cellar is not port (I'm up to 33,36% divided in 27,79% VP and 5,57% other ports). This is not including the greater part of my 2011 VP orders, which have not been delivered yet.

Gerwin de Graaf wrote:

Moses Botbol wrote:...when you are reading this thread

+1

Still working up to a (hopefully in the near future ) status of Port Geek. Most of my cellar is not port (I'm up to 33,36% divided in 27,79% VP and 5,57% other ports). This is not including the greater part of my 2011 VP orders, which have not been delivered yet.

That's a lot of port considering the amount of your collection is dedicated to it. I think I am around the same, maybe 40% is port for my total collection.

When you read the first 5 responses and answer yes to 4 of them...with the 5th a Not Applicable as your are self employed and can go whenever you want. This is a sad thread.......(but not really!!!)

Gerwin de Graaf wrote:Still working up to a (hopefully in the near future ) status of Port Geek. Most of my cellar is not port (I'm up to 33,36% divided in 27,79% VP and 5,57% other ports). This is not including the greater part of my 2011 VP orders, which have not been delivered yet.

I am at 71.59% Port (of which 67.01% is VP, and 4.58% is other types). But I don't think this percentage of Port makes me a geek, nor does 33.36% disqualify Gerwin. The fact that we can report these numbers to two decimal places makes us both geeks.

...if you can produce this comparison in 30 seconds.

My all-time consumption by producer: (since I started keeping records at CellarTracker) Top six producers

Producer - % of all my consumption - (number of bottles)

Anime 9.3% Consumed (220)
Beni di Batasiolo 8.3% Consumed (195)
Nino Franco 8.3% Consumed (195)
Warre 8.2% Consumed (194)
Vietti 2.7% Consumed (64) tie
Ferreira 2.7% Consumed (64) tie

I'm way behind on keeping up with recording consumption. I bet the Ferreira is in 5th place by now. OTOH, Warre's isn't currently increasing as fast as Nino Franco, and so is falling further behind.

When handed a taste of ancient Port, you have to sit down on the floor before trying it.

.. when you use day old dregs for fingerprint ink!

Eric Menchen wrote:

Gerwin de Graaf wrote:Still working up to a (hopefully in the near future ) status of Port Geek. Most of my cellar is not port (I'm up to 33,36% divided in 27,79% VP and 5,57% other ports). This is not including the greater part of my 2011 VP orders, which have not been delivered yet.

I am at 71.59% Port (of which 67.01% is VP, and 4.58% is other types). But I don't think this percentage of Port makes me a geek, nor does 33.36% disqualify Gerwin. The fact that we can report these numbers to two decimal places makes us both geeks.

Thanks Eric, you're absolutely right about that!

Eric Menchen wrote: The fact that we can report these numbers to two decimal places makes us both geeks.

Not so much that you "can", but that you "do"!

That you come back to this thread like three or four times to post, because you keep finding new reasons why you know this fits you like OJ's glove.

Roy Hersh wrote:That you come back to this thread like three or four times to post, because you keep finding new reasons why you know this fits you like OJ's glove.

Top reason, right there.

Maybe but here's another truism:

... because spending an hour searching for the lowest price on Port wine glasses or decanters is like an art form or a Greco-Roman sport!