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It's a great opportunity again, it's just hitting me at an inopPORTune moment. I'm completely out of storage space - I have about 6 cases just sitting on the floor in the office - and am already well-stocked with Tawny Port for a while.Michael T wrote:There has been very little discussion about the new Port buying opportunity, is that intentional or are you all not that interested. I plan on getting a couple of cases.
*GASP*Glenn E. wrote:It's a great opportunity again, it's just hitting me at an inopPORTune moment. I'm completely out of storage space - I have about 6 cases just sitting on the floor in the office - and am already well-stocked with Tawny Port for a while.Michael T wrote:There has been very little discussion about the new Port buying opportunity, is that intentional or are you all not that interested. I plan on getting a couple of cases.
So while there are some really fabulous deals in this offering, unfortunately I have to pass this time around.
Let me guess, about $1,500 bucks? That was what the dealer told me if I broken one when I bought the car. Good thing my insurance will cover most of that if it happens.Roy Hersh wrote:
Andy, I feel your pain. I had a rock destroy my windshield and the sticker shock of a replacement was obscene and has certainly curbed my buying to just a case or two at most. The non-fortifieds are also very attractive to help re-fill my wife's depleted section.
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Yikes! I guess I'll keep driving my 13 year old vehicle with simple windshield (<$300), and drink more Port in the mean time. I used to have a sports car with big sloping windshield. I bet that one cost a lot more to replace.Andy Velebil wrote:Let me guess, about $1,500 bucks? That was what the dealer told me if I broken one when I bought the car. Good thing my insurance will cover most of that if it happens.
The time that that happened to me it was a touch over $500, which meant that I still paid $500 to meet my deductible.Andy Velebil wrote:Let me guess, about $1,500 bucks? That was what the dealer told me if I broken one when I bought the car. Good thing my insurance will cover most of that if it happens.Roy Hersh wrote:
Andy, I feel your pain. I had a rock destroy my windshield and the sticker shock of a replacement was obscene and has certainly curbed my buying to just a case or two at most. The non-fortifieds are also very attractive to help re-fill my wife's depleted section.
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Agreed, especially the Reserva. I am going big on those half bottles of Colheita.Andy Velebil wrote:Sorry for drift. I also plan on getting some Douro wine. At those prices (which I won't say cause subscribers know anyways) is a steal for a daily house wine.
NiceMoses Botbol wrote:Agreed, especially the Reserva. I am going big on those half bottles of Colheita.Andy Velebil wrote:Sorry for drift. I also plan on getting some Douro wine. At those prices (which I won't say cause subscribers know anyways) is a steal for a daily house wine.
No you're good:)Michael T wrote:Roy, hope I didn't really spill any beans, just trying to get some conversation going. I figure the more successful a Port buying opportunity is the more we will have in the future.
I managed to float the idea past the wife and it didn't sink. No details of course, but she would rather not know until after. Plausible deniability. She will most likely question the need for 2 more cases at this time, but by then, they are already here.Roy Hersh wrote:
Edward, in full candor, I do not believe we will ever see these prices again even if the importer is willing to do this again some day. I know what is going on in Gaia and I believe we will see a definitive uptick. You may want to stack a bit higher as I did not too long ago, when my whole cellar from London was shipped to my home, after disclosing said cellar to my wife for the first time in our marriage (15 years). So trust me, I know what you are going through, but you'll just have to drink other wines down so you can make more space during the course of this and next year. To pass on these prices would be a darn shame.
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It's always great to talk about it when it gets bought, even if it doesn't get shipped for a while, as then when more boxes show up later you've always got the "I told you when I bought it, it just took 3-9 months to ship due to weather" card. Buys you some leeway for a few extra boxesEdward J wrote:I managed to float the idea past the wife and it didn't sink. No details of course, but she would rather not know until after. Plausible deniability. She will most likely question the need for 2 more cases at this time, but by then, they are already here.Roy Hersh wrote:
Edward, in full candor, I do not believe we will ever see these prices again even if the importer is willing to do this again some day. I know what is going on in Gaia and I believe we will see a definitive uptick. You may want to stack a bit higher as I did not too long ago, when my whole cellar from London was shipped to my home, after disclosing said cellar to my wife for the first time in our marriage (15 years). So trust me, I know what you are going through, but you'll just have to drink other wines down so you can make more space during the course of this and next year. To pass on these prices would be a darn shame.
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