How did you celebrate Port Wine day?
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How did you celebrate Port Wine day?
I had a glass of 2015 Noval Vintage Port. How about you?
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Re: How did you celebrate Port Wine day?
i am on vacation (Dresden, Prague, Budapest.. today driving to Salzburg) and i brought a bottle of Taylor 2004 LBV with me. But then i forgot to open it because of the travels. So it will be a Port Wine Day With Delay 

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Re: How did you celebrate Port Wine day?
When was this day? Last bottle drank was a '99 Noval LBV; so that would have to be it...
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Re: How did you celebrate Port Wine day?
Yesterday (Sept. 10th). It was all over my Facebook feed, though I haven't seen reference to it anywhere else.
(There's also www.portwineday.pt)
(There's also www.portwineday.pt)
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Re: How did you celebrate Port Wine day?
I wasn't even aware of it.....we have to fix that for the future!
I had two nice LBVs.
I had two nice LBVs.
Any Port in a storm!
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Re: How did you celebrate Port Wine day?
Every day is port wine day - or at least it was for Jeanne Calment, until she died in 1997..
..she was 122 years old
..she was 122 years old
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Re: How did you celebrate Port Wine day?
Opened a 2005 Noval LBV "in celebration". So far, it started off better than the '99. Not has rough a spirit taste.
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Re: How did you celebrate Port Wine day?
+1 I didn't hear anything about it prior. I'll open something this week most likely. I haven't opened much of any Port in a bit as this summer got super hot and humid. I can deal with the heat but the humidity really put a damper on any wine drinking. Cold beer and cocktails were the order of the month. Our humidity is now finally declining and so is the heat so I'll get something open soon.John M. wrote:I wasn't even aware of it.....we have to fix that for the future!
I had two nice LBVs.
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Re: How did you celebrate Port Wine day?
The last time someone tried to create a special day for port, they managed to select Jan 27th - the Holocaust Memorial Day, remembering when Auschwitz was liberated - it was not a clever choice..
This time they've chosen the Gibraltar national day, the Chinese teacher's day and the World Suicide Prevention day.. - OK, there's probably not a day in the calendar that doesn't clash with some sober memorial..
But is a single spurious day with no historical significance really worth selecting for port? Personally I think not..
Just keep taking the medicine - and not just once a year..![Toast [cheers.gif]](./images/smilies/cheers.gif)
This time they've chosen the Gibraltar national day, the Chinese teacher's day and the World Suicide Prevention day.. - OK, there's probably not a day in the calendar that doesn't clash with some sober memorial..
But is a single spurious day with no historical significance really worth selecting for port? Personally I think not..
Just keep taking the medicine - and not just once a year..
![Toast [cheers.gif]](./images/smilies/cheers.gif)