For The Love Of Port

Now that fall is in full swing, my wife and I have been drinking our fair share of ports. And now that I'm officially in the wine business, I have unprecedented access to many ports that were previously out of my price range. So before I go on a buying spree, I was wondering if I could get some help...

I've become a huge fan of LBVs in general for their QPR in general and have found the 2003s to be especially good. During a lunchtime visit to BevMo today I saw that they had just receved some 2003 Krohn Unfiltered LBV for $18 per. Has anyone tried this yet? If so, how would you say that it compares...

1980 is my birth year, and I'd like to start stocking my cellar with some 1980 VPs. If you have a few 1980s in your cellar that you'd be willing to part with at a reasonable price, I'd be happy to give them a good home. For those interested in trade, I'm swimming in CA Pinot Noir and I have a few de...

I have to say that the more LBV ports I have, the more I'm a believer. At about a quarter of the price of a VP, LBVs deliver 75% of the pleasure. This bottle was a new arrival at BevMo, and on sale for $18. Pop and pour. Prunes and alcohol initially on the nose and palate, but some aeration in the g...

Any thoughts/experience with these: (what is locally available...)

2000 Dow LBV
2001 Taylor LBV
2001 Graham LBV

Thanks,
Mike

I recently picked-up a bottle of 1977 Gould Campbell VP with plans to open it the night before my upcoming wedding. I don't have much experience with aged VPs, but I thought this might be something nice to open with my groomsmen - especially because '77 was my Best Man's birth year. After reading no...

Roy, I guess every site has its place/quarks/etc. My cellar is really starting to diversify, and that site deserves a lot of the credit. I'm just glad that I've taken interest in Port now, instead of trying to do this in 20 years. I'll definitely seek-out the Dow's, Fonseca and Graham's; but I'll pr...

Update: I found a bottle of 1953 Royal Oporto Colheita at Sterling Cellars in NY for $135. After reading a few favorable reviews here and on Cellar Tracker, I'm looking forward to trying this. Looks like they also have the 1944. Also - does anyone have insight on the life of this after it is opened?...

This would be a gift for my father-in-law for his upcoming birthday. He loves Port but hasn't had much more than a few 10-year tawnys so anything from that vintage would be good. I'm not sure if 1953 was even a declared vintage (nothing on Wine-Searcher), but Vintage Port or Colheita would both be f...

Andy V. wrote:Well I wouldn't say "Indefinite" but I like to say that Vintage Port doesn't die, it just slowly fades into a nice tawny

That's good to know!

Thanks guys. it's good to hear that port basically has an indefinite lifespan. I want to be able to drink it at some 'milestones' later in life.

How about Graham's? There is quite a bit of it available on the market right now.

Thanks,
Mike

Hello everyone - I'm an avid member of the ebob forums, but this is my first post here. My birth year is 1980 and I have recently become interested in building a collection of ports from that year. When I started searching, using wine-searcher, I was surprised to find a great number of bottles still...