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by Malte H
Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:35 am
Forum: Port Basics
Topic: Lots of new faces ... please introduce yourself
Replies: 1017
Views: 374697

Re: Lots of new faces ... please introduce yourself

Thanks, Eric. I'm an optimist anyway and watch such fads with bemusement (at least I try...)
by Malte H
Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:33 am
Forum: Port & Madeira Marketplace
Topic: 1981 Royal Wedding Madeira
Replies: 9
Views: 1016

Re: 1981 Royal Wedding Madeira

Ha! You're right guys - I shouldn't have drunk the bottle before googling it. Oh wait, no, I'm going to do that now!
Thanks for your responses anyway.
by Malte H
Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:51 am
Forum: Port Basics
Topic: Lots of new faces ... please introduce yourself
Replies: 1017
Views: 374697

Re: Lots of new faces ... please introduce yourself

Hello, I'm Malte from Germany, and I'd like to introduce myself as a newbie by way of saying that I lived in the UK for a number of years and acquired a taste for port and madeira there. Often accompanied with a nice cheese or a christmas pudding. I know that real wine pros would take umbrage at dis...
by Malte H
Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:20 am
Forum: Port & Madeira Marketplace
Topic: 1981 Royal Wedding Madeira
Replies: 9
Views: 1016

Re: 1981 Royal Wedding Madeira

It wasn't my estimate Moses, I just found this auction record from a few years ago through google: http://www.dnfa.com/donnington/search.asp?view=keyword&auction=12366&keyword=%7C%7C&lotno=&noperpage=20&cat=&pg=60&orderby=&noofresults=331&catname=Full%20list%20of%...
by Malte H
Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:33 am
Forum: Port & Madeira Marketplace
Topic: 1981 Royal Wedding Madeira
Replies: 9
Views: 1016

1981 Royal Wedding Madeira

I have a bottle of Royal Wedding Madeira from 1981 which I'd like to sell (see picture). It has historical value, apparently fetched above 300 GBP at past auctions and might be appreciated by collectors with an interest in British Royalty especially now in the context of the new royal wedding. I bou...