For The Love Of Port

A great evening with some new Port friends; Wines included Dow 1980 VP, Fonseca 1980 VP, Gould Campbell 1980 VP, Warre 1963 VP, and a Ficklin 20Y Tawny (CA)
Thanks Jeff for making it all happen

I will be there. Maybe solo, maybe with a friend. Looking forward to meeting all of you. There was talk of someone bringing a Colheita...I have a few if one of these would be of interest....let me know. Dows Colheita 1997 Niepoort Colheita 2001 and a 1998 Smith Woodhouse Colheita 1994 John, I think...

At the very beginning of the thread, I mentioned I'd bring the GC 1980 and then when it was mentioned that you would, I opted for the Dow. The GC was something that I think Lamont or someone had mentioned elsewhere on the forum that they would like to try. That was my only reason for bringing it up...

So, to clarify: Jeff, Josh and Roy will each bring one bottle of Port, and you don't want any others to show up with Port, right? OK, so apparently I missed the "updated" email which of course means I don't get any more notifications til i check in. So! Yes to correct my previous post abo...

Works for me and thank you Jeff. As for the date, definitely FRIDAY the 9th. I was going to bring a GC'80 as mentioned, but I guess I'll do a Dow instead, if I can figure out how to get it decanted ahead of time. Can't show up empty handed, not my style. Might just ship it to you next week. Will th...

I'm going to reiterate that I don't care nor really have the time to set up a proper tasting for what is now 9 people. I'd like to refer to my previous suggestion that we just bring 2-3 bottles, go to a bar and have a very informal meet and greet. Agreed. A Tasting: Roy, while I'd certainly like to...

Friday night ... put something casual together... It is not like a lot of effort needs to go into this one. {8 participants} Let's keep this simple, so planning will really ONLY require glassware and a restaurant reservation. ... How about everyone mentions a bottle of 1980 Vintage Port ... a resta...

I'm booked both nights, but I can get free for friday night. We could do a small 80's horizontal, or perhaps just "everyone brings/splits one." The latter allows me to accidentally make things interesting :) Jeff and I will take care of finding a suitable place for a small friday night gat...

Fonseca 1970 -- a leaker in honor of someone's newborn leaker :) it was fantastic. Also opened a Warre's 2000 for #PortDay, which was good, just coming out of its dumb phase, and still full of tannins. Typical Warre's style roughness evident, but it pulled a pomegranate out of its hat after a while ...

I have some Gould Campbell 1980 Vintage Port that is particularly tasty, though not especially valuable. Are you sure its crusted not vintage? GC80 Vintage Port market price is around $80/bottle, but i've seen it as low as $40. I don't know what crusted port would be, but certainly less. At only two...

ps - don't be shy, someone from FTLOP already reached out. We're all one big happy band of port drinkers, not wheelin-dealin investors.

There is a US auction coming up this saturday; a group of us are bidding jointly and aim to win the older Port vintage lots. If anyone else was of a similar mind, I'd encourage you to reach out to me. Y'know, just because :D No particular reason :D

I checked in and saw zachys 1633 went for 800, less than their low (900) but still a pretty high price for those bottles. I was surprised how high, in general, prices were for the auction. Many bottles (non-port) went above their low, and even close to their high.

Zachy's this Friday has some neat things. I was interested in 295, 783, 1047, 1272, 1527, and 1633. And I won't snarf up your 1991 Burmester Marc :-) Please let me get the 2000 Taylor VVV. (Different auction.) We'd been eying 1633 but i won't bid. The price for those bottles if it hits the low (900...

Lots of lots in the next Zachy's auction.... ...am immediately tempted by lots 445-448. Those look pretty good; the younger ones (445 & 448) are probably good buys. Those two old TF's are interesting, but that's a lot of $$ for just one bottle. I couldn't find a catalog (with an index), but a l...

Thanks. I will check em out. Luke, usually the lots are announced ~1 month in advance. I aim for auctions in the early spring and mid fall, when shipping temperatures are ideal, or for auctions where i can drive to pick up the Port. When i see Port, i look at the low price, then i add in the "...

Scored at good prices:
Cockburn 47, Dow 47, Quinta do Noval 50, Cockburn 63, 2 Dow 70, Taylor 77, Barros Colheita 80, Graham 83, Niepoort 83, Warres 83, Quinta do Noval 85, and..
A magnum of Fonseca 70.
rock.

I've been cut back more due to space limitations (and spousal glare), but it's tough to avoid jumping on a deal when I spot it. I've been focusing mostly on filling holes, picking up halfs, and buying sure bets. 2/3rds of the collection is from the biggest years from 1980-2003, of which there are 2-...

Some good prices just listed by HDH, they cover VPs from 1983-2000. I picked up F83 and W83 from them recently, and I see there's more F83 and some T83 now (plus a few others). Prices aren't silly, so it's worth checking out. I've already done what buying from them I plan to, so it's all yours :)

Oh heck yes. While there is financial risk to investing in Port now, rather than some other depressed market asset, I will feel so much better opening an old bottle i got on the cheap in the past few years (to say nothing of how i'll feel after drinking it). Prices rebounded a bit early this year, b...