For The Love Of Port

Nice week for Port shopping in Brazil:

6 x Cockburn's Vintage 2011
3 x 20Y Poças
2 x 10Y Poças
1 x Fonseca Guimaraes 2001
1 x Fonseca 2003
1 x Fonseca 2011
1 x 40Y Burmester Tordiz
1 x 30Y Burmester

2009 Cockburn's LBV

Hi Roy, I just had a bottle of Quinta do Crasto Vinha Maria Teresa 2007 and it was awesome. This guys definitely know what they are doing. Currently, Quinta do Crasto LBV 2008, for example, can be found for about EUR 75 in the local market. Crazy. It is possible to find Fonseca, Cockburn's and Taylo...

Casa Santa Eufêmia Vintage 2003

Hi Rodrigo, Good to have someone from Brazil actively posting again. It is naturally one of the big markets for Port and as you mentioned Ramos Pinto, it was their largest and oldest market by far. I've heard lots of the stories from your country about the pricing and especially the taxes, but also...

Warre's VP 2011;
Warre's VP 2007;
Warre's SQVP Quinta da Cavadinha 1996; and
Warre's Warrior.

Apparently Warre's changed its importer in Brazil and the old one did a 60% off sale.

Thanks for the inputs.

I actually found some 2011 topics discussing it.

Thanks again!

We've bantered the merits of whether or not Tawny Ports "with an indication of age" actually improve or become less impressive with an older bottling (say a 20 year old XYZ Tawny Port that was put in bottle in 1999 vs one that was bottled in 2008). Budweiser calls this "born on datin...

Thanks a lot Andy.

I have been reading a lot the Forum and I am amazed by how much valuable information one can find here.

Regards,

Hello, My name is Rodrigo and I am new here (although I have already posted a couple of times in the past few days). I am relatively new to Port wine and I am still "building" my collection of Port wines. I live in Brazil and that certainly doesn't make things easy. It is relatively diffic...

I only started drinking Port in a more regular basis a couple of years ago. So, I'll list the additions I've made this year to my cellar (as I normally only purchase port when I go to Portugal): - Dow's vintage 2011 4x; - Grahams vintage 2011; - Taylor's vintage 2011; - Warre's vintage 2011; - Quint...

Hello,

It has been announced that Quinta do Noval declared 2014 vintage as well.

My daughter was born two years ago and I can't wait for my next visit to Portugal do purchase a nice set of 2014 vintages! Prices in Brazil are outrageously high, so, I'll have to wait a little bit.

Regards,

Rodrigo