For The Love Of Port

Hi John,
I'm taking a 1928 Sercial to a friend's too - in Melbourne. We'll both be interested in your notes...

Hi John,
Just wondered if, 2-3 weeks later, you've found the 1937's profile has changed for the better... is the residual sugar still so dominant? I have 2 bts of the same bottling, & was thinking of gifting one to a friend who prefers a high acid, drier style of madeira...

Thinking of springing for some of the Blandy's 1978 Terrantez - from the absence of any CT notes, this may be the first release of this vintage by them. Has anyone been able to taste this at source or from a recent purchase?

Michael:

Thanks to everyone for fascinating input. I should elaborate that my own purchases are nearly all post 1970 vintages. That means the first bottlings as vintage madeira will have been post-1990. For drinking these now, I followed the principle that I should seek out the latest bottlings to be able to...

Thanks to everyone for fascinating input. I should elaborate that my own purchases are nearly all post 1970 vintages. That means the first bottlings as vintage madeira will have been post-1990. For drinking these now, I followed the principle that I should seek out the latest bottlings to be able to...

Hi Mr. Zee,
That's an encouraging report - I must try to get hold of some bottles of the latest release of that wine.
Nigel

Reading this eye-boggling thread makes me wonder if I'm the only person looking for some closure here

Thanks, Eric. That rhymes with what Roy recently said about that Madeira.

Hi Eric,
Has each of those madeiras improved for you with successive bottlings - more than the same bottling drunk after several more years in bottle? That's the comparison I'm looking for.
Best,
Nigel

I started a madeira thread on the Terrantez grape some months back. This comment on that thread from one Board member has prompted me to start this new thread: "I’ve tasted H&H1954, D’Oliveiras 1971, Blandy 1976 and 1977, Cossart 1977, D’Oliveiras 1977 (2009 & 2018 bottling), D’Oliveira...

hi Eric,
Those 19th C bottles are just great memories for me now, but I'm really enjoying a drop of 1960s or 70s Sercial or Terrantez at the end of a meal. That for me is the perfect 'digestif' or accompaniment to a range of cheeses.
Nigel

OK, here goes: my notes from an event I held in Hong Kong in 2001. At the end I append advice & comments I got from helpful fans of madeira on Robin Garr's wine page: some excellent ninput on thr Terrantez grape, which was not well known to our crowd at that time (& still isn't if truth be t...

I managed to pick up a good amount of halves of Blandy's 1976 Terrantez. Surprised to see one poster rating Blandy's below D'Oliveiras & Cossart Gordon. I've found their vintage Sercial & Terrantez wines excellent.

Every type of file extension I have tried is being rejected. What file format should I try?

Wow! What a Madeira discussion Board Roy has got going here...
Thanks for all the responses.
If I can work out how to attach, I can share notes from a 2001 Madeira event I held - before prices went crazy...

I have just been seduced by some halves of 1977 Blandy's Terrantez - my rating, an intoxicated 94 - and am trying to find. out more about recent plantings and existing plantings since WW2. Any information welcome.
Nigel Bruce