For The Love Of Port

2000 Taylor VP @ $65 (+ 15% premium & insurance) on WineBid seems really good value. http://www.winebid.com/Item/4118051/2000-Taylor-Fladgate Would you guys agree? I came back from the Port loving dormant a few weeks ago and (after due research through the FTLOP tasting notes) got a few bottles ...

http://correlate.googlelabs.com/search? ... e&t=weekly

Rather surprising results... beats me why "hot artichoke dip" comes 3rd!

Interesting also the time-series it shows, spiking hugely around Xmas time...

Enjoy!

Had a bottle of Casal Garcia (Vinho Verde) yesterday night and it was screw capped.
Also have 2 bottles at home Bons Ventos (Casa Santos Lima), Lisbon wine, that I noticed yesterday were also screw capped.
The above were all $8 or below...
Miguel

Thanks guys for the warm welcome. It wont always be easy to find the time to come by but am looking fwd to learning and sharing about Port w you. I just subscribed to Roy's newsletter, that should def give me a good reason to come by every once in a while. Roy, I actually tried Moscatel de Setúbal f...

Hi all, My name is Miguel Simões and I currently live in NY. I am Portuguese (from Coimbra) and have been in the US for 6 years now. Have enjoyed drinking Port for some 10 years now (am too cheap to buy the good stuff though... I'll hopefully get to it later in life!) and Madeira only recently. Got ...

Looks like they will also be in NYC on April 4th... http://dunnrobbins.com/vini_portugal_2011/index.htm I went to this one and had a great time. Was sad to miss the talk that accompanied it but couldnt help tasting all the wines and having some delicious Queijo Serra da Estrela. It was mostly a tab...

Born and raised in Portugal, only had my first bottle of Madeira a few months ago. Found a bottle of Leacock's Rainwater at Stew Leonard Wines and decided to get it. Was advertised as getting 90 points on Wine Spectator and went for something super cheap like $12. Went for it. For my first go at it ...