Last offering for this week ... Wow.

[Roy Hersh]

Some good unique wines like Messias 1997 at a bargain price ... but you better keep close eye on prices here.

This offering from Aabalat. Telephone: +1 707 781 0619 +1 707 765 9463


Port
1948 Graham Vintage Port - 1.5 Liter - 1 Available at $2,900 - hahahahahahaha
1983 Calem Vintage Port - 8 Available at $69.00 each - sounds like a "Moses special"
1997 Calem Vintage Port - 12 Available at $50.00 each
1997 Caves Messias Vintage Port (Quinta Do Cachao) - 1 Available at $32.00 - Has Moses' name on it unless you beat him to it.
1997 Cockburn Vintage Port - 6 Available at $58.00 each
1991 Dow Vintage Port - 3 Available at $55.00 - solid wine, check the price.
1997 Ferreira Vintage Port - 1 Available at $42.00 - bonus
1963 Fonseca Vintage Port - 16 Available at $439.00 each - Pre Arrival ... why are there LOTs of bottle for the expensive ones and only 1 bottle of all the others???
1997 Fonseca Vintage Port - 1 Available at $80.00
1997 Martinez Vintage Port Quinta da Eira Velha - 1 Available at $75.00
1990 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port - 5 Available at $64.00
1995 Warre Vintage Port Quinta da Cavadinha - 2 Available at $35.00 each - Buy this wine before I do.

[Glenn E.]

1963 Fonseca Vintage Port - 16 Available at $439.00 each - Pre Arrival ... why are there LOTs of bottle for the expensive ones and only 1 bottle of all the others???

Because the expensive ones are all ridiculously overpriced and not selling?

[Roy Hersh]

Er, I assume you can sniff out my rhetorical questions by now, Glenn.

I was just looking at the thread about the economic influences on Port and then back to my prognostication. Even in this downer of an economy ... if you look at prices on 1963 and 1970 blue chips like Graham's, Taylor, Fonseca etc ... the price has taken a fairly decent jump year over year. That says a lot and exactly what I mentioned in my forecast. I think it will continue to happen, no matter what the world's economy is doing. The oldies are disappearing and in bad economic times ... people tend to want to ... or need to ... drink!

[Glenn E.]

Oh yes, I do. My sarcasm was directed at the web sites (and retailers) who continue to list wines at prices like that.

I mean... seriously... do they actually expect to sell their stock at prices like that? 'Cause, you know, there's this thing called the Internet...

And if they do actually sell like that, can I get a customer list from them? I have this bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell someone...