We are thrilled to have acquired a fabulous cellar of Churchill Ports in good quantity. I asked my old friend and highly respected Port expert, Roy Hersh, for his thoughts on these wines, and here is what he had to say, below. Roy is the proprietor and founder of For The Love Of Port, which any drinker/collector at any level should have in their arsenal of information. It can be found online at http://www.fortheloveofport.com - an absolute must for the Port and dessert/aperitif wine enthusiast. ---Stefan
"Churchill’s has been around since the early 1980s, when Johnny Graham married a descendent of Winston Churchill, 1981 to be exact. His family had been the owners of the renowned Port Shipper, W&J Graham’s, which they wound up selling to the Symington Family back in 1970. Johnny had worked his way up to director level of Cockburn’s and even consulted for Taylor’s until he set up Churchill Graham Lda., although he was unable to use his family surname for his Port and instead utilized his wife’s family name, which brought instant name recognition along with it. And that in a nut shell is how Churchill’s Port was born.
Things have progressed dramatically in the past 28 years, as has the overall quality of the Ports produced by Johnny Graham. Early on, grapes were purchased from the fine property of Quinta da Agua Alta. Those early Churchill Ports were crafted in a rustic, elegant and earthy style, capable of aging very nicely. In more recent years, a troika of Quintas were purchased, the most notable of which is Quinta da Gricha, which maintains over 100 hectares and produces some outstanding Vintage Ports these days.
Johnny Graham has taken things to a new level and the quality continues to improve across the board from their LBV and 10 year old Tawny Port, to the delicious White Port (my personal favorite of the genre), to the old Crusted and especially the Vintage Ports, the hallmark of this producer. The table wines are also very solid, but for now, I’ll stay focused on the Ports.
I have taken a look at the pricing that Stefan is offering on these Vintage Ports and don’t know how he can do it. All I can tell you is that at these prices, buying the Churchill Vintage Ports is an absolute no-brainer. Most of these Vintage Ports are ready to drink now and won’t require much cellaring although from 1994 and younger, they will reward patience or deliver loads of drinking pleasure as well."
August 13th 2009
Roy Hersh
Founder
http://www.fortheloveofport.com
THE CHURCHILL PORTS
1982 Churchill Vintage Port 3 x 750mL -- $39
1985 Churchill Vintage Port 22 x 750mL -- $39 WA88 bn
1986 Churchill Vintage Port 8 x 750mL -- $39
1991 Churchill Vintage Port 28 x 750mL -- $39 WS91
1992 Churchill Vintage Port 22 x 750mL -- $29
1994 Churchill Vintage Port 33 x 750mL -- $39 WS93
1995 Churchill Vintage Port 38 x 750mL -- $29
1996 Churchill Vintage Port 26 x 750mL -- $25
1997 Churchill Vintage Port 19 x 750mL -- $32 WS91
1998 Churchill Vintage Port 21 x 750mL -- $25
1990 Churchill Vintage Port Agua Alta Single Quinta 10 x 750mL -- $35 WA92
1992 Churchill Vintage Port Agua Alta Single Quinta 9 x 750mL -- $45 WA93
1984 Churchill Vintage Port Agua Alta Single Quinta Fojo 5 x 750mL -- $35 sos
1984 Churchill Vintage Port Agua Alta Single Quinta Fojo 2 x 750mL -- $35 crc
1984 Churchill Vintage Port Agua Alta Single Quinta Fojo 1 x 750mL -- $35 bn
1984 Churchill Vintage Port Agua Alta Single Quinta Fojo 3 x 750mL -- $35
OTHER PORTS/DESSERTS IN STOCK
1920 Abudarham Bual 1 x 750mL -- $250 (sos)
N.V. Avery`s of Bristol Marsala Solera 1860 1 x 750mL -- $125 (sos, bottled in 1936)
N.V. Blandy`s 15 year old Malmsey 1 x 750mL -- $35
1864 Blandy`s Grand Cama de lobos Solera 1 x 750mL -- $595 (bn, sos, cc)
1994 Broadbent Vintage Port 8 x 750mL -- $45
1983 Calem Vintage Port 1 x 750mL -- $59
1970 Caves Messias Vintage Port Quinta Do Cachao 7 x 750mL -- $65 (hwsl)
1970 Caves Messias Vintage Port Quinta Do Cachao 34 x 750mL -- $75
N.V. Cockburn Old Ruby Port 1 x 750mL -- $35 (sos)
1997 Cockburn Vintage Port 3 x 750mL -- $49
N.V. Cockburn White Port No. 3 1 x 750mL -- $45 (sos)
N.V. Corti Brothers Malmsey No. 2 1 x 750mL -- $95 (sos, bottled by Harveys in 1960)
N.V. Corti Brothers Sercial Reserve 1 x 750mL -- $95 (bottled in 1962)
N.V. Corti Brothers Verdelho Reserve 1 x 750mL -- $95 (sos, bottled in 1961)
N.V. Corti Brothers Verdelho Reserve 1 x 750mL -- $95 (bn, sos)
1920 Croft Vintage Port 1 x 750mL -- $550 (English Bottled, dc, sos)
1945 Croft Vintage Port 2 x 750mL -- $695 WS99 (Loeb, crc, sos)
N.V. Fonseca Escudo Dry Porto 1 x 750mL -- $25
1920 Fonseca Vintage Port 2 x 750mL -- $500 (bn, no label, stamped capsule)
1920 Fonseca Vintage Port 1 x 750mL -- $550
1963 Fonseca Vintage Port 5 x 750mL -- $375 WS98 (ssos, crk)
1948 Graham Vintage Port 1 x 1.5L -- $2495 WS95 (crc)
1927 Hedges & Butler Port 1 x 750mL -- $450 (bn, crc, vintage on capsule, no label)
N.V. J. M. da Fonseca Moscatel Setubal 6 Years 1 x 750mL -- $15
1997 Martinez Vintage Port Quinta da Eira Velha 1 x 750mL -- $65
1931 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 3 x 750mL -- $2300 WS99 (Loeb, sos, vts)
1931 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 1 x 750mL -- $2300 WS99 (Loeb, sos, vts, bsl)
1955 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 1 x 750mL -- $295 (Loeb, tl, bsl, sos, bn)
1958 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 1 x 750mL -- $295 (Avery's, bn)
1945 Rebello Valente Vintage Port 1 x 750mL -- $350 WS92 (England Bottled, Hbsl, tl, sos)
1970 Santos Jr. Port 2 x 1.5L -- $100 (sos, crk, bn)
1970 Santos Jr. Port 3 x 1.5L -- $100
N.V. Sercial Madeaira `Remittance 1816` William Fearing 1 x 750mL -- $1995 (bn)
1948 Taylor Vintage Port 1 x 750mL -- $795 WS99 (Loeb, sos )
1948 Taylor Vintage Port 1 x 750mL -- $795 WS99 (Loeb, vts, sos)
N.V. Taylor Vintage Port Blend 1921/1922/1924 1 x 750mL -- $395 (Loeb, sos, crc (Vintage ))
N.V. Taylor Vintage Port Blend 1942/1945 1 x 750mL -- $350 (Loeb, sos, bsl)
1958 Taylor Vintage Port Quinta de Vargellas 1 x 750mL -- $159 (sos, crk)
1967 Taylor Vintage Port Quinta de Vargellas 7 x 750mL -- $149 (bn, crc, sos)
1967 Taylor Vintage Port Quinta de Vargellas 2 x 750mL -- $149 (sos, crc, ts)
N.V. Warres White Port 1 x 750mL -- $10
Please let us know what we can do for you! --Stefan (707) 967-0240
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