For The Love Of Port

So in simple terms....order your copy now!!


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Andy Velebil wrote:So in simple terms....order your copy now!!

The Moderator has commanded. Everybody, jump to it!

I have already ordered 7! Granted, 6 of those are for other people, but still... SEVEN!!! And I have a soft order with the author for a 2nd copy for myself, to be signed and delivered at a later date while sharing a bottle of Port.

Glenn E. wrote:I have already ordered 7! Granted, 6 of those are for other people ...

Why thank you Glenn; you shouldn't have.

OK, I just ordered my copy. Can't wait to get it!

Just ordered me a copy - a nice Christmas present for myself :) Looking forward to having a read!

Stock is running low, and sales are about to end. If you have, thank you. If you haven’t, then www.PortVintages.com.

Ladies and Gents,

You have 24 more hours. Do not delay. This is the last chance you will ever have to order this book; it will be the best Port reference book you own. HURRY!

Thanks Julian for the hard work to produce an historic tome on Port Vintages that all of us will be using for the rest of our lives and I can now "retire" my old Suckling book. His book, which had that decent list of vintages at the end of the book was far from complete. But I am positive yours will blow that out of the water and it will provide a lot more relevant and timely info.

The shop is closed. Supply is not quite exhausted (about 90% sold), but for the moment the shop is closed.

Cloth-bound books are set to arrive at the fulfilment company on Wednesday 28th November. Hence they are likely to be in the hands of UK readers early in the week beginning 3rd December; European and US readers later that week or early week of 10th December; and Australian readers not long after that.

Leather-bound books are likely to be ready in early January.

Roy Hersh wrote:Thanks Julian for the hard work to produce an historic tome on Port Vintages that all of us will be using for the rest of our lives and I can now "retire" my old Suckling book. His book, which had that decent list of vintages at the end of the book was far from complete. But I am positive yours will blow that out of the water and it will provide a lot more relevant and timely info.

Roy: when it arrives, please read it, then write (and actually publish!) a comprehensive review. The good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly — a comprehensive review.

The printer has sent me a picture of an unfolded hardback cover, which will be attached to the inside pages tomorrow, Tue 27th Nov.

Looks great! Very excited to receive my copy.

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Glenn E. wrote:Looks great! Very excited to receive my copy.

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ditto can’t wait to get mine.


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I think this is my most anticipated delivery of the year.

Received from fulfilment company at about 4pm yesterday (Wed 28th Nov):
> Just to let you know, within the past hour we have took delivery of the books – 3 pallets.

Two copies were sent by the printer directly to my home, and it looks good. I’m confident you will be pleased. Reading it will take you several magnums.

Anyway, some of you are doubtless impatient for this pleasure. When your treasure arrives if you are able to post on FTLOP or on ThePortForum, please help the others by posting to say when it arrived. Please also say approximately where you are in the world, and whether you are remotely rural or speedily urban.

Thank you.

Bill McMillin wrote:I think this is my most anticipated delivery of the year.

Mine too!


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An ambiguous message was been received from the fulfilment company, at about 4pm today = Fri 30th Nov.

> Just to let you know, the job is ready for dispatch. I will have the bulks dispatched on Monday, so you should receive yours by Tuesday.

Given that fifty are being delivered to me, that might mean that the non-bulks have been shipped today. Have they? And how many books is “bulk”? I asked by email (no reply); I phoned (several times; phone not answered). Sigh. The ambiguity is not my fault, except in the sense that it came from my subcontractor. Sorry: I do understand that it irritating me does not help you.

So, when your book(s) arrive, if you are able to post in here on FTLOP (or on ThePortForum), please help the others by posting to say how many arrived, and when. Please also say approximately where you are in the world, and whether you are remotely rural or speedily urban.

Thank you.

Despite this, I’m confident you will be pleased. Reading it will take you several Imperials.

Julian D. A. Wiseman wrote:Despite this, I’m confident you will be pleased. Reading it will take you several Imperials.

Alas, I have but one Imperial. I may have to tap into my small stock of Tappit Hens, or my slightly less small stock of Magnums.

Or I'll just drink a case of 40s.

Glenn E. wrote:Or I'll just drink a case of 40s.

If you get through the book in a dozen bottles, then you drink slowly or read fast. Or both.

Julian D. A. Wiseman wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:Or I'll just drink a case of 40s.

If you get through the book in a dozen bottles, then you drink slowly or read fast. Or both.

Compared to most people, both. That said, less than 50 pages per bottle?

While reading for entertainment, I can approach 100 pages per hour. More typically 80-ish. (Kari reads significantly faster than I do.) For denser books, I slow down to ~40 pages per hour. As this book will likely qualify as "extra dense" I might only manage 20 pages per hour.

I don't drink an entire bottle of Port by myself in 2.5 hours, especially not a 40 year old Tawny Port that I prefer to sip and savor. If I manage half of a bottle in an evening, I'm doing well.