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Welcome Stuart - and thank you for the clear disclaimer. Please feel free to contribute or ask questions at any time. We're all on this forum because we love port and love talking about port.

Gents, I have an option on two very old bottles that would take the cost per person from £240 to £300 including Port and tip for our friends at B&F. Food would be on top at cost. I await condition reports on the bottles in question but if they look good my intention it to include both. Neither of t...

I was having a chat the other day with Carlos Alves, port maker for Sogevinus since 2013, who was in London briefly this week. One of the topics we discussed was why there is so much less vintage port made and sold today, compared with 40 or 50 years ago. We agreed that beneficios had not reduced by...

DRT wrote: ↑

22:40 Wed 11 Jul 2018

Just one question: wasn't it supposed to be coming home?

The Port you mean? Yes, it arrived safely this morning. Thanks for asking.

Reconfirming attendance. PM sent.

Dark amber orange colour; 50% opaque. Some bruised orange on the nose with some off-putting chemical plasticiser. On the palate this is sweet, round and full of toffee. Yet the sweetness is held in check by generous apple acidity and a tobacco spiciness. A powerful aftertaste of almond and a little ...

Welcome Michael I've been to a few of the tutored tastings at Berry's and have enjoyed them all. They are much more formally organised than the genteel chaos that is the Port Walk. The tutored tastings tend to be seated classroom style in rows with your glasses laid out in front of you. Over the cou...

I'm unlikely to be able to make the last week of September.

If you're able to post some pictures, we may be able to help you. Please also let us know where you are in the world.

Ck63 shouldn't suffer from an 8 hour decant, provided you keep it reasonably cool.

My arrival will be delayed tomorrow night as I have a dental appointment late in the day. I should arrive between 19.00 and 19.30.

To Ronnie's list I would add the following LBVs which I know are bottled unfiltered and intended to be capable of ageing: - Sandeman - Ferreira - Offley - Quevedo - Quinta das Lamelas I think, but can't be certain, that Noval make both a filtered LBV and one which is intended to be able to age. Warr...

As DRT said earlier, there are some Port producers who make LBV that is only marginally below vintage quality and which is intended to be capable of maturing and improving in the bottle for several decades - although not for as long as vintage port. Some of us on TPF have been enjoying Warre and Smi...

It’s too warm for vintage port at the moment, so I’ll bring a bottle of Noval ‘68 colheita (chilled, of course).

Sorry. Simple answer is that I don't know at the moment. I'll look shortly.

Cellar plan customers of BBR have just received an email advising them that the one week advance sale period for autumn /winter events has just opened.

The Port Walk is on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd November. I have a ticket for Thursday.

Welcome Nuno, it is good to see you here. I'm very interested in what you have said about making your own porto in 2016. Did you make a fortified wine from grapes grown in Tras-os-Montes? I know some producers who make fortified wines in the Alentejo, but never before from Tras-os-Montes. Please let...

Front page updated. Please continue to post any other 2016 vintage ports you hear about, especially from smaller companies. Did Churchill, de la Rosa, Tedo or Crasto make a 2016 port?

I was looking back through our offlines and we have organised tastings of most major vintages having done 1945, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1985 and 1994. (And 1997, although I wasn't there). The obvious gap is 1991/92. If I were to organise a 1991 / 1992 double...

I’d like to confirm I plan to attend.

Yes please.

Confirmation of change of booking received from Bar Douro.

My train looks to be arriving in Euston at 18.37. I’ll be with you about 19.00.

Or a Sharpie

Bear in mind we won’t have space at Bar Douro for tasting mats. Best we’ll be able to use is stickies — but we may not even be able to get 4 glasses each and we’ll have to negotiate corkage on the night!

flash_uk wrote: ↑

19:07 Mon 11 Jun 2018

Planets are aligning...I may be able to make it. Will check tonight and confirm.

If you are able to, could you call Bar Douro and ask if we can increase the booking from 3 to 4 people please? I won’t get the chance to call them much before I arrive.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑

19:37 Mon 11 Jun 2018

Bring a bottle to share?

Absolutely