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Niepoort and Delaforce now decanted. There is also a stray bottle of Royal Oporto 1982 at TCP, but unless told otherwise I will assume that this is NOT to be decanted but is instead to be given to Derek when we next see him. Mystery solved. The box in which the RO was delivered was not given to me,...

Should I be buying a bottle of Sandeman?

Niepoort and Delaforce now decanted. There is also a stray bottle of Royal Oporto 1982 at TCP, but unless told otherwise I will assume that this is NOT to be decanted but is instead to be given to Derek when we next see him.

Roy has given me his dates for his visit to the UK in early October and I will start to organise the 55@55 tasting just as soon as I have finished working out how my cellar will change over the next 25 years as I drnk from it and the wines I don't drink mature another year - damn you Uncle Tom, you ...

This is a subject which is quite close to my heart and one which - if I had the time, which I don't at the moment - I would actively collect data. As it is, I have been recording bottles which I open which were bottled in the UK and have been noting which wines have been bottled by which UK merchant...

I don't have many F70 bottles at home, but from what I remember, I have seen real mixture of glass for the bottlings ranging from black glass through to very pale green. Many of these are probably UK bottled as they did not carry sellos but there was no indication of this on the label. Perhaps this ...

Tuesdays and Thursdays in July which have not already been excluded are: Tu 6 July - good for AHB Tu 13 July - good for AHB Th 15 July - AHB already in London that day Tu 20 July - good for AHB Tu 27 July - good for AHB My preference would be to go for the 15th since I already have to be in London f...

So Alex, if you have the same profile for drinking centenarian bottles as me (but doubling the quantity..) I reckon that you need a total of 1324 17yr + bottles, of which 500 need to be over 40yrs old, and 100 of them over 80yrs old. Tom I can't argue with the maths - but I never said that I had th...

Thanks for the data. These sorts of snapshots are interesting, but will understate the amount of older wines you buy, as these are the bottles you actually drink over time. So, while only 8% of your cellar may currently be comprised of 1980-1989 VP, that decade might represent ~25% of your port pur...

Do we have a London offline planned yet for July? I know it's getting a bit hot for port by then, but I'd be interested. If we can find a date that works, would anyone else be interested?

Everything sounds fine to me. Could you give us a rough idea of the cost of adopting a bottle, please.

2004 Quinta de Romaneira I actually know very little about this house, but when I read AHB's note and saw the price ($20), I jumped on six as cellar defenders. Thank you AHB and TPF for helping me score what should be an excellent value. Purple and opaque. Very open blueberry nose. Sweet and fruity...

Every now and then, usually when I can't drink from my cellar for some reason, I like to look at some of the statistics for the bottles that I have to enjoy in the future. This time, I was curious to know what sort of age profile the bottles had since I have in mind that I am trying to buy port from...

I got the dancing girls and the free port! Thanks Gustavo!

There is a reference in the Barchester Chronicles to one of the characters in the mid- late 19th century reaching for "the bottle with the green foil" meaning a bottle of Taylor port.

An excellent result. I think the Bell at Christmas would be the perfect time to open one of these.

There are two types of Cling Film - polyethylene only or a mix of PVC and polyethylene. From what I understand, this effect of removing TCA requires the pure polyethylene variety for the full effect.

Carl

Welcome to the Port Forum and thank you for your posts. Delighted you decided to make the jump from reader to poster.

Best wishes

Alex B

While I'm all in favour of having a chance of winning a case of wine worth over £1700, I fear that you need to know something about football to have a chance.

Now if only they had run a similar competition for the Twenty20 World Cup.

KillerB wrote:1986 and 1988 have been extracted from their coffins

So they weren't next to the Vesuvio 1994 then?

Ben

I'm pleased to hear your trip went well. Do we have any new converts to the Joy of Port as a result of what sounds to have been a terrific trip?

Alex

... did the label say Vintage Port or Garrafeira, because I had this two years ago with Luis Scottomajor, but named Garafeira, since it was bottled in Oporto later than the 2-3 years. Axel It was a bottling by Companhia Agricola, Successora de Dona Antonia A Ferreira and was labelled Garrafeira 1863.

Voting is now closed. I didn't manage to get my vote in on time

There are good reasons that the perceived rule of thumb in the UK for several generations has been that you do not drink vintage port until it reaches the age of maturity - 21at the time the rule became widely accepted. While there may have been exceptions, most vintages show poorly compared to thei...

It's funny, because I just was renovating this old cellar on my property here in Virginia and I found some dusty old bottles. The front is engraved "Laffite 1787" and in smaller letters "Th. J". Any idea what this is worth? You should find yourself a good attorney and sue the gu...