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I think I may have to go ot and buy a bottle tomorrow so that I don't have to suffer this pain for another night

I have updated the sticky with links to all of the relevant posts I can find and with 2 new definitions kindly supplied by Uncle Tom by PM to me today. If anyone wants to suggest adding anything to this list please roduce the definition (or request that someone else does) and let me know so that I c...

I am in a hotel that does not sell port

...by Tom Archer My scoring system is designed to compare wines against their peers- So a VP is judged against all other VP's, a Colheita against all other Colheitas - etc. The first score relates to the ability of the wine to give immediate gratification, the second is your perception of how good ...

The gentle art of decanting, by Tom Archer. 1) Why decant? Decanting serves two purposes. Firstly, to separate wine from sediment that has formed in the bottle, and secondly, to aerate wine that has lain in a bottle for a very long time. Very young ports do not benefit greatly from decanting, and i...

ADV wrote:but how many non-vowels and non-constants are there?

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Great idea, Alan

I hope you can make it along Graham, the more the merrier and it will slightly reduce jdaws stress about the volume of port allocated to each person and his misguided fear of potential wastage

Derek

There are 2 vowels in The F-Plan

Off course you are - we are an all inclusive bunch of nutters here and anyone is welcome to be a nutter with us

Derek

Is this what we want?

Click on these links to find some basic information about Port... History A Quick History of Port Port Styles Ruby Port Tawny Port Late Bottled Vintage Port Crusted Port Colheita Garrafeira Vintage Port Cellaring On the cellaring of port Re-waxing How to re-wax a leaker Decanting The Gentle Art of D...

OK - here I am in London for yet another week of Hotel life :? Tonight I had the pleasure of dining (not staying) at The Goring, just around the corner from HRH's London aparments. Very nice grub, slightly stingy on the portion sizes. When the cheese arrived I was overcome with emotion and decided t...

jdaw, I seem to recall discussing this elsewhere but I have to reiterate that what looks like being £400+ per head for an offline, drinking 1 bottle of port each that may be dishwater,is is too rich for my blood. This is obviously a very exciting bottle but I really don't see it as being something t...

My score was 0.3982 - need to try again when not so tired and emotional

Tom,

Please create 2 posts in the main port forum. I will create the sticky and link it to these posts and the definitions that we already have.

Derek

How do they end up with such a glorious product??? All different types of grapes, presumably not all ripening on the same day. Shifting yearly percentages of grape varieties, as one variety flourishes and another wanes. I think this precisely why the product is so good. The formula has endless perm...

Or did you mean “authorities†? Take your pick. Graham, I think it is worth explaining that jdaws' primary function here it to edyoukate us; into using propper grammmer and punktuation. It is fort-unate that he also like's port and kan ---- therefore ... also engaje in port-related-topics-of-conver...

As you know The Creator and her pesky little side-kick KillerB (Assistant to The Creator) have gone on holiday for a week and left me in charge of all things Administrative. I have the tools and permissions available to create "Stickies". If the citizens of this forum are in agreement I wo...

I hope you're right, Tom. My local Tesco stocks Taylor's 1977 at £99 per bottle. I'm willing to bet they haven't sold any since it went on the shelf about 6 months ago. Hopefully the computer will kick in in December and I'll swipe the lot for £33 a bottle

I think this is an excellent LBV and at that price you can't go wrong in buying all you can. It is still very youthfull and will age and improve for many years to come.

Derek

You now have a special rank in recognition of your new position

Derek

jdaw1 wrote:And commendation for a great avatar.

That's a drawing of Uncle Tom sleeping with his produce on Quinta do Archer in 10 years time

Welcome to the forum, Graham, I hope you have fun exploring the world of port with us.

Derek

Graham,

The port world has very few experts who are willing to share their thoughts on the web. The link below will take you to a place where you can find a few of them...

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Derek

Hi Graham,

Welcome to the Port Forum.

I must get down to Tesco's soon - a few of us here picked up a stack of the 95's from Asda a few months ago at £5 per bottle. It is interesting that 2 major supermarket chains have now discontinued this. I wonder if Sainsbury etc will follow?

Derek