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Ahh, ok

jdaw1 wrote:Alex is feigning sleep, and, amazingly:

• Derek is awake;
• Alex is not in a red check shirt.

They are twins, separated at birth

Thanks to ADV for giving me this bottle as part of a challenge. We met in Oporto in October 07 and exchanged bottles under the rule that the wine in the bottle had to be older than the recipient and cost less than £30 ($60). I think ADV may have cheated on the price :roll: Just a little :twisted: G...

Considering the lack of sediment, anyone think this was actually a Colheita or tawny?

Decanting for a Noval 66 ?? how long time ?? We will drink it next week I have absolutely no idea, I've never tried the Noval '66 and I'm very interested to hear what you think of it. Unless someone has some experience, perhaps it would be wise to give it a couple of hours in the decanter and then ...

jdaw1 wrote:It now seems that I have to be in the UK on Saturday 4th October. Any ideas what I could do in London the week after?

Hmm, let me think.....come drink with us

Frederick Blais wrote:Here what it looks like on grapes at harvest time...

http://www.frederickblais.com/pics/disp ... =67&pos=21

Good thing fermentation kills everything

I'm sure some of the producers have wireless temp/humidity equipment in their fields. It would be great if at least a couple of them would put that info on-line in real time. its quite easy to do.

DRT wrote:

ADV wrote:Cool pics, thanks...but isn't it summer time, whats with all the jackets

Welcome to summer in Scotland

WOW and its going to be almost 40 celcius here today!

Cool pics, thanks...but isn't it summer time, whats with all the jackets

Although that would be funny to put just one aside for the next 20 years then serve it blind

LOL...did we ever hear back from the IVDP as to what that Selo # was actually for? Because it wasn't for a Croft in 1933. Also the capsule was plastic and had serations along the middle, just under the lip of the bottle, to make it easier to take it off....think a cheap bottle of water with a plasti...

AHB wrote:
Sainsbury are discounting the Croft Pink Port as their contribution to the price war - currently £7.50.

YES can you get me a case

Its interesting that Graham's Six Grapes actually gets the better grapes than their LBV....and Six Grapes is actually right below their VP's in the pecking order for the top grapes. I do wish they would make an unfiltered LBV as even their filtered one is normally quite good and I know an unfiltered...

Derek I guess the no Port thing didn't happen

. Can I assume that after being in the Douro for 7 days drinking 40+ ports per day you will be wanting a few days off the juice when you arrive here in the UK? Are you mad..and lose my steam, no way. I fully expect to keep going full steam ahead. There is no stopping a Port-o-philiac :twisted: 88) ...

I will just miss you in the Douro, but I really look forward to seeing you and everyone else in early October

Most of the major shippers do a heavy filtration and cold stabilizing. That way the product always looks the same on the shelf or when its poured. For the most part, only the smaller, more independant companies do very little or no filtration and/or cold stabilizing. Niepoort Garrafeira never get fi...

Exactly, Jdaw1 is being a granny :P Don't listen to him. The Boston offline was 13 bottles (14 if you count the fake one) and one was a magnum. There was 8 of us and we finished all but about a total of 1 bottle. We've got roughly twice as many Ports and twice as many people....it works out fine. Th...

This past friday I went to the "Vans Warped Tour" A concert with a ton of bands in a large area. It was well over 100 degrees (around 103-104 degrees) and I thank goodness I had an all-access backstage pass so I could head back there and cool off...those Monster Energy drinks mixed with Vo...

Wow, did I think something else when I read the title of the thread

AHB wrote: I'M STUCK IN BLOODY FRANCE AND MY PORT IS IN ENGLAND!!!

Bummer

But congrats on the anniversary guys!

I just had dinner with son, parents and sister & b.i.l - we had chinese, which will not help the V94 :? 2 hrs chit-chat and watching footie then I should be swigging port alone :D If they don't get to the bottle first :lol: But will your focus be TPF or Facebook tonight? Pimping or Port?! DRT i...

wow, where did you find such an old bottling of this 10 year? Quite rare that any aged tawny would be kept that long. I would disagree that all wood aged Ports can age in bottle. Niepoort is one of the few minority companies that makes a wood aged Port that can last for many years after bottling. Wh...

jdaw1 wrote:This thread is for rambling from both sides of the pond.

Please don't make me ramble on and post some quotes from earlier this year