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Yeah, these clearly have risen after the bottling and encapsulation process was complete. There are no other signs of leakage -- in fact they are in rather pristine condition -- but i don't know how they were stored. They were sold by a reputable dealer (JJ Buckley, the warehouse half of WC), but i ...

How much cork protrusion would worry you?
I ask because the 1988 Taylor halfbottles from this thread arrived and 6 out of 9 have corks that are slightly raised (3-4 mm, enough to be noticable and to slightly bubble the capsule). They could go back, but it may not be worth it to ship them back.

Cool -- i'm already arranging to slip out of the afternoon thing early, what time is the reservation for?

I would agree, ebay should be made aware that the seller is dishonest as it can only result in a more naive buyer being turned off to auctions.

Apparently Dovetail is getting a lot of press, it's appeared two weeks in a row with writeups in TimeOut NY, and the latest one cited it has received several 3 star ratings, including from the NYT (which is a big deal). Apparently they are swamped. Do we have a reservation there, yet? And for what t...

The only thing I really vary is the time I allow it to stand before my target drinking time. Old wine gets a relatively short decant and young wine may get as much as 24 hours before I try it. That sounds like a break with other opinions here for 24-48 hrs of decanting... are there two schools of t...

Actually this was to be my next question (following the glasses one). What shapes are recommended? I have a couple of different decanters but favor the ship's decanter shape (giant, wide bottom) to the ovoid shape (more lightbulb-like). Meanwhile, there is something bizarrely appealing about the Eis...

You surely don't mean US airlines. I count myself lucky if they offer white vs red!

Sherry lehman's got a new store, used to go all the time, i stopped buying ports there because they stand them upright and during the summer time the sales room was at least 80 degrees F. Though with their new store I'm not sure what they do now but I would imagine their older inventory that wasn't...

Sorry, they didn't. I wound up getting 9 (together with 3 Warres97) to fill up their twelve-pack shipper. The Warres were only half retail price via the auction (not counting shipping). Btw, do check out the Sherry & Lehmann folks. I've no allegiance to them, as i haven't even shopped there yet,...

There definitely are, what are you looking for? I'm always on the look out and you can indeed from some really good 35-40$ bottles, or even LBV's that go down 20-30 range These days I'm trying to get a few more from the 80s, but i am tempted by good prices of any vintage :) There's a shop near me (...

Ok, so if i come upon some of this, I'm going to try bringing it to a party populated with rose' lovers and see what happens. By the way, Derek, the explanation provided for your experience with the pressurized cork is very odd. When you sealed the air in the bottle, it was likely at room temperatur...

We need to work toward the establishment of trans-atlantic silly season. Port so rarely dips below $35-40/bottle here, and generally its in the $60+ range.

Thanks! Not sure how i overlooked that. I'll probably only get a few more; I actually meant these as bottles to use when a bottle couldn't be finished... and for a bit of decanting practice hehehe!

Well then, what about 88 Taylor qdVargellas? Because I just won 6 half-bottles in a WC auction, and now they're offering me another 17 at $21 each. (personally i think its a bit overpriced at 21 -- i was willing to pay that for a few bottles but if i'm buying that much of the stuff, there ought to b...

Pardon the naivete, but what is a "House Port" ?

I found posts like this Vesuvio94 Leaker but i was wondering -- more generally -- would you buy a wine with clear evidence of leaking? How would size of bottle (375, 750, 1.5), age of wine (3 yrs vs 20+ yrs), or known quality affect how much you'd risk spending for a leaker? How would you store it (...

All internet, probably google, but i think the site is linked on wikipedia too. I'd actually bookmarked it months and months ago, but waited til recently to join.

normally Colheitas should be drunk when bottled. Really? The port trade makes a big deal about buying a bottle of Colheita from your/kid's birth years and putting it away for many years to be opened on some celebratory occasion. I've only one, and had no opportunity to try any, but that's certainly...

Sad to say I opened a bottle of Warre's Warrior the other night. It was actually a result of the glasses post -- I needed something cheap for research. "Very peppery" That's my whole tasting note on it. :P Beyond that, this has been an awful time for BUYING port, not drinking it. I'm now u...

Well then, it sounds like I'm going to get to see the Graham's side of things

SushiNorth: do you strongly prefer the Warre? Actually, I genuinely meant that as a question :) I have one bottle of Warre77 stashed away, and while I'm curious to get a peak at how those are tasting, I also realize that I haven't any Grahams til 2000 so it would be equally fun to see how they age.

speaking of sake, going to sakagura this thursday =) Ah, my home away from home ;) Btw, if you are into sake/japanese and would like suggestions (or to come along on one of my little gatherings) just let me know. Last one was this past friday and turned out great (@Uminoie) that would be interestin...

jfacciol wrote:What about taking Eric up on his offer of a Graham and withdrawing either the Ferreira or the Delaforce?

Why the Graham rather than the Warres?

For those who rarely drink non-VP it might also be fun to have an event that incorporates the entire range of ports from one or more shippers. I do this a lot with my Sake tastings; average to amazing from the same brewer/house. I think these are great ways to educate folks who are new to port, and...