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jdaw1 wrote:The first Vesuvio vintage was 1989...

There are actually a couple of Vesuvio's made before 1989. There is a Vesuvio Vintage 1863 (that I have not tasted) and a Vezuvio Vintage 1963 bottled by Ferreira (that I have tasted).

We are interested in coming, depending on when it is taking place. Sten, Stefan and Jorgen

Sten and Stefan would like to come if possible.
Regards Jorgen

Sten, Stefan and I would like to come.
//Jorgen

jdaw1 wrote:It is excellent.

Yes it is!

I don't know about the foundation dates but I think the naming of different bottlers can be explained by the recent change of ownership of of the Delaforce brand. The bottle on the right has a paint mark on it which suggests it spent time in a bin before being labelled. The one on the left was prob...

An interesting anomaly; perhaps just a printing error by the bottlers/printers when that bottling was done. Checking images in the VPID confirms that all other vintages and bottlings of Delaforce Corte show "since 1868" - the only image I have of the '97 is the one which (apparently erron...

Could a Port house be born twice? That is actually not the only mystery we have encountered with Delaforce 1997. We bought two bottles of Delaforce Vintage 1997 and noticed some intriguing facts: 1) On one bottle it says "since 1834" and on the other "since 1868" 2) One is produc...

Yesterday we had a Fonseca Guimarraens 1976. It is extremely dark in color and resembles a Vintage 2000 rather than a 70s port. How is this possible? Vintage 1978-79 are totally transparent and tawny or even yellowish in color while Guimarraens 1976 retains its color. Does anyone know why that is? t...

In addition to the brands you mention, the following houses has consistently been performing quite well:
Gould Campbel
Dow
Martinez
Ferreira
Quarles Harris
Eira Velha
Ware
Smith Woodhouse

Hello, is there still room for one more? I'd love to come.

Well done Axel and congratulations!

Thank you Alex, I really appreciate that and look forward to seeing all of you!

I would very much like to come as I will go the BFT. I hope there is still space in the tasting room. I have seven 1955s. In addition to the ones that has been mentioned I can provide a George Thienpont 1955 vintage, or a Tuke Holdsworth.

I'm sure we cannot make an exhaustive list of all fortified wine but perhaps we could do our best to make such a list? I would be very interested in getting your help to make an extensive list. I'll start with a few: 1) Port, Portugal 2) Madeira, Portugal 3) Moscatel de Setúbal, Portugal 4) Sherry, ...

I would guess it is from the 1980s or 1990s. White non vintage is a very basic port. However, in my experience even the basic white ports develop very well and becomes much more attractive after a few years. I did buy a few whites made in the 1950s and 1960s and they still hold up very well.

Here are picures of the Sant'Ana in question: And here you can find some more notes on the tasting http://www.vintageport.se/blog/?p=291

Are aged tawnies and Colheitas filtered? I have always thought that the sediment was removed naturally by the ageing process in wood. I can understand that young tawny would need filtering though but did not expect a 20 yo to be filtered.

The house is C da Silva (who produce Dalva) so I would agree that it is likely a BOB for Lidl.

Does anyone know about Lidador port? I have a 1978 Vintage bottled by Joven Lda and I have seen later bottlings by DWS&G as well as Hutcheson. Was Lidador a separate house before Barros bought it or is it just a brand? As far as I understand Lidador has mainly made Reserve port and some tawny.

Lucky you! It might very well be an excellent bottle of port! However, it has not much value (probably less than GBP 10 after expenses). Most people believe that LBV cannot age well but I know for a fact that they sometimes can. Even though LBV's are made to be perfectly drinkable at release, there ...

In addition to Sten's posting about Gilbert 1985 I have attached the photo. To the right you have the ordinary Gilbert's 1985. To the left you have what I interpret as a bottle with a label printed Vintage 1985 but the number changed manually to 1986, perhaps changed because of a printing error, or ...

As far as I understand the Cockburn 77 has been released but I cannot find it for sale anywhere. Does anyone know where it is sold?

We want to verify the information we have at http://www.vintageport.se/vintages.php

RAYC wrote:Vintageport.se is fantastic

Thank you for the nice words.