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by Axel P
19:08 Mon 07 Apr 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: 2006 Declarations
Replies: 55
Views: 31185

No: Borges, La Rosa, Da Silva (Dalva), Passadouro, Pintas, Nossa N.S. do Carmo

Axel
by Axel P
20:21 Sun 06 Apr 2008
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Wokingham, Tuesday 20th May 2008
Replies: 214
Views: 88755

Im happy, too!

Axel
by Axel P
20:02 Sun 06 Apr 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: 2006 Declarations
Replies: 55
Views: 31185

First feedback from Verena Niepoort: No intention to declare a 2006 VP.

Axel
by Axel P
16:55 Sun 06 Apr 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: My homepage in english & with the german download-area
Replies: 0
Views: 1107

My homepage in english & with the german download-area

Gentlemen, with the help of some of you of the forum concerning the english-translation I was able to open up an english part of my homepage as well. Though the design is not final yet I would be very happy to receive your feedback. For the german readers habe ich einen download-Bereich eingeführ...
by Axel P
21:02 Fri 04 Apr 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: They will also lauch Pink Port as Pink Vintage Port
Replies: 15
Views: 5488

Jut jemäät

Da haste die Tommies aber mal richtig schön dranne jekriecht.

Wenn mer op platt schwätze, dann verstonn se uns bestimmt net.

Viele Grüße aus der Nachbarschaft

Axel
by Axel P
09:52 Thu 03 Apr 2008
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Wokingham, Tuesday 20th May 2008
Replies: 214
Views: 88755

I will continue my trip to Ireland on the next day, but I have to be in Luton at 1300 hrs or so. Alex: Could Wolfgang come as well. He will bring a Quarles Harris 80 with him. You know him from the Noval tasting. All: I forgot to mention that it will be a Mg. Fonseca VP 1980 of course. Reason for th...
by Axel P
17:05 Wed 02 Apr 2008
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Wokingham, Tuesday 20th May 2008
Replies: 214
Views: 88755

Dudes,

I will be there, too, and will bring a Magnum Fonseca.

Looking forward talking to you (again)

Axel
by Axel P
12:45 Tue 01 Apr 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Quick Trip to VNG and/or the Douro Anyone?
Replies: 28
Views: 8905

Id love to but my wife would kill me.

Axel
by Axel P
22:36 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: 2007 - will it be a Vintage year?
Replies: 68
Views: 26490

Frederic: Vesuvio - yeap Niepoort - do not know, very many TNs, but very far apart. Vale Meao did not declare a VP 2005 Senhora da Ribeira is a very good wine More about the 2005s soon. Tom: Longelivity of 91s. I always had the impression that the 91s are pretty far developed already. Especially com...
by Axel P
22:28 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: What the Portuguese drink
Replies: 14
Views: 5922

Derek,

good point. The only thing what I am missing is the quality awareness. Even if many germans drink a liter-can of the cheapest beer everyday, most of them are aware that there are many private breweries with a very high quality.

Axel
by Axel P
21:59 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: How Closely Related are LBV and VP from the Same Vintage?
Replies: 18
Views: 7442

Well Im not really sure if a 20-40.000 liter vat, which is averagely 25 years in service really leaves a tastable mark on a wine, but I leave it open to discussion.

Axel
by Axel P
21:57 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: What the Portuguese drink
Replies: 14
Views: 5922

Tom, I was very disappointed discovering the same back in Germany. We have a portugese "heimatverein", which is a place where many portugese meet on a regular basis and portugese food is served there. The standard port there is a - you would have guessed - Cruz Tawny Port. When asking, mos...
by Axel P
21:52 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: How Closely Related are LBV and VP from the Same Vintage?
Replies: 18
Views: 7442

G-man, my point was, that LBVs and VPs from good years will both give you good pleasure. The problem is the direct comparison. If you'd try to compare them at a young age - you can't because the LBV is still in the cask. When the LBV gets to the markets, the VP starts to close down. And when it open...
by Axel P
21:34 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Barros Colheita | Favorite Vintages
Replies: 3
Views: 2220

Im just sitting over a freshly opened Barros VP 2005, which is one of the best VPs of Barros Ive had so far. I tasted a 1994 Colheita together with a 10y old in 2004 which were quiete pleasant. Last week I had a Barros Colheita 1935. I will post the TN in a bit. I think Barros' strenght is definitel...
by Axel P
18:30 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: NV Sogevinus Honorable Tawny
Replies: 0
Views: 2440

NV Sogevinus Honorable Tawny

The label says: Honotable Trade Mark, Porto Fine Tawny, Bottled by Sogevinus. Very dark-brown colour. A strange odour which reminds me of a mixture of bottle stink and very old Colheitas. Unpleasant. The structure of the wine is not too bad however. In the mouth the wine is very simple with the same...
by Axel P
17:10 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2000 Niepoort LBV
Replies: 7
Views: 5729

If this is so, than it was at least worth it. The Niepoort 2003 VP is very good. The first LBV from Niepoort I tasted was the 96 I think and this was totally poop. I never touched their LBVs until 2000/2001.

Agreed: the 2001 LBV is a very good LBV.

Axel
by Axel P
16:59 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: I'm stranded in the Port barelands
Replies: 15
Views: 5859

All the best

Axel
by Axel P
16:51 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: How Closely Related are LBV and VP from the Same Vintage?
Replies: 18
Views: 7442

In my humble oppinion the wines are hard to compare, because normally a LBV is made for direct consumption and a VP - well you know that yourself. The quality however is depending on the year, so an outstanding year should produce not only outstanding VPs, but outstanding LBVs as well. Take 2000 for...
by Axel P
21:45 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 77357

Q1: In my personal lists I encountered the same problem, which I solved in always leaving the quinta aside. Q2. No modifiers as we are not doing the standardized language profile test.. Q3 and Q4. No quotation marks and no possesives. As Im a forgeinger this is not too difficult for me. I would go f...
by Axel P
10:40 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: I'm stranded in the Port barelands
Replies: 15
Views: 5859

Ronnie,

be a pioneer and try to blend from the three.

Always remember: there are people fairly close to you in the desert and they would love to have something like this.

Leaving the fun aside: Im very sorry, but an internet shopping should be possible, shouldnt it?

All the best to the south

Axel
by Axel P
10:33 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Latest buy
Replies: 2095
Views: 832771

My latest buy were a couple of cases of the Vesuvio 2005. Alex, I just bought a single bottle of Ramos Pinto 91 as well and Im very curious how this is. Unfortunately the official price level of the general importeur of Ramos Pinto is unacceptable, but this producer, which I havent paid much attenti...
by Axel P
10:30 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Thursday’s port: RP85 or G80?
Replies: 17
Views: 6765

again....

Axel
by Axel P
10:21 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Another bullshit about port
Replies: 14
Views: 6582

I do not want to sound like someone who know better, but I think I read 74 a couple of times. So the last Vintage to be bottled as well outside of Vila Nova was 70 and the first generally declared Vintage to be bottled solely in Vila Nova was 75.

Axel
by Axel P
19:59 Sun 23 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1977 Burmester
Replies: 8
Views: 8880

Im quiete disappointed with the Burmester VPs through the years. They tend to be below average all the way. On german ebay there is just a bottle 63 Burmester sold for 171 EUR.

I would rather spend this money for some real port.

Axel

P.S.: Better go for the Boa Vista next time :)
by Axel P
14:55 Sun 23 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Should we bin the MB & JS Scores?
Replies: 7
Views: 3420

I dont trust single scores as well, but the more scores there are the better the picture. In the Bordeaux region it was always worthy to taste a wine that has been scored well from Broadbent, Parker and Gabriel.

So I would suggest we add more scores from trusty guys.

Axel