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I remain interested, but unless I can somehow pull off trips three years in a row (I'm already planning 2010 and 2012) there's a good chance that I won't be able to make this tasting in 2011.

But there may be a queue of Americans at the door of the Crusting Pipe for this one who had their name down for the diagonal :roll: Me, for one. :P I haven't made any travel arrangements for the 2010 Harvest Tour yet, though, so could skip the UK portion of the after-trip if I'm not part of this ta...

‟854: 6×G70 @ €500” is €500+bp ≈ €620 ≈ $950 per lot or almost $160 per bottle. That’s not auction bargain. Oh right, forgot the buyer's premium. $125 per bottle is a good price for a G70 (in the US)... $160 is not. Low-end retail for G70 is about $150 in the US right now. I don't assume that auct...

Some of those prices aren't too bad, assuming you've listed the lot price and not a per bottle price. Lot 854 seems reasonable (by US standards) for 6 x G70, for example.

I'm jealous that you're able to be there! I doubt I'd buy, but it would sure be fun to watch in person.

Interesting... I've always thought that the 1985 Dow was one of the better balanced Ports of the vintage. It is neither the Fonseca nor the Graham, but it has always been nicely balanced and well integrated.

So which is it, have I been lucky or were you unlucky with this bottle?

Axel P wrote:

RonnieRoots wrote:Impossible not to love.

did you mean Gustavo or the Vesuvio 94?

Probably both!

1 x Warre's Otima 20-yr Old Tawny Port (outrageous price at $44, but I really wanted to try it) 12 x 1985 Churchill's Vintage Port (to be this winter's house Port, minus one bottle for my 1985 horizontal) 1 x 1985 Hooper's Vintage Port (bringing me to 20 bottles in the horizontal) I got the Churchil...

DRT wrote:

AHB wrote:my resistance has crumbled.

So has mine.

Your resistance was never solid enough in the first place to be able to "crumble."

Quiver like jello, sure, but crumble?

Sandeman 63 picked up. Excellent! Can one of you PM me the total cost/number of attendees so that I can clue in my +1 and also start saving myself? *** ALERT *** PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE CHANGED THE DATE. I don't know what happened, but thankfully we checked the date yet again while we were purchasi...

I now have a +1 for the tasting. A friend of ours is going to come with us to NYC. He's one of my converts that I've been working on, and I think he'll enjoy a real tasting.

Fitty, yo!

While yummy, it sounds like this bottle is somewhat different than the one we shared in Paris?

1. Churchill 2. Martinez 3. Ramos Pinto The Graham, like the Fonseca, is for experts. The Churchill would be as well except that you have two and can afford to treat your guests to something special. I wouldn't serve the Souza or Royal Oporto, because you want to serve something good just in case th...

I'd get the 1977 Taylor... it's a fantastic Port. I haven't been all that impressed by the VVVs that I have tasted. They're very good, but I have yet to taste one that surpasses the same-year Taylor.

Bah, that sucks.

I still haven't found a '63 Sandeman for a good price. There seem to be a few floating around, but I'm not sure I want to pay $250 for one. There's a cheap one at Wine Consigners, but I'm not sure I trust bottles from them so I'll keep looking!

2 x 1960 Croft... getting ahead of the game for my parents' 50th anniversary next year.

A stunning recipe for the Port-loving man at home alone, as DRT is this evening... 1. Go out and buy 1kg of top quality Ribeye steak. 2. Decant a bottle of Quinta da Eira Velha 2000. 3. Wait 3 hours. 4. Flash-fry 0.5kg of steak, applying liberal quantities of ground balck pepper as it cooks. 5. Pou...

I grant you that a gallon a night for five nights is not that excessive. Americans - our pints are bigger than yours, our are 20 fluid ounces each, so to you, fifty pints. As Julian explained to me, your pints are 20 British fluid ounces which are not as large as American fluid ounces. One American...

1 x 1985 Graham magnum
1 x 1980 Dow

Of course not! Any chance to share something with your wife is good, particularly when it is something (else) that you love.

Sorry to hear about the lack of bonus, but the VP sounds like it was great!

AHB wrote:I've stopped using it as it scores grooves in either side of the cork and - inevitably - obscures the name and vintage of the wine.

Hmm... they mark the "up" side of the bottle with whitewash, why couldn't they brand the top of the cork as well to avoid this problem?

SCP-DFF wrote:Knitting? Crossword Puzzles?

Are you guys serious?

No, but my wife... er, SCP-DFW... is very serious about both.

Andy V wrote:

DRT wrote:Works for me!

Me too

Me three!

Welcome to :tpf: Helen! I think that KillerB has summarized it for you very nicely. If I were you I would look for a Fonseca or a Taylor, because if you can find one of those in your price range they are the very best that the vintage has to offer. You will need some luck, though. Failing that, I wo...