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- 21:25 Wed 16 Apr 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: What does the sediment tell you?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8916
What does the sediment tell you?
The purpose of this thread is not to debate any relationship between quantity of sediment and quality, but whether the texture of the sediment gives clues to the grape varieties used to make the wine. There seem to be three types of sediment formation: 1) Fine dust 2) Gritty soup 3) Flakes I am curr...
- 16:26 Wed 16 Apr 2008
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Property woes..
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1842
Property woes..
For several years now I have been a bit of a bear regarding the property market. In the late eighties, I saw the last slump coming, and acted accordingly, my forecast being much ridiculed at the time. The current boom became unsustainable about six years ago, and for the last four my prognosis has b...
- 23:05 Mon 14 Apr 2008
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Ridiculous Statistic
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5632
Far too busy in another field. If this link is not off-limits, I'll expand..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Matt/pM ... 4AVCBQYIV0
Tom
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Matt/pM ... 4AVCBQYIV0
Tom
- 16:36 Sun 13 Apr 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1991 Pocas
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3186
1991 Pocas
Simon has been very generous with his stash - here's my take: On decanting, the wine had some rough edges, but was approachable. 18 hours later I thought it a bit jammy - cranberries came to mind - not noticeably better than when first decanted. 30 hours and the wine had come round, darker, deep and...
- 10:56 Wed 09 Apr 2008
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Investing in Portugal
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6149
France had a referendum on the Maasticht treaty, on 20 Sept 1992, which — by an edge — came in over the line. (Had it been in metropolitan France only, would have lost, but the overseas départements were sufficiently in favour to get the total over 50%.) The Irish referendum was on 18 June 1992. ...
- 09:30 Wed 09 Apr 2008
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Investing in Portugal
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6149
- 23:09 Tue 08 Apr 2008
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Investing in Portugal
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6149
what’s the point of the change The notion that one size can fit all is the great failing of the euro. The issue is not the funding of multinationals, it's much more mundane. Sovereign central banks need to be able to set interest rates that best suit their domestic circumstances, the everyday lives...
- 21:22 Tue 08 Apr 2008
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Investing in Portugal
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6149
A long essay Julian, but I disagree with your conclusion. A member country in the eurozone could very easily re-create it's old currency - or an entirely new one - and convert it's national debt into the new currency. In the first instance it would probably be wise to value the new currency at exact...
- 19:26 Tue 08 Apr 2008
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Investing in Portugal
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6149
I'm going to hang fire at the moment - the property market in Spain is a disaster area, and while I've not heard much about Portugal, I know they've been getting drunk on cheap money, so a bad hangover is very likely! When realism prevails, I shall start sniffing around.. ..but will they still be us...
- 15:18 Tue 08 Apr 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: 1969 Recommendation.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6012
- 13:58 Tue 08 Apr 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: 1969 Recommendation.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6012
- 17:43 Mon 07 Apr 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Large bottle sizes: a campaign
- Replies: 77
- Views: 67624
- 18:21 Sat 05 Apr 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: The Vesuvio Phenomenon
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9193
Invested £12 in the GN (pub sweepstake) - got £30 back (second place nag) - so a happy bunny! (my other three horses got nowhere!) Andy, If you try to hang that bin label on a bottle in a regular rack, it crashes onto the bottle below and looks stupid.. Fine for bins holding bottles by the hundred, ...
- 12:07 Sat 05 Apr 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: The Vesuvio Phenomenon
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9193
If you thought Vesuvio was prettily packaged - have a look at the Dow Senhora da Ribeira packaging.. Personally, I'd rather have a couple of extra bottles for the same money, and have them packed in cardboard cartons. The solution to the your problem however is follow my example - take the bottles o...
- 13:33 Thu 03 Apr 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: New Vintage Port Mixed Cases
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8296
- 01:55 Sat 29 Mar 2008
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Standardised House Names
- Replies: 146
- Views: 77689
- 01:19 Sat 29 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: What did you get for Christmas...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5600
- 01:15 Sat 29 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Boil port
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2256
- 17:58 Fri 28 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: 2007 - will it be a Vintage year?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 26611
- 17:46 Fri 28 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Shipping from Portugal
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2068
- 13:14 Fri 28 Mar 2008
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Standardised House Names
- Replies: 146
- Views: 77689
- 23:52 Thu 27 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: How Closely Related are LBV and VP from the Same Vintage?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7487
And I still don't have any... :? I found the Ramos Pinto lodge, but they were firmly closed for easter (unlike most others..) so I wasn't able to check out that little line of enquiry. Derek, could you ask your son (very nicely..) if he'd let his dear old dad share one of those bottles with his mate...
- 21:33 Thu 27 Mar 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: A Charlatan, or a growing attitude...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9941
- 17:15 Thu 27 Mar 2008
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Standardised House Names
- Replies: 146
- Views: 77689
To be called “Harvey of Bristol†? Are they the http://www.harveys-usa.com? Just Harvey should suffice. There's a fair number of bottlers who only put their own name on the bottle - some put the shipper's name on the cork, but some didn't... To make things really complicated, one of these bottlers ...
- 17:08 Thu 27 Mar 2008
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Standardised House Names
- Replies: 146
- Views: 77689
Please could somebody write a simple list, explaining all uses of the term “Silval†? Silval is to Noval what Secundum is to Niepoort - a second wine, normally made with grapes from both the quinta and also from grapes bought in. Quinta do Silval has (I believe) no association with Noval and is pri...