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I thought it might be fun to have a thread to record good and bad port prices in hotels.

My first contribution is The Rubens in London.

Fonseca Bin 27 - £59 per bottle

Taylor's LBV 2000 - £68 per bottle

Taylor's 10 yr old - £79 per bottle

Dow's 1997 VP - £95 per bottle



Derek

Is it the new Uranium corkscrew from Screwpull which automatically cuts its emmisions in half when placed in a lightbox?

jdaw1 wrote:

Conky wrote:kilmarnock

Is that a fish? Well I never.

No, it's a town in Ayrshire with a crap football team

Derek

AHB wrote:As Derek and Al-K can testify, I cannot drink a great deal and start to be the worse for wear after a few sniffs of port, let alone glasses.

********!!!

Todd,

You just have to keep posting and you will soon evolve into something more acceptable

Derek

Because they are written vertically as KKK

Kevin
Katrina
Kieran

Many supermarkets and wine merchants sell VP under their own label (known for some reason as BOB's). Some of these identify the particular shipper who produced the wine whilst others simply reference one of the large conglomorates such as the Symington Family or the Taylor Fladgate Partnership. In n...

Well done on the score. I can't argue with it. Which means nothing really but I thought I'd say it anyway

It's 1994, but you just made me think of a good port question which I will take to the port threads.

It's interesting what an hour can do to a VP. This is now very nice, although still too young for my taste. I'm looking forward to giving this some air in a couple of days and seeing what it's made of.

3 Hours Chugging along well. I'm losing the subtilties of flavour and concentrating on the smoothness of the drink. Its developing a stronger heat, with an shade of apple to the aftertaste. To me thats not peculier, I often get that when there's a tad too much alcohol about. Surprised its kicking i...

I have to say that the boy is developing well. He knows bits about what port is what and has seen me consume a moderate amount over the years to enable him to know what I like. His own port tasting experience is also quite impressive. He has had a taste of his fair share of 1960's VP's and a small g...

OK - I admit it, I poured a rather large glass and left no room in it to allow me to get a good whiff. Now down to a small glassful and with a few vigorous swirls the distinctive smell of immature port emerges. I can also now see very thick tears on the side of the glass. The harshness is gone so I ...

Have you started that nightcap yet? If you take any longer I'm going to have to pour another glass

You do lead me astray, don't you

A bottle given to me by my son for Fathers Day 1994 tesco's Vintage Port - produced by the Symington Family Pop and pour without decanting on the insistence of Conky. Nice fruity smell. Quite thick but then develops quite a harsh edge. Dominant taste is raspberry. Very dry in the finish. Second tas...

I'm not sure if something has been lost in translation but parts of this read like an appology to TFP for the approval process dragging it's feet and missing the traditional announcement day.

Sounds like muscle flexing by the big boys has worked

I still haven't seen it. No broadband yet and not brave enough to access it from work. I seen the first 5 seconds or so and have a mental image of what's coming next. Not something I want the company internet police sending me an email about :shock: Just made me think of a funny story. One day at wo...

OKI - TN on it's way

Interesting stuff. Do you have any links to sources of gossip and scandal? Best to get straight to the truth before waiting on the official story

Todd, That sounds almost as bad as my injury. If it had happened to me it would obviously have been worse than the broken hand but as it happened to you the broken hand gets my vote. I hope you inflicted some pain on the guy who decided it was a good idea to jump on your leg :wink: I can agree with ...

WOW :shock: - can't believe you've still got any left :? I'm in need of some advice from a wise old friend. It's 23:55 and I have to get up at 06:00 to drive to Doncaster to catch a train to London for an extremely important meeting, accompanied by my boss. Should I: 1. Go to bed 2. Open a bottle of...

admin wrote:Alex - if you post another message then I will upgrade you... The Creator

Isn't that Assistant to The Creator - just like Gareth and David?

I hardly do any tawny's so will leave for someone else

And of course how would you know that unless you had tasted it? :D I know because you tasted it, so we killed only half of the bottles we would have if we had both been drinking it too young :wink: - I knew we would find a use for Americans one day :lol: :lol: OK - back on thread - I've never taste...