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Axel P · Post by **Axel P** » 16:10 Wed 14 Dec 2011

Niepoort Colheita 1900, Vintage 1945 and VV

Axel

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 19:41 Wed 14 Dec 2011

Quinta do Vesuvio 2009 x2
Dow 1980 x4

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 19:44 Wed 14 Dec 2011

Alex M wrote:7 x Dow 1983 from BBR @ £29. They still have 4 left if anybody is interested.

That's a nice UK price. I was over in Borough market and there were some wine vendors there hawking it at 70/bottle. That said, i was rather amused to see 30 y.o. vintage port being sold out of the OWC in a street market.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:51 Wed 14 Dec 2011

Zelandakh wrote:Warre's 2006 LBV at £6.99 in Morrisons. Rather heavy and unsubtle on initial drinking but after the first couple of glasses it was better. Uncertain whether that was its contact with air or my contact with port.

Is this Traditional LBV or filtered?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:53 Wed 14 Dec 2011

Alex M wrote:7 x Dow 1983 from BBR @ £29. They still have 4 left if anybody is interested.

That is an extremely fair price - i would have been a buyer at that price!

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:55 Wed 14 Dec 2011

A bottle of Taylor 1890! Whoohoo!

I've now managed to replace all the 100+ year old bottles I've opened (or dropped and broken

) this year.

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 22:38 Wed 14 Dec 2011

AHB wrote:
Alex M wrote:7 x Dow 1983 from BBR @ £29. They still have 4 left if anybody is interested.
That is an extremely fair price - i would have been a buyer at that price!

I'm pretty sure it must have been a pricing error - it just does not make any sense in the context of the prices of other ports on their list...or the last time i purchased a bottle of Dow 83 from them (£40ish in early 2010 i believe, but their prices seem to have gone up a lot since then)

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 22:39 Wed 14 Dec 2011

AHB wrote:
Zelandakh wrote:Warre's 2006 LBV at £6.99 in Morrisons. Rather heavy and unsubtle on initial drinking but after the first couple of glasses it was better. Uncertain whether that was its contact with air or my contact with port.
Is this Traditional LBV or filtered?

Very interesting...i hope this is not a sign that their delayed-release unfiltered is on its way out - the 2001 in Waitrose at the moment is rather good.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 08:39 Thu 15 Dec 2011

RAYC wrote:
AHB wrote:
Zelandakh wrote:Warre's 2006 LBV at £6.99 in Morrisons. Rather heavy and unsubtle on initial drinking but after the first couple of glasses it was better. Uncertain whether that was its contact with air or my contact with port.
Is this Traditional LBV or filtered?
Very interesting...i hope this is not a sign that their delayed-release unfiltered is on its way out - the 2001 in Waitrose at the moment is rather good.

Warre have always made both a filtered and traditional LBV - both are pretty good but I prefer the unfiltered version. I'm assuming that this is a filtered LBV, but thought I'd ask in case there was a change in the release strategy for the traditional LBV.

gerwin.degraaf · Post by **gerwin.degraaf** » 20:02 Thu 15 Dec 2011

1967 Nicolau de Almeida VP (12 bottles, I will probably split this lot). Dutch Bottling

Zelandakh · Post by **Zelandakh** » 21:06 Fri 16 Dec 2011

It is the traditional lbv. I will try a controlled experiment decanting it and leave for 24 hours. Not tonight though - Firsty Friday...port won't last long tonight

Post by **DRT** » 11:40 Sat 17 Dec 2011

AHB wrote:
RAYC wrote:
AHB wrote:
Zelandakh wrote:Warre's 2006 LBV at £6.99 in Morrisons. Rather heavy and unsubtle on initial drinking but after the first couple of glasses it was better. Uncertain whether that was its contact with air or my contact with port.
Is this Traditional LBV or filtered?
Very interesting...i hope this is not a sign that their delayed-release unfiltered is on its way out - the 2001 in Waitrose at the moment is rather good.
Warre have always made both a filtered and traditional LBV - both are pretty good but I prefer the unfiltered version. I'm assuming that this is a filtered LBV, but thought I'd ask in case there was a change in the release strategy for the traditional LBV.

Zelandakh wrote:It is the traditional lbv.

I have just visited Morrisons with the intention of clearing their shelves of this wine. Unfortunately, the vast quantity of Warre LBV 2006 that is on display there at £6.99 per bottle is the standard filtered LBV, not the "Bottle Matured" LBV that was once known as "Traditional".

Zelandakh · Post by **Zelandakh** » 17:12 Sun 18 Dec 2011

Ah Derek, I have misinformed you then, my apologies. I think that it is good for the money despite not being the one I had led you to believe however I did also acquire some Dow's Midnight 50cl bottles yesterday as Sunday afternoon port.

Post by **DRT** » 17:20 Sun 18 Dec 2011

No problem, Nick, the dream was good while it lasted

I'm sure the Warre LBV 06 is a good wine but I decided to save my pennies for the next ridiculous VP offer that hits the UK supermarket shelves this festive season.

Zelandakh · Post by **Zelandakh** » 18:15 Sun 18 Dec 2011

Do let your friends know - I have plenty of NV but no ridiculous priced VP...

Post by **DRT** » 18:53 Sun 18 Dec 2011

Zelandakh wrote:Do let your friends know - I have plenty of NV but no ridiculous priced VP...

A few days ago, DRT wrote:6 bottles of Sainsbury Taste the Difference 2003 VP (bottled by SFE) @ £13.12 each
6 bottles of Graham's Malvedos 1999 @ £15 each.

Sainsbury currently have both of the above on special offer with an additional 25% off for buying 6 or more bottles. They have lots of other styles that are on similarly attractive offers. Go now!!!!

Be more attentive

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 19:12 Sat 24 Dec 2011

5x 2007 Fonseca Magnums

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 23:40 Sun 25 Dec 2011

Not purchases, but Christmas pressies this year included a bottle of 1994 Graham, a bottle of 2006 Graham LBV and a bottle of Ramos Pinto 2000.

Post by **DRT** » 07:27 Mon 26 Dec 2011

A bottle of Dow's Quinta do Bomfim 1999 as a Christmas present

smisse · Post by **smisse** » 17:01 Mon 26 Dec 2011

2 Taylor's 1992
2 Taylor's 1994

Post by **DRT** » 09:35 Tue 27 Dec 2011

This slipped through the net of the eBay Police whilst they were gorging themselves on turkey...

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Post by **PhilW** » 14:52 Tue 27 Dec 2011

DRT wrote:This slipped through the net of the eBay Police whilst they were gorging themselves on turkey...

There is quite a lot of bottles on there at the moment, though mostly over-priced, especially considering lack of provenance etc; Has been a while since I had a good ebay bargain. Wish I'd caught the Sainsbury deal for the 99 Malvedos though...

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 19:01 Tue 27 Dec 2011

I acquired one of the Graham verticals during the most recent FTLOP purchasing opportunity. The price was high, but the bottles were all purchased on release and kept in the cellar at a California winery for their entire lives so I thought... just this once... I'll overpay for known good storage.

14 bottles, starting with '63 and ending with '07.

Post by **DRT** » 19:34 Tue 27 Dec 2011

PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:This slipped through the net of the eBay Police whilst they were gorging themselves on turkey...
There is quite a lot of bottles on there at the moment, though mostly over-priced, especially considering lack of provenance etc; Has been a while since I had a good ebay bargain.

I got this one for £53, which I'm happy with as that's much cheaper than the other four I bought about three years ago. As you might know, 1965 VP is essential to my continued existence and the real cost of this bottle works out at just under £1.02 per week

There are quite a few bottles on there at the moment but they won't all reach the end of the auction before some nerd at eBay zaps them for having a comma in the wrong place in the description

Post by **DRT** » 19:36 Tue 27 Dec 2011

Glenn E. wrote:I acquired one of the Graham verticals during the most recent FTLOP purchasing opportunity. The price was high, but the bottles were all purchased on release and kept in the cellar at a California winery for their entire lives so I thought... just this once... I'll overpay for known good storage.

14 bottles, starting with '63 and ending with '07.

So all you need now is 4 or 5 volunteers to fly to Seattle to help you quality assure your purchase?

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 00:02 Wed 28 Dec 2011

This thread got me over to ebay for a search, which turned this up.

It also turned up the artwork of Raymond Campbell, who frequently paints still-life's that include Port. He's somewhere in the UK, anyone reached out?

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 04:16 Wed 28 Dec 2011

interesting background that is more appealing to look at than the old silver tag

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 17:28 Wed 28 Dec 2011

DRT wrote:
Glenn E. wrote:I acquired one of the Graham verticals during the most recent FTLOP purchasing opportunity. The price was high, but the bottles were all purchased on release and kept in the cellar at a California winery for their entire lives so I thought... just this once... I'll overpay for known good storage.

14 bottles, starting with '63 and ending with '07.
So all you need now is 4 or 5 volunteers to fly to Seattle to help you quality assure your purchase?

If that happens, I would be pleased to open my vertical. Keep me apprised of travel plans.

Note that you're still on the hook for the 1985 horizontal in '15. I have 23 bottles ready for that and know of another contributor who can expand it by 3 (at last check), so it's going to be an epic gathering even if some of the Ports are not quite as epic.

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 05:38 Thu 29 Dec 2011

Glenn E. wrote:
DRT wrote:
Glenn E. wrote:I acquired one of the Graham verticals during the most recent FTLOP purchasing opportunity. The price was high, but the bottles were all purchased on release and kept in the cellar at a California winery for their entire lives so I thought... just this once... I'll overpay for known good storage.

14 bottles, starting with '63 and ending with '07.
So all you need now is 4 or 5 volunteers to fly to Seattle to help you quality assure your purchase?
If that happens, I would be pleased to open my vertical. Keep me apprised of travel plans.

Note that you're still on the hook for the 1985 horizontal in '15. I have 23 bottles ready for that and know of another contributor who can expand it by 3 (at last check), so it's going to be an epic gathering even if some of the Ports are not quite as epic.

Yeah right, getting them to this side of the pond is near impossible.....yes, I'm making fun of you all, now get your arses to this side of the pond as I and many others got lots of Port I need to share that is waiting for you all to get here.

clawhit · Post by **clawhit** » 07:32 Thu 12 Jan 2012

24 Warre 83
24 Warre 85

Thats got my next lot of drinkers sorted

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 08:56 Thu 12 Jan 2012

clawhit wrote:24 Warre 83
24 Warre 85

Thats got my next lot of drinkers sorted

Nice choices. I do like the W83 and W85 as daily drinkers.

ac-fast · Post by **ac-fast** » 17:05 Sat 21 Jan 2012

A box of Vesuvio 91
and Gonzalez Vintage 1920

Anybody ever tastet Gonzalez ???

mpij · Post by **mpij** » 09:44 Tue 14 Feb 2012

Dec 2011 12 bottles Warres 2000 traditional lbv
jan 2012 1 bottle Croft 1935, 1bottle Taylors 1945, 1 bottle SmithWoodhouse1983 and 1 unknown bottle with cork 1/2 inch into neck(later identified as Warres 1958 from cork and not drinkable) all for £100 + buyers premium from local auction.
Feb 2012 not a buy but got bottle Coop lbv and set of Marks and Spencers miniatures as part of 50th from work colleagues.
Martin

Post by **DRT** » 12:20 Tue 14 Feb 2012

Hi Martin,

That's a cracking deal at the auction, even allowing for one duffer - well done!

Derek

mpij · Post by **mpij** » 12:37 Tue 14 Feb 2012

Great deal in Tesco today Croft unfiltered lbv 1/2 bottles reduced from £8.29 to £4.20 but went through till at full price, when I went to customer services they refunded twice the difference! Pity my basket was overflowing as I could have had another 8.
Martin

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 13:16 Tue 14 Feb 2012

mpij wrote:Great deal in Tesco today Croft unfiltered lbv 1/2 bottles reduced from £8.29 to £4.20 but went through till at full price, when I went to customer services they refunded twice the difference! Pity my basket was overflowing as I could have had another 8.
Martin

wait...so you paid 11p per Croft 2004 lbv...that must be a record, even for Tesco!!

mpij · Post by **mpij** » 15:47 Tue 14 Feb 2012

RAYC wrote:
mpij wrote:Great deal in Tesco today Croft unfiltered lbv 1/2 bottles reduced from £8.29 to £4.20 but went through till at full price, when I went to customer services they refunded twice the difference! Pity my basket was overflowing as I could have had another 8.
Martin
wait...so you paid 11p per Croft 2004 lbv...that must be a record, even for Tesco!!

Must admit to being quite pleased. They said the offer had ended but someone must have forgotten to take it off shelf so as it was still advertised at that price and they advertise that they will refund twice difference if they overcharge they had no option but to give refund.
Martin

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 17:05 Wed 15 Feb 2012

Note to self:

Shadow mpij when he goes purchasing.

Christopher · Post by **Christopher** » 22:30 Mon 20 Feb 2012

Niepoort 83
Niepoort 87
Niepoort 92 (Mag)

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 02:33 Tue 21 Feb 2012

Picked up from auction:
2G66, 2Cr63, 2T63, 1F94, 1G85, & ... 1Taylor Fladgate VP NV = an old tawny from the 60's or 70's? Will post pictures once I'm done sorting out the issue with the auction house.

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 05:31 Tue 21 Feb 2012

Christopher wrote:Niepoort 92 (Mag)

interesting....anything to do with this...?!

Zelandakh · Post by **Zelandakh** » 17:46 Sat 25 Feb 2012

Anyone got any current tips on supermarket purchases of NV tipples for routine consumption? Currently enjoying a Passadouro at the moment and the cellar is looking very unloved apart from a few of those. Urgently need to shop.

gerwin.degraaf · Post by **gerwin.degraaf** » 10:32 Wed 21 Mar 2012

2 x Vesuvio 2000 VP
2 x Graham's 2000 VP
2 x Smith Woodhouse 2000 VP
8 x Cálem Quinta do Foz 1987 VP

3 x Sandeman 1945 VP

All won at auction last weekend.

Also bought quite some Quevedo Ports and wines (red and white Oscar's).
Gerwin de Graaf

Zelandakh · Post by **Zelandakh** » 20:48 Wed 28 Mar 2012

Turns out that 24 1992 Dow's Quinta de Bonfim are heading my way.

Courtesy of a very nice chap on this here forum.

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 20:57 Wed 28 Mar 2012

Zelandakh wrote:Turns out that 24 1992 Dow's Quinta de Bonfim are heading my way.

Courtesy of a very nice chap on this here forum.

that, is a proper buy

and one that soudned very worth while!

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 22:18 Wed 28 Mar 2012

Finally the weather evened out...
6F77, 3Cr77, 2S77, 1F75
And from the Taylor tasting, 4D85, one of which requires immediate drinking. When shall we drink it?

Post by **DRT** » 23:45 Wed 28 Mar 2012

Zelandakh wrote:Turns out that 24 1992 Dow's Quinta de Bonfim are heading my way.

Courtesy of a very nice chap on this here forum.

That would be Quinta do Bomfim

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 15:32 Thu 29 Mar 2012

Hey Derek,

would these guys be willing to ship it to a port to be included as part of a palate?

Post by **DRT** » 16:37 Thu 29 Mar 2012

g-man wrote:Hey Derek,

would these guys be willing to ship it to a port to be included as part of a palate?

I'm quite sure they will do anything provided it is legal and is paid for. I will send James an email and copy you in so that you and he can make arrangements.

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 19:22 Thu 29 Mar 2012

thanks derek