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[jdaw1]

Fenwick's

Please, where is “Fenwick's†? Link?

[Simon Lisle]

I'm afraid Fenwick's do not have a website that I know of but the price was £18.

[RonnieRoots]

Rubby, good one on the Vesuvio! I tried to find it desperately around Utrecht before we left, but no luck.

[jdaw1]

Seen on the shelves of Manor House Cellar (61 West 23rd Street, ☏ +1 212 206 7900):

• $80, Hutcheson 1980;
• $67, Hutcheson colheita 1975;
• $31, Rozès LBV 1994.

I’ve bought the Hutcheson 1980 (if it’s excellent I’ll consider dragging one across the pond for the 1980 horizontal), and a Rozès LBV 1994 for the LBV tasting.

[Rubby]

Rubby, good one on the Vesuvio! I tried to find it desperately around Utrecht before we left, but no luck.

It was a lucky find on Marktplaats (for the non Dutchies: a public classifieds site) and I thought ┚¬ 50 was not a bad deal. Had to go to Schiedam to pick it up though.
The only shop I have found that sells one, wants ┚¬ 68 for it. Other shops sell Vesuvio, but never the '94.

[RonnieRoots]

LadyR and I enjoyed our first chance of indulging in the fine are of "port-buying" after months and months of living on a strict budget. So we bought:
- 3x magnum Warre 1977
- 1x 0,75 Warre 1977
- 3x Fonseca 1977
- 4x Graham 1983

[Conky]

LadyR and I enjoyed our first chance of indulging in the fine are of "port-buying" after months and months of living on a strict budget. So we bought:
- 3x magnum Warre 1977
- 1x 0,75 Warre 1977
- 3x Fonseca 1977
- 4x Graham 1983

Excellent! Is that in Oman, or are you visiting somewhere? If you are in Oman, that sounds like the foreseeable special occasions sorted out, now you just need a decent House Port.

[RonnieRoots]

Bought in Oman? Not a chance. We bought this over the internet from a UK retailer, who was so kind to deliver it to our storage in the Netherlands.

Still looking for a house port... but we'll have some people bring a couple of bottles of LBV with them when they come back from their family visit in Holland. That should give us some temporary relief.

[Rubby]

Ronnie,
Do you have any pointers for me, where I could find descent Port at a reasonable price? I've already found some places, but it's never enough. Never enough.

And which UK seller do you have good experiences with, shipment wise?

[RonnieRoots]

Rubby, I've taken you question to a new thread.

[Rubby]

Thanks a lot Ronnie,
Some of them I know, but some are new. Will definitely check them out!
(I'm posting in this thread to keep the other one 'clean').

[Rubby]

Bought today at v. Dongen (thanks to RonnieRoots for pointing this place out):

1991 Ramos Pinto VP
2000 Kopke Colheita
2001 Quinta do Crasto LBV

[ac-fast]

Did it again....... just bought a bottle of Noval 66, for 60£

[Conky]

Did it again....... just bought a bottle of Noval 66, for 60£

Great price. Have you said where from? I did re-read the thread, but may have missed it.

[ac-fast]

I bought it on a danish wine auction

[ac-fast]

One more time... bought 3 bottels of Noval 66

[Alex Bridgeman]

I've just bought some bottles of Smith Woodhouse 1997 for under £10 per bottle, in bond.

They shall stay there for another 10 years!

[DRT]

I've just bought some bottles of Smith Woodhouse 1997 for under £10 per bottle, in bond.

They shall stay there for another 10 years!

So will mine - but the 6 half bottles of Graham's 1985 I bought two days ago are unlikely to see 2010

[ajfeather]

I've just bought some bottles of Smith Woodhouse 1997 for under £10 per bottle, in bond.

They shall stay there for another 10 years!

So will mine - but the 6 half bottles of Graham's 1985 I bought two days ago are unlikely to see 2010

And so will mine, I bought some bottles of Fonseca 2000 a week ago and those will probably stay in storage for 20 years

[SushiNorth]

2 TFg. Vargellas 2005 $47/ea
2 Croft Roeda 2005 $43/ea
2 Fonseca Guim. 2005 $44/ea
1 SWC LBV 1984 $30
1 Croft 2003 (was supposed to be 3*) $70
1 Grahams 2003** $80
1 Qd Noval 2003** $75

* - apparently there's a spanish dockworkers strike hindering some distributor's access to portugese wines. Sadly they didn't have enough Croft to fulfill my order, so I ** picked up two alternatives. That makes 4 Croft03, 3 Noval03, and 1 Grahams03. All I'm missing are a few Fonseca's.

Bottles purchased via Liquor Outlet Wine Cellars
Also got two Argiano Brunellos from 03. They declassified it because of the scandal. I've 3 of the declassified ones (just released), so I'm making two "historical novelty" 2-packs and drinking the last bottle.

[Alex Bridgeman]

1 SWC LBV 1984 $30

What does the SWC stand for?

[g-man]

1 SWC LBV 1984 $30

What does the SWC stand for?

smith woodhouse and co. I'm guessing =)

[SushiNorth]

1 SWC LBV 1984 $30

What does the SWC stand for?

smith woodhouse and co. I'm guessing =)

Indeed There was an interesting tasting note some guy posted, so i figured at $30 I could give it a try.

[RonnieRoots]

Some very nice offers this last month that I couldn't resist:

12x Fonseca Guimaraens 1976
1x Taylor's 1963
2x Quarles Harris 1977

[Alex Bridgeman]

1 SWC LBV 1984 $30

What does the SWC stand for?

smith woodhouse and co. I'm guessing =)

Indeed There was an interesting tasting note some guy posted, so i figured at $30 I could give it a try.

I thought it was great when I tried it about a year ago and I would happily buy this at $30 a bottle.

And having built it up so much, I hope you like it too!