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This thread to be used to announce confirmed declarations for 2007 VP.

Wines identified in posts below will be listed in this header as they are announced:

1. Andresen
2. Barros
3. Burmester
4. Churchill
5. Cálem
6. Cockburn
7. Cockburn Quinta dos Canais
8. Croft
9. Delaforce
10. Dow
11. Quinta do Crasto
12. Ferreira
13. Fonseca
14. Gould Campbell
15. Graham
16. Kopke
17. Quinta do Vale d. Maria
18. Martinez
19. Vale Meao
20. Messias
21. Messias Quinta do Cachão
22. Niepoort
23. Niepoort Pisca
24. Quinta do Noval
25. Noval Silval
26. Offley Boa Vista
27. Quinta do Passadouro
28. Quinta do Portal
29. Pintas
30. Pocas
31. Pousada
32. Quarles Harris
33. Quevedo
34. Quinta da Romaneira
35. Quinta de Roriz
36. Quinta de la Rosa
37. Quinta do Infantado
38. Quinta do Tedo
39. Quinta do Tedo Savedra
40. Ramos-Pinto
41. Ramos-Pinto Quinta de Ervamoira
42. Royal Oporto
43. Sandeman
44. Smith Woodhouse
45. Taylor
46. Taylor Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha
47. Quinta do Vesuvio
48. Vesuvio Capella (or maybe Quinta do Vesuvio Capella)
49. Warre

Roy Hersh wrote:To the best of my knowledge based on what key individuals at these firms have said, these producers are not going to declare 2007.

Krohn
Quinta do Cotto/Champalimaud
Casal Jordoes
C. da Silva
Borges - still under consideration

Roy Hersh wrote:Vasconcellos - confirmed just now that they won't declare 2007.

In an email to me today...

Verena Niepoort wrote:Vintage 2007 is now official. It is approved by the IVDP. We plan to bottle the wine in May

Vale Meao will declare a 2007 as well.

Axel

Can I suggest that we add the IB release prices (retail prices) as they become known - it would make an interesting archive to compare against future auction prices.

Tom

uncle tom wrote:Can I suggest that we add the IB release prices (retail prices) as they become known - it would make an interesting archive to compare against future auction prices.

Good idea.

So, with all the information on FTLOP the following can also be added to the list:

- Graham
- Warre
- Dow
- Martinez
- Quinta do Vesuvio
- Gould Campbell
- Quarles Harris
- Smith Woodhouse
- Quinta do Vale d. Maria
- Quinta de Roriz
- Quinta do Crasto

Passadouro and Pintas. Andresen. Pocas Jr. and Pousada. LaRosa. Quevedo.

Look out for Passadouro - good stuff!

I spoke to many producers the last couple of days and found none of them who will not produce a VP 07. The only one who was unsure was Dona Matilde.

Axel

List updated to this point. Keep em coming

Sandeman, Offley and Ferreira.

Axel

Cockburn and Canais, Messias and Cachao.

Axel

Sogevinus has declared all their leading brands: Kopke, Burmester, Calem, Barros.

Axel

Churchill - in Johnny Churchill's blog

Request to thread author - could you put the list on the first post into alphabetical order please?

List updated to this point. Keep ’em coming.

here we are, just twiddling our thumbs til thursday...

Ramos Pinto and Ervamoira, too

Axel

FYI when I spoke to the importers of Romaneira at the Lords Potrugal tasting last month they indicated that 2007 would be declared. According to Tanners the importer is no moer and I have not been able to confirm whether it actually was (the Romaneira web site appears to be oriented to tourist).

To the best of my knowledge based on what key individuals at these firms have said, these producers are not going to declare 2007.

Krohn
Quinta do Cotto/Champalimaud
Casal Jordoes
C. da Silva
Borges - still under consideration

List updated to this point and I have quoted Roy's post above in the header post to keep declarations and known non-declarations together.

I will try to find out about Romaniera through another route

are we going to keep track of 2007 price declarations too?

g-man wrote:are we going to keep track of 2007 price declarations too?

As soon as they start declaring prices we will be all over them like a rash

Romaneira will ... but hasn't yet.


Vasconcellos - confirmed just now that they won't declare 2007.

Roy Hersh wrote:Romaneira will ... but hasn't yet.

I had this confirmed by another very reliable source this afternoon.

Although unconfirmed I was told that I would get a strong support from Noval for my german VP tasting next year. I guess that should mean something, but nothing official yet.

Axel