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Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 16:57 Sun 19 Nov 2017
by idj123
Doggett wrote: 14:36 Sat 18 Nov 2017 I am sure most of you are aware, but just in case... the annual Christmas port offering from Aldi has hit the shelves this week. It is much the same as last year, with the following available whilst stocks last:

40YO Maynard's Aged mid-tawny port 750ml: £29.99 (Great value bottle but can anyone shed any light on the 'mid-tawny' term as I haven't come across it)
1992 Maynard's LBV (Unfiltered) 750ml: £19.99
10YO Maynard's Tawny 750ml: £9.99
2013 Maynard's LBV (Unfiltered) 750ml: £9.99
Maynard's Pink Port 500ml: £7.99
Maynard's Finest Reserve Ruby Porto 200ml: £4.99
The 40yo is scarcer than hen's teeth round here-I went to two Aldi's the day after release only to find the allocation had already gone; the other Aldi close to work doesn't appear to have received an allocation (yet). If anyone sees one could they perhaps pick it up for me please?

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 14:32 Fri 24 Nov 2017
by CPR 1
Waitrose Cellar have just listed Dow 2011 at £75 a bottle! With free champagne on black Friday

http://www.waitrosecellar.com/wine-type ... ntage-port

A positive bargain, 230 bottles available at the moment if anyone is thirsty.

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 14:51 Fri 24 Nov 2017
by idj123
CPR 1 wrote: 14:32 Fri 24 Nov 2017 Waitrose Cellar have just listed Dow 2011 at £75 a bottle! With free champagne on black Friday

http://www.waitrosecellar.com/wine-type ... ntage-port

A positive bargain, 230 bottles available at the moment if anyone is thirsty.
Wow, that is a bargain compared to the price that most wine retailers are knocking it out at!

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 18:11 Fri 24 Nov 2017
by flash_uk
CPR 1 wrote: 14:32 Fri 24 Nov 2017 Waitrose Cellar have just listed Dow 2011 at £75 a bottle! With free champagne on black Friday

http://www.waitrosecellar.com/wine-type ... ntage-port

A positive bargain, 230 bottles available at the moment if anyone is thirsty.
Thx for the heads up Charles. One dozen duly secured.

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 12:28 Sat 25 Nov 2017
by Andy Velebil
flash_uk wrote: 18:11 Fri 24 Nov 2017
CPR 1 wrote: 14:32 Fri 24 Nov 2017 Waitrose Cellar have just listed Dow 2011 at £75 a bottle! With free champagne on black Friday

http://www.waitrosecellar.com/wine-type ... ntage-port

A positive bargain, 230 bottles available at the moment if anyone is thirsty.
Thx for the heads up Charles. One dozen duly secured.
If you place an order over £500 at Waitrose Cellar, you will receive a 1.5L magnum of Pol Roger Brut Reserve.
A free mag of Pol Roger 88)

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 00:00 Tue 28 Nov 2017
by SCP
CPR 1 wrote: 14:32 Fri 24 Nov 2017 Waitrose Cellar have just listed Dow 2011 at £75 a bottle! With free champagne on black Friday

http://www.waitrosecellar.com/wine-type ... ntage-port

A positive bargain, 230 bottles available at the moment if anyone is thirsty.
Likewise, thanks for the pointer. 6 secured with some excellent sparkles thrown in.

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 15:14 Sat 02 Dec 2017
by H_Sterling
Waitrose (in store) currently have various LBVs on offer, including the 2013 Sandeman (a change from the 2012 just 2 months ago).

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 15:25 Sat 02 Dec 2017
by H_Sterling
Brightwells (Leominster, Herefs) next wine auction has a fair number of port lots:

https://www.brightwells.com/antiques-fi ... -december/

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 23:57 Sat 02 Dec 2017
by LGTrotter
I know it is poor planning to mention a port on the forum before buying it but I note that the Wine Society is offering 2000 LBV Warre at £23/bottle. Not an absolute steal but it has a few more years on it than most of those available in supermarkets and the like. They have probably been reading Alex's rave reviews of the older ones. Leave me half a dozen to go with my usual Pol Roger Christmas order please.

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 00:04 Tue 19 Dec 2017
by Alex Bridgeman
I managed to track down a branch of Aldi which had some bottles of the Maynard 1992 LBV in stock (available through their website too).

I've given up trying to find a bottle of the mythical 40YO tawny @ £30 but I did also buy a "Maynard 100 Years of Port" pack consisting of 4 x 20cl bottles containing 10YO, 20YO, 30YO and 40YO tawny.

More ports I've not tasted before.

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 09:38 Tue 19 Dec 2017
by Doggett
AHB wrote: 00:04 Tue 19 Dec 2017 I've given up trying to find a bottle of the mythical 40YO tawny @ £30
Some reports in the press are suggesting that Aldi is now responsible for 20% of the World’s 40YO aged tawny sales. It would be significantly higher if people could find it on sale!

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 18:07 Tue 19 Dec 2017
by benread
AHB wrote:I managed to track down a branch of Aldi which had some bottles of the Maynard 1992 LBV in stock (available through their website too).

I've given up trying to find a bottle of the mythical 40YO tawny @ £30 but I did also buy a "Maynard 100 Years of Port" pack consisting of 4 x 20cl bottles containing 10YO, 20YO, 30YO and 40YO tawny.

More ports I've not tasted before.
Interested to know what you think of 1992 LBV


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Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 18:45 Tue 19 Dec 2017
by Doggett
I tried 3 bottles of the 1992 Maynard LBV from last year when released at Christmas. The first bottle was nothing to write home about, but I thought the next 2 that I had were fantastic and well worth the £20 so late have bought a couple more from the release this year.

1960s to 1980s bin ends at Berrys’ Basingstoke

Posted: 00:59 Thu 11 Jan 2018
by John Owlett
Good evening everyone,

Every now and then, Berrys’ seems to empty a port bin somewhere and put the rather shabby looking bottles on sale at the warehouse shop in Basingstoke. When I was there yesterday, there were a few dozen bottles from 1970 and 1977, together with a few from the 1960s and some from the 1980s. One thing I noticed was that they had both Portugal-bottled and Berrys’-bottled Taylor 1970.

Later,

John

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 14:43 Mon 05 Feb 2018
by idj123
Nickells and Perks February sale now on-one or two reasonable value Ports to my eye.

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 22:02 Thu 16 Aug 2018
by Kaktai
M&S currently running a 1/3 off selected wines promotion (looks to be in-store only, not online).

Our local M&S Foodhall had following ports on sale at a reduced price:

2011 & 2007 vintage port @ £18
20 year tawny @ £23
2001 & 2002 Royal Palace Colheita @ £17

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 11:51 Fri 05 Oct 2018
by Alex Bridgeman
Anyone looking for a bargain could take a look at Berry’s warehouse shop in Basingstoke. Magnums of Taylor 1977 @ £400 and of BBR Own Blend 2011 for £88. Both duty paid.

I managed to resist. It wasn’t hard.

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 12:23 Thu 25 Oct 2018
by Alex Bridgeman
Sainsbury in Bracknell have reduced prices on Graham Crusted b2012, now £12, and Taste the Difference 2003 vintage port, now £18.

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 12:51 Sat 27 Oct 2018
by flash_uk
I noticed that my Sainsbury’s was now stocking GM05 rather than 04.

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 08:42 Fri 02 Nov 2018
by Alex Bridgeman
Waitrose have their “buy six get 25% off” sale going until Tuesday.

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 10:35 Sat 03 Nov 2018
by LGTrotter
AHB wrote: 08:42 Fri 02 Nov 2018 Waitrose have their “buy six get 25% off” sale going until Tuesday.
Unfortunately I don't think that fortified wines are included in the sale this time. Sainsbury's also did not have them in 25% off sale a few weeks ago and Tesco haven't for some time. However M&S, which also have a buy 6 and get 25% off do seem to have included fortified wines. Not sure about the Asda offer.

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 13:10 Sat 03 Nov 2018
by DaveRL
Waitrose online included fortified. I mulled a little then bought a few more QdVesuvio 2011 at £45. My lack of willpower is legendary.

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 14:19 Sat 03 Nov 2018
by idj123
Yes, was in Waitrose earlier and it certainly doesn't apply in store-which is a little naughty imo.

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 18:22 Sat 03 Nov 2018
by Alex Bridgeman
Waitrose online does include fortifieds. I bought 6 bottles of Noval 2015 Bin 08 QT (the equuivalent of Noval Silval 2015) for £37.50 per bottle, duty paid. Some of you may have seen the empty at the B&F in the Red Room (that wasn't mine - that's how I found out about this particular wine).

Re: Port for sale by retailer

Posted: 12:13 Sun 30 Dec 2018
by Alex Bridgeman
My local Tesco has just stocked its shelves with the new Tesco Finest Vintage Port, this one is also from the Symingtons but is now the 2007 vintage. Still £20 a bottle (at full price). Next to it is the Malvedos 2004, currently reduced from £27.50 to also be £20 per bottle.