Musings on a book
Musings on a book
I plan to use this thread to share enjoyable excerpts discovered as I dip into Port Vintages: The Chronicle of Vintage Ports, from the Beginning.
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Page 101. On a prior occasion, I had read the same extract from "A Miscellany of WIne", which discusses the perils of using a narrow-thread corkscrew. I now have a habit when visiting new places and browsing around shops, of searching for corkscrews which have a wide-thread screw. I have yet to find a good one.
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Page 107. On 24 October 1952, the Trinity College Cambridge wine committee determined that the 1927 Dow was fading and "...should be put into service in the Combination Room during the Summer of 1953." The one and only tasting note on the Port Forum, written in 2018 for 1927 Dow, suggests Dow did not reach the heights of other shippers from that year. It seems this was apparent a mere 25 years after the harvest!
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A very good idea for a thread
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
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As I sip my G70 on Christmas Day...
Page 6. Broadbent references a get-together badged as “The Great Port Controversy” lunch. What a fabulous topic for a lunch, with, I imagine, some fabulous juice also.
Page 6. Broadbent references a get-together badged as “The Great Port Controversy” lunch. What a fabulous topic for a lunch, with, I imagine, some fabulous juice also.
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I want not to comment much in this thread — will try to resist temptation — but please forgive a general remark.
If something is “a fabulous topic for a lunch” (or dinner, or ‘tasting’, or the like) then please include me.
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Comment at will! I sense you share my desire to have attended such a lunch, and perhaps my inclination to create a similar event
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Pages 52 & 53. In 1894, J. A. De Macedo Esq. of Osmandthorpe Hall, auctioned some Croft 1834. In 1904, the same chap, now of Leventhorpe Hall, auctioned some Croft 1844. I wondered why he moved house. Couldn't find anything on that, but he did make some patent applications: Patent 1, Patent 2. These auctions suggest he had a habit of selling port when it reached 60 years old. He had three sons who attended Leeds Grammar. Osmandthorpe Hall burnt down in 1924. Leventhorpe Hall is still standing, just.
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The index of auction vendors points to the multiple Ports he sold.flash_uk wrote: ↑23:43 Tue 01 Jan 2019 Pages 52 & 53. In 1894, J. A. De Macedo Esq. of Osmandthorpe Hall, auctioned some Croft 1834. In 1904, the same chap, now of Leventhorpe Hall, auctioned some Croft 1844. I wondered why he moved house. Couldn't find anything on that, but he did make some patent applications: Patent 1, Patent 2. These auctions suggest he had a habit of selling port when it reached 60 years old.
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And fast forward to October 2022 and I’m now perusing the 2nd edition (well done JDAW).
Page 167, taken by surprise, a quote of a tasting note I have written for Feuerheerd 1985. Same note here. My notes are much shorter nowadays
Page 167, taken by surprise, a quote of a tasting note I have written for Feuerheerd 1985. Same note here. My notes are much shorter nowadays