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[Wookie]

... added a case of Smith Woodhouse 1995 (couldn't resist)
plus 6 Fonseca Guimaraens 1991
Next target: the Delaforce agent here in Bermuda!!! Have a root around in their stores.

[g-man]

4x Fosneca 92
2x Fonseca 76 guimareans

[Glenn E.]

1 x 1987 Graham Malvedos
5 x 1983 Graham
6 x 1985 Gould Campbell

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[g-man]

oh reminds me

6x grahams 85

[uncle tom]

José Maria da Fonseca & Van Zeller 2000

This wine has popped up at auction a handful of times, and yesterday I bought a couple of cases at Christies - rather on the spur of the moment..

..anyone tried this before? - and do we have an 'official' abbreviation for such a mouthful of a name?

I'm not even sure whether to book it under J or F...

[g-man]

or even a V!

[JacobH]

Was this a special blend from Quinta d. Vale Dona Maria or is it another project?

I notice that Julian has listed the 1983 Van Zeller Vintage Port under Z in our alphabetical index, as another option

[uncle tom]

Was this a special blend from Quinta d. Vale Dona Maria or is it another project?

This from wineanorak (undated):

"Other Van Zeller involvements include a joint venture with José Maria da Fonseca, called José Maria da Fonseca & Van Zeller. This venture owns two Quintas in the Alto Douro, Vale da Minha (5 ha) and de Mós (10 ha), and are producing a table wine (called Domini), and LBV and vintage Ports"

The name Fonseca is a common surname in Portugal, and there is clearly no recent connection between this Fonseca and that owned by the TFP; so the forenames are significant with regard to the first party of this partnership.

The inclusion of the word 'Van' in names of Dutch origin is essentially an adjective rather than a noun ( -JDAW will probably correct me..!) so in the case of the second party, the latter part of the surname would seem more relevant.

With that in mind, I think I will book this under 'J' and use the abbreviation JZ (if it hasn't been allocated already..)

[SushiNorth]

6xTaylor 1970
6x Fonseca 2003
1x Graham's 1966

(would have been 2G66, but one of them was leaking terribly and so they took it back)

[g-man]

6x Niepoort 1997, 2003
12x Fonseca 1985

[roel]

6x Niepoort 1997, 2003
12x Fonseca 1985

Any cork-leakage on the Niepoort '97s?

[g-man]

6x Niepoort 1997, 2003
12x Fonseca 1985

Any cork-leakage on the Niepoort '97s?

too hot in NY to take delivery but the warehouse manager says everything looks clean.

[roel]

Any cork-leakage on the Niepoort '97s?

too hot in NY to take delivery but the warehouse manager says everything looks clean.

Sounds good! I bought a case myself a couple of weeks ago and picked it up at the retailer. We had to go through multiple cases out of his cellar to get enough clean bottles. He didn't yet know about this issue and didn't look very happy seeing the content of his cases. I tried to suggest opening one of the leaky bottles on the spot for an improvised tasting session but he didn't follow up on that. Too bad, I am still curious about the effect of this leakage on the wine. Probably should have just offered half price for one of those bottles, just as a comparison.

Roel.

[g-man]

Any cork-leakage on the Niepoort '97s?

too hot in NY to take delivery but the warehouse manager says everything looks clean.

Sounds good! I bought a case myself a couple of weeks ago and picked it up at the retailer. We had to go through multiple cases out of his cellar to get enough clean bottles. He didn't yet know about this issue and didn't look very happy seeing the content of his cases. I tried to suggest opening one of the leaky bottles on the spot for an improvised tasting session but he didn't follow up on that. Too bad, I am still curious about the effect of this leakage on the wine. Probably should have just offered half price for one of those bottles, just as a comparison.

Roel.

oof, sounds like that i would need to setup an emergency tasting!

you around NY? =)

[RAYC]

A 6-pack of vesuvio 98. I might need another one for storage, because the first bottle is drinking so well that these are not going to last long.

[roel]

oof, sounds like that i would need to setup an emergency tasting!

you around NY? =)

Nope, I'm on the other side of the pond. But you are more than welcome over here in the Netherlands of course.

On the other hand, a Niepoort vertical is as good a reason as any for a short (wine-related) trip to the states. I could bring in a bottle of almost any vintage of choice, from 77 onwards and I would tend to favor september or october.

Roel.

[g-man]

oof, sounds like that i would need to setup an emergency tasting!

you around NY? =)

Nope, I'm on the other side of the pond. But you are more than welcome over here in the Netherlands of course.

On the other hand, a Niepoort vertical is as good a reason as any for a short (wine-related) trip to the states. I could bring in a bottle of almost any vintage of choice, from 77 onwards and I would tend to favor september or october.

Roel.

i am unfortunately a Fonseca man with a smattering of other houses here and there

[Wookie]

Hello All - have had a nice Father's Day gift from my wife & kids:
a Fonseca 1994, from a friend's wine shop. Couldn't stop drooling thinking about it!!!

[AHB]

Hello All - have had a nice Father's Day gift from my wife & kids:
a Fonseca 1994, from a friend's wine shop. Couldn't stop drooling thinking about it!!!

Wow. Very nice.

I got a grunt of acknowledgment from my teenage son.

[DRT]

I got a text message.

[gerwin.degraaf]

2x Croft 1955 VP

[g-man]

I got a text message.

i got a poopie diaper.

i'd rather have the text message =)

[Zelandakh]

I got a home made Father's Day card sent in absentia (not my weekend that weekend) with a drawing of me with a glass of port in one hand and a bucket of empty port bottles nearby.

[Alex M]

Snaffled 12 x Dow QdB 1992 from Seckfords.

[mpij]

3 half bottles Croft 2004 unfiltered lbv at £4 from Tesco, all there was, checked 2 other branches but not even empty space on shelf.