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Justin K wrote: ↑12:35 Tue 19 Aug 2025 Thanks Mike now all I need are food recommendations!

Hi Justin,

This might be something (I've eaten there twice and was very positive) and the view is magnificent:

www.watertorenutrecht.nl

Good luck,

Paul

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Thanks Julian Can I please add 3 reserved. 2 for the winemakers and one hopefully for a member from abroad. This if can get it to work will be very difficult to repeat. Thanks Maybe I'm completely wrong, but could it be that I am supposed to be the "member from abroad"? (because I posted ...

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Pintas is not a producer I am familiar with. I don't own any but would be keen to try some if this comes off. Pintas (VP and still wine) is produced by Wine & Soul (Sandra Tavares da Silva and Jorge Serodio Borges). They also produced VP's (beside the already mentioned) in 2009, 2015, 2016, 201...

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Taylors's newsletter of today unveils a "new kid on the block": Taylor's Sentinel Vintage Port 2022. It is not a classical Taylor VP nor a SQVP, but a blend of their four properties, including Terre Feita but excluding Vargellas. I'm very curious about the pricing point of this newcomer!!

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According to Vinho Grandes Escolhas (and confirmed by others) Graham launches a Quinta do Tua Vinhas Velhas Vintage Port 2022. Only 6600 bottles were produced.

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According to an article in Vinho Grandes Escolhas (4th of May) Sogevinus declared 4 Vintage Ports 2022:

Kopke Quinta de São Luiz
Burmester Quinta do Arnozelo
Barros
Cálem

They will be available from September this year

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Christian Seely on Facebook: We are very happy to announce the declaration of three outstanding Vintage Ports from the 2022 vintage: Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage Port 2022, Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 2022, and Quinta do Passadouro Vintage Port 2022. “We knew from the start that the Quinta do N...

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Taylor just announced on their FB-page they will declare a Quinta das Vargellas Vinage Port 2022, to be released later this year and so did Fonseca about a Vintage Guimaraens 2022!

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The link Mike posted is to the edition which came out in 2022. I don’t think there’s a third edition out yet. I wonder why it took a while for this edition to be made available electronically - SFE’s blog (https://www.symington.com/post/read-now-symington-family-estates-1882-magazine-vol-2) put thi...

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Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑06:23 Fri 19 Apr 2024 The link Mike posted is to the edition which came out in 2022. I don’t think there’s a third edition out yet.

If I remember well the second edition came out in May, 2023. The third one is expected to come out around december this year!

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According to Vinho Grandes Escolhas Sogrape declared Vintage Ports 2022 for Ferreira, Sandeman and Offley

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A Dutch retailer offers Quinta do Vale Meao Vintage Port 2021, so I guess Quinto do Vale Meão declared!!

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Quinta da Romaneira declared a 2021 Vintage Port according to Revista de Vinhos.

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On their Facebookpage, Wine & Soul announced the declaration of Pintas Vintage Port '21.

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Bioma 2017 £3,000 a bottle from Portugal Vineyards. It is entirely up to Dirk whether he undertakes radical repricing but I will not be buying any. No other vintage of Bioma (16,15,13,11,9,8) is more than about £120. It's Bioma Vinha da Pisca, which is a different wine from Bioma Vinhas Velhas (whi...

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MigSU wrote: ↑11:32 Sat 24 Sep 2022 Was considering picking up a case of this. Interesting TN, and a great score.

Had the Pintas VP '14 twice and scored it 94 and 95 respectively (but I must confess I'm a great fan of Sandra's wines

)

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MigSU wrote: ↑07:53 Fri 23 Sep 2022 It has been printed!

What do you mean by that?

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PCM wrote: ↑12:25 Thu 14 Jul 2022
forest26 wrote: ↑15:00 Thu 07 Jul 2022 The 2020 Bonfim is destined exclusively for the Danish Market
Portugal Vineyards in Portugal offers Dow's Quinta do Bomfim 2020 for €72.66

In addition to the above: Garrafeira Nacional now offers Dow's Quinta do Bomfim VP '20 for €44.00 until 16-8-2022 (instead of normal price of €55.00).

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forest26 wrote: ↑15:00 Thu 07 Jul 2022 The 2020 Bonfim is destined exclusively for the Danish Market

Portugal Vineyards in Portugal offers Dow's Quinta do Bomfim 2020 for €72.66

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Wine & Soul will declare a Pintas 2020 Vintage Port !!!

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While waiting for PCM's permission to edit the thread he started here on 2020 declarations, I thought I would create a thread similar in structure to those of previous years to capture and record the Vintage Ports we hear being declared from the 2020 vintage and to include links to other years. Ofc...

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This afternoon, also Quinta da Romaneira declared their 2020 Vintage Port.

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Vinho Grandes Escolhas reports that Symington Estates have also declared a small number (1200 bottles) of Dow's Quinta do Bomfim VP 2020

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In addition: also a limited edition of Warre VP 2020 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQVqFilNmc) "The 2020 vintage was the smallest harvest this century and produced incredibly concentrated, well-structured, dark wines in very low quantities – with the most outstanding wines originating from ...

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Interesting news: https://grandesescolhas.com/e-da-sogevinus-a-primeira-declaracao-de-2020-como-ano-vintage/ Although the article is in Portuguese, I guess it also can be read in English, but the message is clear: For Sogevinus Fine Wines , 2020 is the Classic Vintage year for its four brands: Kopke...

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Alves da Sousa also declared a 2019 Vintage Port (Source: Vinho Grandes Escolhas, June edition, review in "Wines of the Month").

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Thanks a lot, Alex! Very interesting to see the differences with Andy! :) Keep in mind He scores lower than most. you need to add about 3 points to Alex’s scores for translation into the rest of us scores. LOL! Even keeping that in mind there are some remarkable differences: Alex scores Senhora da ...

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Thanks a lot, Alex! Very interesting to see the differences with Andy!

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Hi Alex, May I ask you: is there a special reason for not mentioning the declarations of the Symington family (SQ)VP's and the Taylor Fladgate SQVP's in the overview on the first page of this thread? You updated with Pintas, Ventozelo, Sogrape and Quevedo (not yet Quinta de la Rosa), but i miss the ...

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A little bit late, but on April, 23 Wine & Soul declared their 2019 Vintage Port (source Sandra Tavares FB-page: We are happy to announce that we declared our Pintas Vintage Port 2019, will be released in September 2021!!!

)

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Quinta de Ventozelo has declared their 2019 Vintage Port (source: https://www.revistadevinhos.pt/noticias ... ntage-2019 )

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How odd... why does Quinta do Passadouro need a ® but Quinta do Noval does not? Makes me suspicious about what it really is. There is no need to be so suspicious Glenn: Passadouro already had the "registered trademark" when they were not owned by Quinta do Noval, so they just didn't chang...

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. A 2019 Dow’s Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira is apparently being released this year with the Vesúvio. They say they are going to sell some cases with two bottles of the 2019, two of the 2009 and two of the 1999 which sounds quite fun but I bet is at a ridiculous price. That sounds about right. I'd b...

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Hello all. Just thought I would chime in, since I"m one of the authors. Don't want to be spammy, but if anyone wants to ask me any questions or share any info, just let me know. I think I know quite a few people here from the Brotherhood events...How I long for a Gala dinner, been too long! Ho...

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Hi Alex, Your scores for the TFP VP's 2018 are remarkable low, especially compared to your other scores for 2018 VP's: only Offley and Churchill's Quinta da Gricha score as "low"! Did you taste them about the same time in 2020? P.S. Did you taste Pintas VP '18? I'm very curious if you like...

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This looks really nice, but in classic Taylor fashion I expect it to be horribly overpriced for a 500ml bottle. Has anyone see a price yet? Yes, I have: both Vinho Grandes Escolhas and Vinho do Porto Vintage Blog say that the recommended price will be €2900.00 per bottle!! Today (until 23.59) you c...

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Quinta das Carvalhas (Real Companhia Velha) declared a 2018 Vintage Port, getting 95 points from Mark Squires!

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Glenn E. wrote: ↑21:55 Thu 05 Nov 2020 This looks really nice, but in classic Taylor fashion I expect it to be horribly overpriced for a 500ml bottle. Has anyone see a price yet?

Yes, I have: both Vinho Grandes Escolhas and Vinho do Porto Vintage Blog say that the recommended price will be €2900.00 per bottle!!

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AHB wrote: ↑20:15 Mon 19 Oct 2020
PCM wrote: ↑15:49 Mon 19 Oct 2020 Quinta do Vale Meão declared their 2018 VP as confirmed by Luisa Olazabal to me in a chat!
Thank you, added to the list. Luisa didn't mention how many bottles they made, did she?

No, she didn't! She did say, that quantities were low, so they bottled only standard (0.75) bottles.

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Quinta do Vale Meão declared their 2018 VP as confirmed by Luisa Olazabal to me in a chat!

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Initial pnp - mostly closed nose with a hint of red cherries, but my, this opens up on the palate beautifully! Initially full of Parma Violets and perfume, but that’s immediately washed away in a sea of red cherries that fills the palate, accompanied by milk chocolate and mint. That is then followe...

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Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo declared their 2018 Vintage Port, but very limited production: just 1350 bottles! ( source: Vinho Grandes Escolhas )

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jdaw1 wrote: ↑18:47 Thu 17 Sep 2020 Q: is Javali Maria Luísa sufficiently different to Javali to have a different abbreviation? Your answer should compare and contrast with Fonseca and Fonseca Guimaraens.

To be honest, the only one that can answer that question is the producer, not me (but I think it isn't!!)

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This is a statement from the Quinta do Javali website (also available in English, my Portuguese is even more limited than Phil's :wink:) "Quinta do Javali Maria Luísa Vintage is synonymous of excellence and results from our constant quality requirements. In years, when excellence is achieved, w...

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That is difficult to say: the varieties are identical and the number of bottles produced is about the same as Quinta do Javali VP 2017 (suggesting it's the same product) but the pricepoint in their shop is even higher than for the "normal" VP. My guessing is: another name for the same prod...

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Quinta do Javali declared their Maria Luisa Vintage Port 2018 (source: website Quinta do Javali)

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AHB wrote: ↑19:35 Mon 14 Sep 2020 I do hope you like the Barros 2018. Please do say what you think of it. I was extremely impressed.

As I have only 2 bottles of Barros VP '18 it's unlikely to open one soon, but I hope that rich_n (with 6 bottles) will crack one open and report back!

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Today I took delivery of 6 bottles of 2018 Barros (thanks to PCM for the heads up) from Garrafeira Nacional in their 20% off sale. I couldn't believe the price of the 2018 Barros at less than £22 a bottle, now I'm torn as to whether to try one while it's young... Funny, I got my order from GN today...

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Doggett wrote: ↑20:03 Tue 08 Sep 2020 See below link to Tim’s site for the article.

https://wine-pages.com/tasting-articles ... port-2018/

Many thanks for the link!!

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Garrafeira Nacional offers Barros VP 2018 for €23.12/bottle! Reading your note that must be an incredible bargain!! (and also Calem VP '18 and Burmester Arnozelo VP '18 for less than €25....).
Edited: this afternoon the Barros changed to €23.92 and the Arnozelo to €26+

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