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I just picked up three bottles of the Eira Velha 2000 for £7.99 each. They had stained labels and were on the reduced shelf.

Muito obrigado.

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Is it ok to mention a sherry in this section?

Recently spotted in my local Sainsburys-
Apostoles Palo Cortado 30yo, 37.5cl Muy Viejo reduced to £6.30

I took a gamble and grabbed the last three bottles, very glad I did. Just 'off-dry' with a bright, complex, nutty piquancy. Delicious.

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[removes tounge from cheek] More seriously, Jamie Goode gives it the thumbs-up over on his site- Dow’s Trademark Finest Reserve Port NV Portugal Nice stuff, and a brilliant bargain at Sainsbury’s offer price. Good density of curranty red fruits on the nose. The palate is sweet with good fruit and ni...

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On offer at Sainsburys, £5.99 I didn’t bother with this last year, I think it was because it failed to excite anyone on this forum. Having another look today I noticed it had picked up a Decanter Gold in their World Wine Awards. Surely Decanter's extensive panel of wine experts can’t all be wrong? A...

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This Christmas Aldi is offering Fletcher's 10yo Tawny Port for £7.99 (75cl).

Anyone familiar with Fletcher's?

Aldi do bring out some decent wines over the Christmas period (and throughout the year), worth checking out if you generally avoid the place.

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Demarcation by parishes?

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Perhaps there is an opportunity to establish fortified elderberry wine as a UK speciality, the fruit seems to enjoy our climate.

I intend to make more later this year, only this time I will stop the fermentation properly, as apposed to back-sweetening existing wine I have no plan to drink.

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Obsession?

Ask yourself, how often do you simply stand and stare at your wine rack?

Nurse! the blinds!

Me- 50% red, 30% white, 10% port (mostly LBV), 5% sherry, 5% fizz. Roughly x250 bottles. I also have around 100 bottles of homemade wine that I rarely drink, most gets given away.

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I’d like to say thank you to Simon Lisle for kindly allowing me to acquire his only bottle of Vargellas '69.

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I would suggest the following master plan: Firstly: try to persuade the Portugese embassy to built an outpost at your field, then it is officially Portugal. Secondly: Write a letter to the Marques de Pombal asking him kindly to think over his demarkation plan again with the suggestion that a little...

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Derek T. wrote:I bid that Sideways attend an Off-line soon and bring along a bottle for us all to taste

I will do you the honour one day but I cannot be held responsible for the destruction of your existing cellar, should you have a road to Damascus moment after sampling this truly great wine.

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I have recently bottled my first homemade port, Elderberry (with a little blackberry for backbone). All from a single estate (field) close to where I live. The fruit was picked in September '05, the resulting table wine was bottled in May '06. I opened five bottles in Oct'07, returned the wine to a ...

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When you ‘stand’ your VP prior to opening, do any of you lean the bottle at an angle, say 45deg?

I wonder if having the sediment gather in the ‘cradle’ of the bottle base (one half) rather than an equal share around the base offers less disturbance to the sediment when you come to decant.

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uncle tom wrote:Calvados - Pays d'Auge

Slightly slug chewed label - retails for around £90

Want to make me an offer?

Tom

That's very kind of you Tom but it's not what I had in mind.

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uncle tom wrote: I have a bottle from '69 in the cellar which I'll happily part with - but it's not port!

Tom

Interesting... Bordeaux was poor, Burgundy much better, perhaps a Richebourg? £20? Sold.

Sideways

Some sound advice, thanks guys.

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Hi all I am fast approaching the big 40, next year, vintage '69. From what I have read '69 is not a declared year but some decent wines were produced. I would like to get hold of a bottle of port to put away for the event, can any of you recommend a '69 that is drinking well? Once I have one or two ...

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Thanks Alex, that's useful to know.

By the way, is that you or Professor Plum in your avatar?

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Corked :x And I have lost the receipt :evil: I decantered it last night, had a sniff this morning, the 'dry box' smell had died down quite considerably but it still showed. I can taste bright fruit struggling to navigate a fog of dusty oak, a real fight going on, Harry Hill would be proud. Down the ...

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Thanks Derek.

I think I will hold on and try it first before returning. If the 75cl was available for £5.49, the 50cl price is not should a good deal.

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Just spotted in my local Somerfield, Dows LBV 2001 in 50cl bottles, reduced to £4.99 I find the 50cl bottles a 'very comfortable' size for weekend drinking, I drink other wines too and like to finish the evening on a glass or two of port. I have not tried the '01 as yet but do recall enjoying the '9...

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The standard price for Warrior is about a tenner, it's only on promotion at that sort of price. I think you should shop around, this is their standard price, Somerfield also sell it for a similar price..... http://www.tesco.com/winestore/controller.aspx?Bc=0&Btt=warrior&R=7671456&Btk=De...

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Thanks Alex, I think I will do that, put the last '92 away for another day, at least give it 20 yrs (2012) hey! I I could call it my Olympic wine, will it be a medal winner or an in-the-biner?

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If I were to spend £5~£6 on a bottle of port (before promotion), I would go with the Warre's Warrior.

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I was planning on opening one of my Warre's LBV's this weekend, I have one '92 left plus a bunch of '95's. I was thinking, maybe I should leave the '92 for a few more years and see what happens, it could be the last time I see a '92 as, from what I have seen, the stores that stock it are all on the ...

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Rosey Nosey at Aldi £1.29

Lovely stuff.

Here's one review...
http://www.beer-pages.com/notes/beer-of ... 7-11.shtml

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PS: wine sediment is (I think) invariably denser than the wine itself - methinks Sideways has picked up an old wives tale... As I immediately suspected.... but there may be something in it if you consider its history... So what do we know? Crusted Port was invented by English wine merchants when po...

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I recall reading something about the Crusted Port style being developed to aid long shipping journeys, a layer of 'crust' atop the wine in barrel helped prevent spoiling on long journeys. I remember thinking at the time- surely a ship on the ocean wave is far from 'stable' and the crust would be bro...

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I can’t say I love Port with a passion, yet. I do love (table) wine though, first succumbing to its charm in my college days when my local Unwins sold a white wine by the name of La Mancha for £1.99, a most agreeable price for a poor student living in the smoke. It was several years later before I d...

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Is that you after your third glass?

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I enjoyed this inexpensive red wine recently, available from Waitrose.

Give it a go and let me know what you think...

http://www.waitrosewine.com/Browse+All+ ... oduct.aspx

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uncle tom wrote:
However, there are others that taste like squirrel sick
How do you know??

Tom

I was raised on a farm, lets leave it at that.

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I fear this question is misleading, it’s like asking ‘Does one hate Port?’ There are several Peanut Butter producers, Sunpat being one, who tend their ware with the utmost love and attention resulting in a smooth, creamy, well-balance peanut butter that, when spread across hot toast, is heavenly wit...

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I'm a forum slut, I shall take what I want from both and leave without warning.

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uncle tom wrote:That's an old IVDP seal - pre 1970?

Tom

Very much so.

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Does this help?

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Not even close.

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I too enjoy paying close attention to the colour of the wine / port in my glass. Also, I believe an unusual glass design can further enhance the enjoyment. I love to sit in front of an open fire drinking wine from either a cut/etched glass and watch the colours dance, I don’t get the same enjoyment ...

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Julian, This isn't the same bottle... - I got the first one straight off.. Tom Correct, you were spot on. The second image is from a different producer, there's a clue. If nobody has got it by tomorrow lunchtime I will expand the pic. Yes, Corky may have a point, move it if you wish. It was a slow ...

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Derek T. wrote:Ramos Pinto Colhieta 1935

A frayed knot.

Try again.

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uncle tom wrote:Looks like a magnum - possibly LBV - image is too blurred to positively i.d.

Tom

No, no and no excuses.

Sideways

Yep. Let's make it a little more difficult.... this?

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This should be easy for you guys.....

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If you think those are bad it's probably because you lack sufficient imagination. You should see the ones in the downstairs bog!

I'm not offended. I know where you live.

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Re last post, found a pic.

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Sounds very worthwhile. How much was it? (IAMFI.) Usuall price is around £16~£17, Oddbins, Sains & Tesco. However, my local store was recently selling it 'reduced to clear' for £7.90! I cleared the shelf, I have two more bottles of the '92 and six bottles of the '95. Sadly, there were no '94's ...

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1992 Warre Traditional LBV Decanted four hours before tasting. Fine, powdery sediment, less than I was expecting. Colour is bright, rich and deep, like a well-polished blackcurrant. A quick fade towards the rim with just the tiniest hint of blue. Powdered coffee, a little heat and vanilla on the no...

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For me, it has to be..

Brakspear Organic Beer, widely available. Clean tasting, hoppy aroma, well balanced with a moderate, toffee & bitter-honey finish. As English as squashing wasp's in August. Lovely.

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Even if I were free, I feel I am one or two offlines away from having the confidence to attend, its not that I fear I would ‘get in the way’, I’m sure I would enjoy it and everyone would be welcoming but I would prefer it if I was able to contribute something to the evening in the way of personal e...

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Thanks, a very informative post.

Would your approach to decanting differ if the wine was an unfiltered LBV?

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Re: Sainsbury Offer

Apostoles

Re: Dow's Trademark Reserve, again.

Dow's Trademark Reserve, again.

Fletcher's @ Aldi?

Homemade Port - Should I declare?

1969 Recommendation.

Dows LBV '01, 50cl -Bargain?

'92 LBV past it?

Rosey Nosey

An interesting red.

Name the Port

Re: How much was it? (IAMFI.)

1992 Warre LBV (unfiltered)

Best bottled beer on the highstreet?

Re: First-timers