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smisse

Do you have any recommendations for 2013? As it is for my youngest, I would need something that will last at least 20-25 years. For the oldest I bought Sociando Mallet (2010) but it appears that 2013 is a difficult year... Any recommendation from other regions is welcome as well. Budget 20-30€ per b...

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Something arrived from Paris. http://www.jdawiseman.com/2014/20140603_FG58_label1.jpg http://www.jdawiseman.com/2014/20140603_FG58_label2.jpg http://www.jdawiseman.com/2014/20140603_FG58_label3.jpg Did the other 2 "specials" arrive as well? Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met behulp van Tapat...

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Sorry, just realised it'll be next week when you're in Paris. Could you possibly leave it at the hotel? I can pick up when I get to Paris? Or, you can drop it off at my sister's who lives in the 1er arrondissement, dead center Paris. -SCP-DFF Dropping it off at your sister is probably the most conv...

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Hi Wolfgang, I'm the one who offered the bottle for trade. Unfortunately Frankfurt will not be possible. I will have 2 business trips next week: Monday / Tuesday : Paris Thursday / Friday : Hamburg As I live in the Netherlands, I will do both by car. This means that any town between s-Hertogenbosch ...

smisse

Cruz 89

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Jagermeister? Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met behulp van Tapatalk Is this a conspiracy? If no-one guesses in the the next three goes I will 'award' the question to the person of my choosing. Actually, according to some, Jagermeister is a conspiracy. Google on "The Jaegermeister Conspiracy"...

smisse

Jagermeister?

Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met behulp van Tapatalk

smisse

Gerwin, my local Gall & Gall has Dow 2007 for €60. On their "crazy wine days" you even get 50% reduction on the 2nd bottle. I would not be suprised if they have been standing there for over 3 years but guess that with such a young port and our cool climate this should not be be major i...

smisse

Very nice initiative and will for sure follow this.

Any "en primeur" sales expected?

smisse

Actually I also purchased 3 bottles of Cruz 89 during my holiday in France in September.
As well for the ridiculous price of I believe 14EUR. (even in a small wooden crate)

And they are actually not that bad...

smisse

Received the new unit yesterday and will install it today.
Right on time since I'm going on holiday for 2 weeks as of tomorrow

smisse

Good to hear that at least it is a known brand. I did not consider repairing the old one. It must be approx 20yrs, is very noisy and consumes a lot of elektricity....

smisse

Finally the inevitable happened and my Eurocave unit died a few days ago :evil: Of course these things seem to happen always at the most inconvenient time of the year with temperatures rising to +30C this week. If you know that my wine cellar is actually in my attic (since most people have no cellar...

smisse

uncle tom wrote:
Number 2,3 and 4 acquired today! Now I can finally open number 1

Well done! - I'd like to acquire a couple as I have no '81 VP - do you have a source?[/Quote]

Sent you a PM

smisse

Tried this yesterday as well. Indeed virtually no tannins and seems lower on the alcohol. I personally enjoyed this and the Colheita the most. Also their Colheita is somewhat different to 'normal' with more hints of ruby and virtually no interrference of wood.

smisse

smisse wrote:I finally have my Quinta do Infantado 1981

Now I need a 2nd one to drink

Number 2,3 and 4 acquired today! Now I can finally open number 1

smisse

2 Taylor's 1992
2 Taylor's 1994

smisse

DRT wrote:The label appears to say "Bottled by Sogevinus Fine Wines" so this is probably produced by Barros Almeida. Given that their specialty is tawny rather than ruby ports there is no reason why this shouldn't be a good bottle, especially at that price.

Good luck!

Maybe I should indeed try it.

smisse

The German discounter Aldi has a Almeida 20y old for sale in Holland. 14,99eur

Would be interested to know if anyome knows this port or dares trying it

Edited to add link with picture
http://www.aldi.nl/TIPP_NL_SA/index51.shtml

smisse

Hi Derek,

Great research. I guess my mistake was to use google.com.
It indeed looks to be made by Roicom. Roicom is based in Garriguella and the symbols on the escutcheon (?) resemble the ones from the town (grapes, oak leafs, tower).

I will send them an email for more information.

rgrds,

Dries

smisse

Last photo.

smisse

Hi all, A while ago I obtained a bottle which was sold by the owner as Port and believed to be at least 40 yrs old. I'm not convinced at all this this is actually Port. Although it mentions "Portoluz", the bottle, decorations and text remain a complete mystery to me. As you can see on the ...

smisse

What are people planning for Christmas? I have my eye on an Offley 70 for Xmas eve, and my Xmas day port is likely to be a Graham 83 or Fonseca 85 (for something a bit more robust!). I have the Fonseca 85 and Niepoort 85 lined up. I hope to be lucky again with the Niepoort 85. For "normal"...

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That's a nice purchase Gerwin.

I'm interested how the 40YO will turn out after 30 years in the bottle.

smisse

Have seen this a bit recently...the marketing of 30 yr tawny as a 1981 anniversary/birth year gift... Two online examples: here and here I'm not sure that either explicitly claim to be "vintage 1981", but both come close to implying it - the first link in particular. I think there's a fai...

smisse

I would recommend ordering some 2007 VP as well.

smisse

The below link shows some info on sensors used in logistics. These are created to record for long sea journeys so 2 of them should be sufficient to make exchanges let's say every 2 months. http://dsi.dhl-innovation.com/en/products/smartsensor/index I can check what they cost if this would be somethi...

smisse

i just found out that cellartracker has a nice app for the Ipad.
CellarVU

First impression is good!

smisse

I believe Quinta Da Roeda made a 1973 vintage.

Might be nice to check this with Croft.

smisse

Hmmm....very interesting. i think i had a Eufemia white colheita from 1973 at Vinologia last year - can't remember which Eufemia though...and never seen anything else Yes, they can't label it as such, but it's from 1973. A few of us had a conversation with one of the owners about how they could des...

smisse

I finally have my Quinta do Infantado 1981

Now I need a 2nd one to drink

smisse

Herbert Warner Allen

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Alex,

There are some 1968 Vargellas' for sale:
http://www.wine-searcher.com/find/vargellas/1968

Rgrds,

Dries

smisse

RonnieRoots wrote:
smisse wrote:Hi Jacob,

Great thread!

Can you add me for any Vintage port from 1981?
Only know one to me is Quinta do Infantado.

thank!

Dries
There aren't any other declared vintage ports from 1981.

Hoop doet leven

smisse

I still have a couple of boxes left in my cellar.
Will be interesting to see how it will develop over the coming years.

smisse

Hi Jacob,

Great thread!

Can you add me for any Vintage port from 1981?
Only know one to me is Quinta do Infantado.

thank!

Dries

smisse

jdaw1 wrote:Please post pictures of the label and of the capsule, and, when you open it, of the cork.

I did not pick it up yet but will send you the 2 pictures from the seller.
Do you expect a fake or did you also not know it's existence?

smisse

Pocas Vintage 1990 - 14,99EUR (was marketed on Ebay as a 20y old instead of vintage)

Interestingly no references or tasting notes at all to be found. But if this tastes like their 2000 but with 10 years additional aging, I have a great port for this price

smisse

DRT wrote:WOW.

According to a post on these are being offered at 2,500 Euro per bottle. 2,500/14 = 178.57 Euro per glass

Actually I just found one for 1700EUR:
http://www.frw.co.uk/searchWines.aspx?k ... d=4&FRS=ws

smisse

Out of my budget but still reasonably priced. I expected +10000EUR. It is "only" 2500GBP

For the more fortunate:
http://www.finestandrarest.com/taylors-scion.html

smisse

Some of these comments are getting dangerously close to Thunderbird! our US friends will certainly know what that means! Now I know as well what it means :shock: : http://www.bumwine.com/tbird.html Interesting to read that you are attempting to increase range and complexity of varietals. Do you als...

smisse

Thanks for the hint Daniel.
I'll check with a Portuguese friend if he is able to pick it up.

smisse

Yesterday on the 26th of September 2010 at 5:15PM CET I became the proud father of Tristan.
Tistan weighs 4,170kgs and measures 52cm!

Mother and son are doing great

smisse

That's unfortunate. I assume the shop was: http://www.buywawines.com
If so they still show it on their website...

Thanks for the effort. Let's hope they find it somewhere.

smisse

As far as I know Infantado is the only producer who declared a vintage in 81. It is still available, but apparently not very good. This is the only one that I know of as well. Yet I only found it for sale in the US. If anyone ever finds it in Europe, I would greatly appreciate a notification! Shock...

smisse

g-man wrote:You might want to give concord grapes a shot (a trip to the local super market and buy some Welches) and think about what it may taste like fortified.

Actually would love to try it but I can guess the outcome...

smisse

I found this post from Oscar really interesting: http://quevedoportwine.com/events/two-controversial-points-in-my-speech-at-vindouroapresentacao-na-vindouro-com-dois-pontos-controversos/#comments Now I am wondering if there are any ports known that are not created around the "top - grapes"...

smisse

Gents,

Unfortunately I will not be able to join Friday afterall. I'll only be coming home from Hamburg this Friday evening

Apologises for any inconvenience caused. I was actually really looking forward to the tasting.

Dries

smisse

RonnieRoots wrote:As far as I know Infantado is the only producer who declared a vintage in 81. It is still available, but apparently not very good.

This is the only one that I know of as well. Yet I only found it for sale in the US. If anyone ever finds it in Europe, I would greatly appreciate a notification!

smisse

I sure could use some of that stuff today with temperatures raising to 37 Celcius and the most important football game in the past 4 years to start in 4hrs.

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