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I'm afraid I won't be able to make it on this date.
I wish you all a fantastic tasting!
Gerwin

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I don’t know if you’ve tried it, but it’s a very solid wine for such a rarely seen vintage. Enjoy them! Thank you! I haven't tried this yet, but I have high hopes/expectations. I loved the Quevedo 50 yo white from the (prestige) advent calendar, and I have had the Casa Santa Eufemia Special Reserve...

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Quinta da Devesa Finest White Reserve 1973 - 3 bottles (500 ml)

Very happy with these

!

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- 1937 Sousa Guedes Colheita (2x)

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So, I guess I have to start worrying (and hoping for the best)

?

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1x 1927 Dow's

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Well, so far we are planning to GO. Maybe we have to alter the procedures a bit. I wrote to the producers very recently and received many responses already. Confraria Ports are already there... I am pretty sure I will allow attendance only to those tested, vaccinated or recovering from a Covid infe...

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Arghh, I can't make this (these) date(s), due to other obligations

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My first attempt to supply some pointless statistics here :-) (some of the calculations are partially manually, as my spreadsheet skills are quite basic (not to say horrible). Of my port, 87.6% is Vintage, 6,3% is Colheita, 2,9% is LBV, 2,5% is Tawny and just under 1% is White. My Vintage Ports are ...

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A tasting of Dutch and/or Belgian bottlings of (Vintage) Ports, perhaps to be held in The Netherlands

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Very well done Axel. A much deserved accolade for you and the work that you do in and for the Port trade!!

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Regarding the Fonseca Guimaerens 1947 VP. Some years ago I bought 3 bottles. I've still got them (haven't opened one yet).

I shall look up where I bought them, and send some pictures if to JDAW.

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1937 Feurerheerd Coleheita (bottled for the Italian market, so named "Lenteiro". Bottled in 1973 (my birthyear, that's why I went for it). Got it at an online auction. When I received the bottle today, I was surprised because of the (good) condition of the capsule. It was wrapped in some f...

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1987 Cálem Quinta da Foz VP (12 bottles)

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AHB wrote: ↑13:47 Wed 19 Dec 2018 Should we start a thread on TPF to help the author with his second edition? We could create a list of Ports we encounter which are not mentioned in the book, along with photographic evidence to back up our findings.

Sounds like a plan! I would be more than happy to help

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Not received my 2 copies (2 separate orders) yet. Hopefully they will arrive next week. This evening I will get your data (from a file to quick I don't have access at work) and have fulfillment company report. Both books were delivered in good order yesterday afternoon (Dec. 11, Sprundel, Netherlan...

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Not received my 2 copies (2 separate orders) yet. Hopefully they will arrive next week.

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Axel P wrote: ↑09:15 Thu 22 Nov 2018 Vintage Port Confraria 2016 (1).jpg

You are also able to taste Ports that you can taste nowhere else...

I'm very curious about this one (among -the many- others of course)!!

Is anyone else from

attending the VP Tasting in Germany as well?

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If at all possible, I would like to be added to the Reserves list. As I'll be just 77 at this time I expect to be able to attend. 2011 VP's that I could bring along are: Not yet on the list: - Kopke - Krohn - Krohn Quinta do Retiro Novo - Pocas Junior Already on the list: - Cockburn's - Fonseca - Qu...

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That’s a lot of bottles of Latour and Warre’s for that many people. For 170 people who won't be drinking much that's about 3 to 4 cases of Latour 90 and 1 case of Warre 77. The Latour is £9-10k per case on WS so I think I'd rather be paying for the Port :roll: Yes, quite :D . I presume that the Lat...

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Our royal Family is on state visit in the UK. :D One member of the Dutch press was invited to attend the dinner (in total there were about 170 people), the menu served (including the wines), and he shared the menu. Excellent wines (1990 Latour :shock: ) were served, and Warre's 1977 VP with desert. ...

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1977 Delaforce VP (2x Magnum)

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1970 Butler Nephew VP (belgian botteling, G Thienpont "Red rich Alto Douro Portwine), 12 bottles

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2011 Fonseca VP, 8 halves
2000 Q. do Noval Silval, 12 bottles

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Quevedo declared 2016 as well:
http://quevedoportwine.com/quevedo-decl ... tage-port/

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I know of one other label which produced a 1970 (of which I have a couple of bottles):
Amandio (Real Companhia Vinicola do Norte de Portugal)

I also have some Kopke Q. Sao Luiz, Cálem and Messias Cachao form 1970 (If possible, I would like to sign up for this tasting

)

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Fonseca 1997 VP (Magnum). Just bought this at auction over here. I realised (about 20 seconds after the fact), that I overbid myself online by putting in a higher bid on the standing bid (which was my own written bid, that I put in earlier) :lol: . But at least I prevented another online bidder to s...

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1970 Messias Quinta do Cachao VP 2x (@ well under €40 a bottle, I thought it was an acceptable gamble

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on Christmas eve, I opened up a 1963 Avery's VP, it seemed a tiny bit corked. Yesterday, after Christmas dinner, we had a 1995 Kopke VP, and later on the evening I returned to the 1963, which seemed to have improved a bit (still not a great showing but quite enjoyable).

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Was a great event Axel (even spotted myself on the 4th picture

! Hope to be able to join again next year!

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Hi all, I don't know if anyone is taking part in the wine/port auction which is being held in Belgium this weekend, but if so, please take note of the following. There is 1 lot of 2 1927 VP bottles (Royal Oporto). Because I had some questions about this lot, I asked around a bit (It wasn't quite cle...

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Andy, Glenn,
Thanks for your reactions.

Given the good level of my remaining bottle, I will keep it untill its 70th birthday in 2025

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Mature, brick red colour wih a pale rim, 30% opaque. Gentle sous bois nose, with soft wild strawberry. Lovely entry, slightly woody but with sweet fruits of the forest adding a pleasant complexity. Balanced and well structured but starting to dry out. A nice profile on the aftertaste with nutty dri...

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Bottles are sold to a fellow port lover (and soon to be delivered)

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I first thought it was Vargellas 1991 VP, but a quick check showed that I have a couple more of the Croft Q. da Roeda 2005

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I found a hotel, and hopefully my wife and I can get things worked out with our work.
Can we still apply to join (with 2 attendees)?

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I got the chance to buy a case of Croft 1977 VP quite recently (I need to collect them yet), at what seemed to me a very decent price. With this purchase, I have exceeded the number of 1977 VP's that I ideally want to have. So if anyone is interested, I would like to part with 5 bottles of Croft 197...

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From the look of that bottle, I think I was one of the bidders against you (if you got these at a recent auction that is). Good to see a true portlover got them! HI Gerwin, let s come together here: http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11462 and share a bottle. Best Axel Hi Alex, That's ...

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Axel P wrote: ↑09:58 Sat 16 Sep 2017 Can anyone let me know who the producer might be. Unfortunately no selo:

Thienpont.JPG

Thanks in advance

Axel

Hi Axel,
From the look of that bottle, I think I was one of the bidders against you (if you got these at a recent auction that is). Good to see a true portlover got them!

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Old Bridge wrote: ↑21:14 Thu 29 Jun 2017 Very neat. You will have one for each guest, of course?

Of course

, first I ordered just the one, to see how it is, but now there's no reason what so ever not to order many more. That shall be some dinnerparty

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1999 Dow's Quinta do Bomfim VP 37,5 cl, to try out my new small decanting caraf which I received today

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Since it was my wife's birthday last week (turning 40) I opened the following bottles as a small port tasting for our wine- and portliking friends & family: - Quevedo 40 yo Tawny (2012 bottling); - Dalva 1977 Colheita (bottled 2014); - Warre 1977 Vintage Port; All showed very well, and it was an...

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uncle tom wrote: ↑05:18 Sat 11 Feb 2017
I’d love to accept, but expect to be ‘unavailable’ on that date.
You'll only be 96 - I'll be a sprightly 104..

Would love to attend, should I be allowed and/or invited. I'll be only 90 (almost 91 at that date

)

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At dinner on Boxing day we enjoyed some:
- Louis Jadot - Domaine Gagey Beaune Gréves Le Clos Blanc- Beaune 1er Cru - 2005
- Domaine Digioia-Royer - Chambolle-Musigny "Les Fremieres"Veilles Vignes - 2007
- Avery's Finest Reserve Vintage 1963

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Interesting; I would very much like to taste this port, along with it's '63 predecessor which I have never tried but has an excellent reputation also, and which I understand was a 2:2:1 ratio blend of Fonseca:Sandeman:Taylor respectively. I love the idea of them trying to out-blend the originals, a...

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Bottled 2012. Lovely deep golden amber colour. Initial flavour of soft caramel, cut across by superbly balanced acidity (no bite, just balance); hints of citrus (mandarin), peach and honey. Very long finish, amazingly smooth all the way. Delicious. Rating: Excellent- Nice bottle! And a very good ta...

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Gerwin, I think it is safe to assume that is a 1937 Colheita, which should make it delicious if it has been properly stored :D Here is some information on the shipper/merchant from another thread on :tpf: http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4649 Thanks for the info! I have no idea about how...

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and the capsule

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The pics of the 1937 Taits

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- Quarles Harris 1977 VP (6x, shared a case of 12 with my uncle) - Quinta do Noval 1973 LBV bottled 1979 (2x, finally a bottle of port (or any wine for that matter) from my birthyear ). Hope that it will be still drinkable. - Tait's 1937 old port (1x, a gamble, no idea what it is exactly) with a t-s...

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