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christopherpfaff

the first statements from Martha, Symingtons, Fladgate and Sogevinus can be found in my new video:

Vintage Port 2016 preview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BqJmRStP50

christopherpfaff

I currently added english subtitles to this video!

they are availible via the "subtitle button" at YouTube. Please watch and read and give me a feedback from native speaker if they are comprehensive (If there are any mistakes, please inform me, I will correct them)

christopherpfaff

as might read about we had a fantastic Noval tasting in Leverkusen, Germany in February. Overall 23 different Vintage Ports (1955-2015), including three NACIONALs (1994, 1999 and 2011). Wine of the night (elected by the 16 participants) was Noval 2000. From NACIONAL (elected separate) was 2011 the f...

christopherpfaff

there is also a short summary at my YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSYlmjHxlcg

christopherpfaff

there was already a lot of talking about the vintageyear 2015.

I talked to

Dirk Niepoort,
Francisca van Zeller &
Tiago Alves de Sousa

some weeks ago and produced a little video with their statements:

https://youtu.be/zomvyFb1WZ4

christopherpfaff

Oscar Quevedo start some weeks ago a very interesting experiment to answer this question. He bottled his 2014 Vintage Port with 3 different closures: - natrual cork - screwcap - plastic cork + a fourth bottle in "pota" shape (with natural cork) to see in a decade or so with what closre the...

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Vieira de Sousa.

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saved.

christopherpfaff

thanks for your detailed reply Phil.

there is only one conclusion - we have drink more W83 and W85 to evaluate this bottle variation theory.

christopherpfaff

Last week I opened a bottle of Warre 83. Usually one of the best wines of this Vintage. But the bottle was obviusly not perfect. In the nose a little bit alcoholic and volatile acid. On the palate not really bad, but weaker than in memory. I also remember, that I had a similar problem with Warre 77 ...

christopherpfaff

in addition to the comments, the video about this tasting is now published:

https://youtu.be/BFcsMsGT_YY

christopherpfaff

stay cool guys. first of all - all kind of media love sensation and exxageration. so this falstaff report leaves more questions than it gives answers. I´m pretty sure - that he won´t leave forever. and that he "leaves" now says nothing about if he stay as consultant or not and says nothing...

christopherpfaff

there is also a short video preview for this tasting online:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTaLkobj1Ts

and do not forget to subscribe my YouTube-Channel!

christopherpfaff · Re: Calem Vertical 19-11-2016 I´m in - and looking forward to this event.

I´m in - and looking forward to this event.

christopherpfaff

that is a really funny story. thanks for sharing. whenever I will drink a bottle of offley 66 or sandeman 77 in the future - my thoughts are with you - I hope this will not cause posttraumatic problems for you :lol: Beside this I fear that the period of limitation for fraud in Portugal is not more t...

christopherpfaff

For the vast majority of them, about 20-ish years really is the longest they should be kept. Will they drink nicely past that, yes. But what I often find with the older ones (25+ years) is they just don't have the capacity to retain my drinking interest like an older VP does. They tend to become ve...

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my favourite was Dow, Warre and Fonseca, but the Port of the Night was Noval Nacional. Amazingly the regular Noval was just a tiny hint behind this. yes this was a true suprise and an example of the importance of the bottling company, when we speak about old VP. In this case it was a Charles Kinloc...

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There was a lot of talking about points. Let us talk about the taste of this fantastic wine. Jamie Goode has posted a video tasting note on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyDouwcszAw

christopherpfaff

Hi Christopher, fantastic book!!!! I downloaded it last night and had the plan to drink a few glasses of Port while reading it. In the end I was so fascinated that I forgot to re-fill my glass... :D It's a great piece about the Douro Valley - and while I know many of the places that you have mentio...

christopherpfaff

I had a bottle of 1983. I drunk it last year, as far as I remember it was a nice Port.

christopherpfaff

Dear Port lovers, I´m a littel bit proud to announce that my book project about the Douro valley is finally released ("Das Douro-Tal" ISBN: 9783739215143): christopher-pfaff-das-douro-tal-9783739215143.jpg The book is a nearly 200 pages tourist travel guide about the Douro valley (german l...

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The main Quinta of the Bulas Cruz family is Quinta da Costa do Baixo, on the north bank in Cima Corgo, close to Crasto. I assume the will call it just "Bulas", that is what they did with their last declarations.

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Is this the final word? From my point of view - no it isn´t.Time will tell, but I´m sure, that are many very good Ports from 1997. I recently enjoyed Taylor and Smith Woodhouse. E.g. this both have a better acid structure and are more austere than their examples of 1994. Of course they have not the...

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Francisco Ferreira have told via facebook, that the harvest at Vallado starts today with the picking of Moscatel Galego grapes.

that the harvest starts with white grapes is not unusual, but a beginning in the Baixo Corgo on 18th of August seems to me as it will be an early harvest in general.

christopherpfaff

just a short update about the line up we already have (it will be extended to approximately 20 bottles) Ramos Pinto VP 1982 Ramos Pinto LBV 1982 Niepoort VP 1992 Niepoort LBV 1992 Quinta do Noval VP 1994 Quinta do Noval LBV 1994 Quinta do Portal LBV 1994 Fonseca Guim. VP 1996 Fonseca LBV 1996 Taylor...

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I was busy this week, here is my second summarization of an outstanding tasting (now I will make a summer brake). Please excuse my very bad englisch, but I think most of you will understand it better than my not all that bad german. I´m proudly present, the video of this unique tasting (some partici...

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Dear Gents,

the official video of this event is ready. Please follow the link via YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRviOlhDZ3g

christopherpfaff

thanks Julian, I will send you the line up in early September

christopherpfaff

Dear Port friends, at 22nd of September Oscar Quevedo and me will do an interesting tasting in Sao Joao de Pesqueira (Douro region, Portugal) at Quevedos winery. Oscar Quevedo does kindly provide the location and a BBQ. The topic is LBV versus Vintage Port , older than the year 2000. Especially from...

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Dear participants, I would like to inform you, that I will record a video of this monumental tasting (as I always have done when tasting like this happen :D ). So if anyone of you have something really important to say about this tasting generally, about the Vintage 1945 or a curios story about &quo...

christopherpfaff

Dear Gents,

my new video is released. I visited Vargellas twice to take records and fotos of Vargellas and did an interview with Mr. David Guimaraens about this outstanding estate. The result of this work can be watched at my YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk5ZnBgJSyc

christopherpfaff

Excellent. Thank you.

thanks for this positive feedback, it motivates me a lot for future videos that there are some people out there interested in stuff like this

christopherpfaff

I was in the Douro for one week during this "funky" harvest. I talked to many winemakers, like Dirk Niepoort, David Guimaraens or Alzira Carvalho. I didn´t get that anyone was deeply depressed :crying: , fortunately the majority of good grapes was picked before the rain, maybe it won´t be ...

christopherpfaff

During my visit at Vesuvio last year, I recorded a video interwview about the history and style of Vesuvio with Dominic Symington.

The result, including some stunning views from the vineyards is now published at YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFPaOadF0gY

christopherpfaff

I started a new video series about famous Port Wine Quintas in the Douro. Episode #1 starts with a video about the stunning beauty in Douro Superior - Vale Meao. I visited the Quinta a few times and spoke in last September with the sympathetic, renowned and innovative gentleman Vito Olazabal about h...

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Thank you Christopher and worldofport, and thank you Luisa... thanks for reply and the positive statements. it makes my work a little bit more pleasant, if I know that there some people out in the world who like my videos. 88) at moment there is no plan to transcribe it, however this is a good idea...

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It is always the best to ask an expert. Relating to harvest report, I think an enologist is a very good source. :D I talked in february to Luisa Borges, from Soc. Roncao Pequeno (their Port wine trademark is Vieira de Sousa) about her opinion to 2013 and her meaning if there will appear Vintage Port...

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Congratulations Eus! very goog work indeed!

christopherpfaff

very interesiting evening, that gives a quiet good overview about Cockburns Vintage Ports. even I expected I was very disappointed about the quality of the wines from 80Â´s and 90Â´s, the most of them were a shame for a Vintage Port. Normally 94 is on par, but our bottle was mediocre, due to a reaso...

christopherpfaff

nearly the same result as at an 83 horizontal in september in Sao Joao de Pesqueira. Wine of the night was Gould Campball, 2nd Niepoort and 3rd Taylor, normally Dow, Warre, Graham and Ramos Pinto are also on par, but not outstanding. Cockburn is said to be very good, if you have a good bottle. but I...

christopherpfaff

fantastic event, it was a great pleasure to be there!

christopherpfaff

this is so that you donÂ´t go asleep by watching the video :D to be serious, when I produced the video, I hear the sound maybe a thousand times, and adjust it to be consistent. and when I watch the original file at my PC it is consistent. but that is only the first part, after uploading it via YouTu...

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In February this year World of Port held a fantastic tasting of 20 different Ports of the year 1963 in Leverkusen (Germany). Among the 16 participants were also honoured guest Nick Delaforce , who was interviewed for the video summarisation of this event, who is published now: http://www.youtube.com...

christopherpfaff

and now the official video clip of this legendary tasting is published on you tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1WgJ0NoLuQ

christopherpfaff

If anyone is interested in follow the latest news about this project and pictures of the event at 22nd of September, we will post it via facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/World-of ... 1834357645

christopherpfaff

I recently purchased a 12 bottles case of this seldom wine. Yesterday I opend the first bottle, what was external not in good condition. Capsule was damaged, filling was top shoulder and it seem with signs of seepage. But the opening was a big surprise. The cork was in good condition and the content...

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VIDEO: winemaker statements about VP 2011 I talked to 5 prominent winemakers of the Douro region and asked them about their opinion about the Vintage Port of 2011 and summarize this in a short video. The video is uploaded at my YouTube Channel and can be found by the link below. John Graham from Ch...

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In February Axel Probst and myself visited again the worth seeing lodge of Porto KROHN, one of the few still existing portuguese family port producers. Krohn is specialised in Colheita and Tawny Ports and they have some very old Ports (e.g. 1863, 1865) still in casks (pipes). I record a round trip o...

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1985 defeated 1983. Even though several of the same-shipper comparisons were close, everybody thought that the younger vintage beat the elder by four-to-one or five-to-zero. As my birthyear is 1983 I took a particular interest in this vintage over the last few years. I even did several comparing ta...

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IÂ´m sure that there many wines with 96-100 points, that the most normal wine drinkes do not like very much. I think the problem is the attitude, that many wine buyers donÂ´t ask themself "what wine I like really" the ask only "what wine has a good rate". Its funny, if IÂ´m right...

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