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While not specifically relating to punctuation, this seems to fit the thread:



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Andy Velebil wrote:Napa and the other wine regions in California
Finger Lakes wine region in New York
Pretty sure Oregon and Washington too

Basically any place in the US that has a winery has someone making a fortified wine.


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Is there a back label or indication of the year it was bottled?


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The '95s as a whole seem to be entering maturity and, as I feel I always mention, can offer great value in the US for something in the "ready to drink" category.


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I've noticed Vollrads had moved to the glass closure on their more affordable bottles. Their higher end stuff isn't available locally, so I can't say if they did so across their range. I've never had a bad bottle sealed this way, and the handful of Finger Lakes Pinots and Rieslings I've aged over th...

Wow, at first I guessed the topic line was likely a typo, but it is not! What an experience such a wine must have been.


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With a long history as wine merchants, it is perhaps not surprising that the names of many of our bars are inspired by wine terminology. The Bunghole Cellars is our popular wine bar on High Holborn — so what’s in the name… A bunghole is a hole bored into a barrel and capped with a large cork-like o...

I was looking through the tasting notes on this site to see if there is an upper limit on the keeping qualities of LBV port. There are a few outliers (1927, 1958, 1961 and 1967) but it isn't until the mid seventies that there seem to be enough notes to give a clear picture of how they drink over ti...

While I was generally not a big fan of their LBV's in the past, the 2009 Taylor's LBV is excellent. Worth trying it. IMO and experience Taylor's/Fonseca have, in recent years, been improving the quality of their mid-range products (Ruby Reserves, LBV, and tawny's with an indication of age). If you'...

My trouble is that I associate LBVs with my wilderness years for port. Desperately awful wines which I am sorry to say Taylor still produces. There are good LBVs but they are not uniform. Taylor's LBV is aimed at a particular market. People who read and post on this board are probably not that mark...

I totally agree with the notion that there are many LBVs out there that can benefit from bottle aging. My personal favorites, in no particular order: Smith-Woodhouse Niepoort Crasto (partially because of its very attractive price) Noval (unfiltered) Warre (especially many over 20 y/o) Sent from my i...

My conclusion is that port sulks from time to time. +1 I agree with this but just think there are so many factors to consider when attempting to analyse this subject over half a century or more that there simply isn't enough reliable evidence to pin the pattern of sulking down to specific ages. I a...

Taken!


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Mine were all Grocery Outlet as well. ~$25 for the 750ml and $10-$15 for the halves, when they had them. Only one or two vintages at a time, in no particular order. All the labels were this identical format/look: https://www.vivino.com/wineries/tuke-holdsworth/wines/oporto-late-bottled-vintage-porto...

A shame, I had pictures of a few relatively recent bottlings ('97, '99, 2000, '03 and '07) from ~2012 but it appears I've done away with them.

All were purchased from the same bargain grocery chain (I assume) Glenn procured his '80.


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That is close to a couple weddings the month before, but if a date is picked I'll look into it. A shame I broke out my '47 last year .


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Good to know, and that's a killer price!


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What are the odds this was one of the "industrial alcohol" ports? Based on this: 89/100. I'd say approximately zero. I don't think that's necessarily the case. The industrial alcohol would have gone through taste testing before use and I've drunk a reasonable range of 1972 ports. I'm not ...

What are the odds this was one of the "industrial alcohol" ports?


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Being it seems to be the best SQVP of my birth year, glad to see the couple examples I've had are representative.


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Bummer, if only there was a US selected airport I'd be all over it for a trip with the wife.


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Not quite cooking but here goes. I have been suffering from a cold which has lingered rather, having had the usual suggestions of toddys and an unusual one of hot ginger cider from an auld fella, I found the following recipe in 'The wine quotation book'. Garlic Port; Chop a pound of garlic, put it ...

I think some of you need to go back and read the earlier pages of this thread. Especially this one.... An open question to those who are keen on this idea: Would you be happy for the shippers to amend your status from "Enthusiastic Consumer" to "Member of the Trade"? Just an opi...

While getting a bit away from the original idea of a 2014 VP, perhaps a more feasible idea would be to blend a special TPF edition tawny. I suspect a producer or two with whom you are friendly with would entertain a blending demonstration and bottle a chosen blend of your collective taste. That remo...