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I placed my per-order today. Thanks for the the e-mail reminding laggards like me.

How long did you decant this one? Or did you pop and pour?

While I was doing my usual shopping today, I decided to further stock up on Niepoort's 2011 LBV, so I put two bottles into the trolley. At home I was surprised to find that one bottle was bottled in 2015 (like the other bottles that I have) and one in 2016. So I wonder a) if different bottling years...

For Riesling lovers I can recommend these two wines: Wiltinger Riesling Dry, von Kesselstatt 2014 http://www.thewinesociety.com/shop/productdetail.aspx?section=pd&pl=&pd=GE8941&pc=&prl= A very tasty Saar river Riesling. Very good value, too. Jordan Estate The Real McCoy Riesling, Ste...

First of all, you’re welcome. I’m glad you take an interest in Riesling. I’m always happy to make converts. If you shop the next time at Waitrose, try their Künstler Hochheimer Hölle Riesling. This is from the Rheingau. A region you seem to prefer over the Mosel (since you liked the Breuer one bette...

We had a similar discussion before: http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8774&hilit=closure They're calld Vinolok: http://vinolok.cz/en/home/ August Eser use a similar shaped bottle for one of their wines: http://www.august-eser-weinshop.de/epages/63703322.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Sh...

In addition to the Sandeman, I would recommend the following LBVs for cellaring:

- Niepoort
- Noval (unfiltered)
- Rozes
- Warre (unfiltered)

djewesbury wrote:Yes - you need to use a proxy server that tells the BBC website that you're in the UK. It's worth it.

Using a proxy server? Oh dear, I guess I'm not foxy enough for proxy. (Sorry, I'm in my pun mood today).

I guess this forum is more about hedonic drinking, but I would like to draw attention to a little book that was published by OUP some weeks ago: 'Hedonic Eating: How the Pleasure of Food Affects Our Brains and Behavior". :tpf: Lifecoach-General will probably like chapter eight: "The Influe...

djewesbury wrote:Did anybody bother watching this? Fascinating. He went to Vesuvio too.

I would like to watch it, but the iPlayer is only working when you're in the UK (something to do with IP-range).

Croft Port has opened its estate in the Douro Valley to the public having completed work on its new visitor centre at Quinta da Roêda: http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2015/09/croft-opens-douro-estate-to-tourists/ http://croftport.com/en/visit-us/quinta-da-roeda-douro-valley/ There are now two more ...

Egon Müller’s 2003 Scharzhofberger Trockenbeerenauslese smashed records last week when it sold for €12,000 a bottle at the VDP Prädikat wine auction in Trier:
http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2015/0 ... on-record/

DRT wrote: Stranger things have happened, Andre. Who know, perhaps one day Daniel might even admit he is wrong about something?

Hm, he's a (university) teacher. And teachers are always right. But I don't want to temper your hope.

Being a foreigner, I didn't know Michael Portillo. Thus I looked him up on Wikipedia. I think it's strange that a politician should turn into a successful TV presenter. I would have thought that people would be fed up with a politician once he's left the byzantine world of scheming and self-enrichme...

I am currently dining alone at the Kameha Grand hotel in Bonn (I caught the afternoon flight. My colleagues planned to catch the cancelled evening flight). On the wine list is a modest selection of port: Quinta do Noval ruby NV @ €7 per 5cl glass or €46 per bottle Quinta do Noval white NV @ €7 per ...

djewesbury wrote:You should have met André for dinner in the Vintage, down the road in Köln.

You're quite right.

I guess :TPF: cricket lovers will like the Spiegel magazine's picture of the day for the 5th of September: http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/augenblicke-bilder-des-tages-2015-fotostrecke-122824.html It shows some (elderly) gentlemen trying to catch the ball that Australia's Shane Watson hit into the...

A dinner tray?

jdaw1 wrote:Please could the OP consider renaming this thread to “Port at airports”.

Happy to oblige.

In Gothenburg Landvetter airport they sell Andresen 1995 Colheita in the (non-)Duty Free shop. You are not allowed to buy ANY alcohol if you are flying within the EU. Offering good port and then not selling it is clearly teasing. Not very civilised in my opinion. :( Why is it not allowed to buy it ...

Do you know how long this was decanted?

I guess you should contact the guys from Vintageport.se:
http://www.vintageport.se/about.php

They will know who will be avaiable for port in Gothenburg.

If you want to try a wide range of ports by various producers by the glass, you should visit the "Solar do vinho do porto": http://www.ivdp.pt/pagina.asp?idioma=1&codPag=169 http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g189158-d195862-Reviews-Solar_do_Vinho_do_Porto-Lisbon_Lisbon_Dis...

jdaw1 wrote:

AW77 wrote:Separately, the use of “DMGs” is painful. Why is the ‘G’ capitalised? Indeed, why is it there at all?

I think this acronym is here to increase the already high number of abbreviations in the wine world. We wouldn't want to let everyone know so easily what we are talking about, would we?

DaveRL wrote:I'm not keen on excessively jammy or minty qualities in wines.

Do you also mean excessively sweet by "jammy" or simply excessively fruity? In my limited experience a port tastes less sweet the older it gets. Does anyone know why? (I guess the sugar level is still the same).