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September is hard for an industry guest, I would venture. I less the tasting is held in the Douro!
October *might* work, depending on the dates.

I expect this will be showing up in your signature soon enough!

I suppose a quick and dirty solution would be to change it to "1908 Da Silva Colheita".

Audouzed for about 12 hours, then decanted for 6. Bricking around the edges, still fairly dark at its core. A bit of dark fruit on the nose, which is dominated by cherries, with a hint of spice. Really attractive. Tannins still present, but not overly so. Heat barely noticeable, quite fruity, in a j...

Those prices don't make any sense! £70 for a bottle of 2016 LBV and £85 for a 20yo, but 'only' £98 for a 40yo?!

So there's no "C"

mcoulson wrote: ↑17:43 Thu 18 May 2023

winesecretary wrote: ↑13:39 Thu 18 May 2023 Yes please. I have Quarles Harris (at least, according to my spreadsheet) and Croft.

Excellent ... Makes me feel a lot better to know it's not just me with an excel file

Hi, fellow Excel file owner right here

Glenn E. wrote: ↑21:58 Tue 16 May 2023
Bufete Fase for the best Francesinha in Porto

When it's open

Woot! Should be great.

I have Carcavelos from 1993.

But alas, I'll be unable to attend.

Genius.

Yes! Score one for the little guy!

Although I am not quite clear if they also own the Barros and Van Zeller brands, themselves. Barros is owned by Sogevinus, and Cristiano van Zeller (not of Barão de Vilar) owns the Van Zeller brand (along with his daughter, I think). As for the wines you mention, I've actually never tried either of...

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑21:06 Thu 27 Apr 2023 The implication of the answer I received is that there will be no SQVPs from TFP for the 2021 vintage.

Demand for tawny Port is growing rapidly - that juice has to come from somewhere!

Woah. That's a big deal. No Roeda, no FG, no Vargellas? Crazy.

Every time I've brought (Late Bottled) Vintage Port to a restaurant I've gone with #3. That way I retain control of the entire process (plus it saves me a trip to the restaurant in the case of #1).

winesecretary wrote: ↑09:11 Wed 26 Apr 2023 Thank you for letting us know. I simply couldn't recall having ordered anything from them since and I was racking my brains. After much anguish and prayer I had reached the conclusion that I should simply wait and see what turned up...

Same here!

Sogevinus announced Kopke Quinta de S. Luiz and Burmester Quinta do Arnozelo.


https://harpers.co.uk/news/fullstory.ph ... ce_92.html

Pr seems appropriate.

Whose birthday, I wonder...

Glenn E. wrote: ↑21:51 Tue 18 Apr 2023 I dunno, it seems to me that the theme is appropriate for an event that some people aren't able to attend.

An event fit for a King's coronation.

akzy wrote: ↑21:37 Fri 07 Apr 2023 Got drunk regardless.

You or the wine?

(I ask because of the vodka thing)

That was my latest VP from the 80s and my experience was similar, I enjoyed it very much, it was in great form.

That's one hell of a lineup.

Was I that bad? My apologies to everyone

My apologies for leaving abruptly. I went out to lock the outer gate and re-entered the living room just in time to see my computer go into hibernation mode. I forgot to plug it in!

Anyway, great to see familiar faces and meet new ones, great chat all around. Cheers!