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Do you think that the very good impression you had of this wine was because of the extra bottle age that the port had before you drank it?

There is one port which is titled "Niepoort vintage port vintage port LBV
2004: MM on 14 Oct 2008"

Does anyone remember which bottle, when opened, had a cork that fell apart and was given to me to rebuild and confirm the identity of the port in question? I think it was one which Derek brought and opened.

benread wrote:I now have the perfect bottle of "port" for this - just 2 months too late!

Remember that the theme for Thursday's offline is "Port You'd Like to Share with a Fellow Port lover" - this surely does not count. Please?

Was this the bottle which had a cork completely disintegrate, and which I took home to rebuild?

I hadn't spotted that. Interesting.

I've just investigated the price of self-storage for use during my forthcoming building project. My local depot charges £15 per month for a room of 15 square feet with a 10 foot ceiling. The facility is heated so does not get too cold in the winter but is not air conditioned so would not be great fo...

I haven't bought any port since before Christmas - that's nearly a month now. Is this the credit crunch having an impact?

Passing the time - drive to York
Eating - Russels in York, fabulous roast carvery
Passing the time in the mornings - drive back to Leeds

But this was my only bottle, bought as part of a mini-vertical so that I could acquire some of the '63 Foz. So even if we did have another '66 horizontal we would not be able to include the Foz. But I am mightily impressed by it. I was expecting something quite weak and tired. Instead it is robust b...

1966 Quinta do Foz vintage port Plastic snap-on capsule; UK bottled by the Wine Society and with a Wine Society label but with a cork clearly branded Quinta do Foz 1966; light green glass. Decanted easily and left a lot of sediment in the bottle. A lovely rich, red colour, deep centre, deep rim. Wo...

A quick trawl through my notes reveals the following: Burmester 1970 - 1 TCA tainted Cavadinha 1988 - 2 bottle stink Cockburn 1955 - 1 spoiled bottle Cockburn 1983 - 2 TCA tainted Cockburn 1985 - 1 TCA tainted Cockburn 1991 - 1 VA spoiled Cockburn 1994 - 1 VA spoiled Crasto 1987 - 1 slight TCA taint...

Has anyone phoned them to see what they are serving? I can’t imagine that you would get much for £15! The planned ports are: Graham's 6 Grapes Graham's LBV 2003 Graham's 10 Year Old Tawny Graham's Crusted Port bottled 2001 Graham's Malvedos 1998 Graham's 2003 vintage port Graham's 1983 vintage port...

A shortlist can be made by machine, but eliminating the likes of ‟unlike last week’s bottle, this had no TCA at all” requires human reading. Perhaps you could volunteer to create the shortlist and others could volunteer to do the human reading? I can write the SQL do this and provide a file with t...

Does anyone know of an online map of the Douro region which shows the location of the different quintas?

Thanks,

Alex

Alex, For clarification, are you asking for us to name and shame spoiled ports which we taste in 2009 or everything which we have ever tasted which was spoiled? Also, I think this is a great post. As the person who came up with the idea and also an administrator, could I persuade you to make this po...

OK, second day back now and already knackered by the early starts. Course is going well enough, I have one internal student who is pretty bright, so probably finish a day early - woo hoo! When are you next going to be teaching in Reading? I'm there now! Damn. Not a good week for me to get myself or...

Good thread and a great idea.

KillerB wrote:OK, second day back now and already knackered by the early starts. Course is going well enough, I have one internal student who is pretty bright, so probably finish a day early - woo hoo!

When are you next going to be teaching in Reading?

Welcome Marcus, happy to have you join us. Out of curiosity, what did you manage to consume over the Christmas break?

DRT wrote:Has anyone noticed that those look like cats with their heads chopped off?

Personally, I thought the cat in the picture looked a bit like a black and white port sipper.

Not quite "port for sale", but close enough to make this the right place to post this advert I received a few minutes ago from Davys PORT MASTERCLASS AND SUPPER 27th January 2009 This is a rare opportunity to attend a Port Masterclass with probably the UK’s most knowledgeable tutor, ticket...

The Joanne label refers to a pipe of Port which was bought for Joanna, presumably commemorating the year of her birth or perhaps of her Christening, by her Godfather. In buying a pipe, he was able to persuade Cockburn to label the bottles purchased with the "Joanna" label. The bottles have...

RonnieRoots wrote:Is this thread now officially enough off topic to be moved to meaningless drivel?

If snipped where the conversation meandered into KillerB's habits when unsupervised with cats.

Would anyone planning to attend mind if I invited a guest along?