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If there's a "no order too small" policy and transportation to the UK is a possibility, I'd certainly be interested in acquiring one.

-Jacob (who likes having a miscellaneous collection of decanters)

Haven't got my port books here yet, so can't give you a complete answer, but Hooper's and Guedes come to mind. Thanks! Were either of these shippers of the size that Delaforce currently is? I've never come across either, although I that might not be terribly surprising if they were merged with RCV ...

Benread , although It should read Montréal , country of Quebec ( I've always refered to It in those terms ) . Conky and others are aware of my political leanings in regard to this unacceptable situation . ) :wink: Ah, I was wondering if that was the reason! I spent a few days in Montréal last Summe...

I’m interested that, from your TNs, it appears that many of you found the 2001 Dow’s a lot better than the 2001 Taylor’s. I’ve drunk a fair few bottles of both and would always put them the other way around. Indeed, he main reason I’ve drunk the Dow’s is that it is often available at c.£5 a bottle, ...

jdaw1 wrote:Times New Roman. Not even bold.

You shouldn’t sound surprised. This is the brave new world of 21st Century typography, where everything is Times New Roman or Arial!

So far, any brand bought by RCV has disappeared sooner or later, and it's not really a company with a glowing reputation when it comes to quality ports (although there seems to be some change in that the last couple of years). Out of curiosity, which other brands have they bought which have disappe...

I made the necessary changes and put a version for :tpf: on site at http://www.jacob-head.com/tpf . For the record, the necessary changes did only take 10 minutes, though working out that the reason that the same 10 bottles were shown 15 times each was not because of a bug in the code but because I’...

No, it shouldn’t be too difficult…To produce a manually-updated version on my site (like the :ftlop: one) would, touch wood, only take about 10 minutes…Adding names and dates should, I hope, also be quite straight-forward. Getting it to automatically update would be a bit more complex as it would ha...

KillerB wrote:

JacobH wrote:Hmm…So at what stage would this Virtual Off-line become a pleasurable experience for me?

Fonseca Bin 27 comes next then Warre's Warrior.

I suppose, at least, either of those would make a good Port Zabaglione!

Hmm…So at what stage would this Virtual Off-line become a pleasurable experience for me?

Sorry, ignore that. I can do “cheap ruby†…I was worried about the †Cruz Ruby†!

Derek T. wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:

Derek T. wrote:Types of Port Allowed: Anything you want to open

Except that, if possible, one should preferentially open the port of one’s current rank.

A fine suggestion for those who can provided there is no snobbery implied against those who can't.

Does that include those who can’t for moral reasons?

I did, but it was at about a month ago; the same time they were relaunching the site so didn’t get a chance to take it anywhere.

Although, as you say, it affects their site no more than Google, I think it would be a bit rude to advertise it on there without their permission!

I’d be curious to find out how much someone eventually pays for it, if you find out.

Admin2 Note: This thread split from here . I don’t know if this would be helpful, or not, but I’ve been working on a similar script that I have been using to search through the TN on :ftlop:. I’ve got a copy up here: http://www.jacob-head.com/ftlop/ . It’s password protected, because I still am not...

I was wondering whether it was some form of communion wine, but on examination of Google, I found this in an article on Malaga: "Lágrima": Meaning literally “tear†, it designates wine that has been produced using must obtained without any mechanical treatment, that is, it flows spontan...

I also wonder how much truth there is in it? I’ve been working on a script which can automatically index Tasting Notes (and anything else Port-related) on websites, which requires a list of all known Port shippers. Including non-port “port† producers and a few duplications due to typos, I came up w...

What alarms me the most about that statement is that, notwithstanding the names and final sentence, I would have no idea that this was referring to Port shippers. If I am reading this correctly, Adrian Bridge sees the future as being a few heavily promoted and advertised brands, each focusing (and p...

Delaforce is a leader in Germany and is very strong in Holland. These are both commodity markets and despite Delaforce having a premium over its rivals in Germany the pressure on margins is tough due to listing fees. Like all markets this is best overcome by a focus on the market and the end custom...

The worst thing about it was that it had so little flavour, it barely had any effect even after being reduced...

Interesting idea. Perhaps we could expand that and have a BOB Off-line with the own label VPs from all the major UK stores? Hmmm…how many stores produce their own labelled VPs? Off the top of my head, I can only think of M&S, Fortnum’s, Harrod’s, BBR (who do quite a few different versions), app...

I have to admit that I hadn’t heard of the Morgan 1991 before, but the TNs do make it sound interesting… Wine-Searcher only pulls up the 77, 70 and 48, though… When AHB ambushed us with a bottle at the Crusting Pipe there were some nice comments made about it. I found it odd on that occasion but not...

Thanks everyone for the replies and the warm welcome. Ben; I had not idea that Tesco sold own-brand Port, especially VP, but I’ll have a look for it the next time I’m there. I’m a bit curious (there is some discussion of this in the TN thread) as to how it is made, as the Symington Family own at lea...

I’ve heard the story about critics not successfully telling the difference between red and white wines when tasting them blind a few times before, although that was with regards to non-fortified wine, where the difference ought to be more pronounced… It’s probably entirely irrational, but when I hav...

Hi everyone, I stumbled across this forum when looking for some more sources of port Tasting Notes and thought I would join up. As an introduction, I’m another Londoner and currently doing some postgraduate study to try to make myself a bit more employable. Due to the lack of gainful employment, I m...