Does coming off the boil mean that prices drop? Sorry for asking, but english isn't my mother tongue
Latest buy
- Delinquent
- Cockburn’s Special Reserve
- Posts: 39
- Joined: 20:10 Wed 22 Jul 2020
- Location: Bern, Switzerland
- Contact:
Re: Latest buy
- uncle tom
- Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
- Posts: 3534
- Joined: 23:43 Wed 20 Jun 2007
- Location: Near Saffron Walden, England
Re: Latest buy
Does coming off the boil mean that prices drop?
'Coming off the boil' is used to mean a situation where the pressure to progress has gone away.
In the context of prices, it means stalling or going back to where they had recently been before rising. In a political or administrative context it might be used to indicate a situation where enthusiasm for a project or regulatory change has diminished - e.g. 'Following the discovery of costly geological problems, enthusiasm for building the tunnel has come off the boil'
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill
- JacobH
- Quinta do Vesuvio 1994
- Posts: 3300
- Joined: 16:37 Sat 03 May 2008
- Location: London, UK
- Contact:
Re: RE: Re: Latest buy
Interesting. That would suggest it really was people sitting at home and feeling bored on online auctions that was driving the prices!uncle tom wrote:Checking a few recent auction results - it looks like prices are coming off the boil. Not quite low enough to get me buying younger vintages yet, but vintages like '70 and '77 are not far off their pre-pandemic prices.
-
- Niepoort LBV
- Posts: 294
- Joined: 14:24 Thu 17 Jan 2008
- Location: London
Re: Latest buy
I am not sure I agree, I think there is just more Port on the market which has pushed prices down a bit in certain areas
-
- Warre’s Otima 10 year old Tawny
- Posts: 654
- Joined: 13:22 Wed 17 Feb 2021
- Location: Douro Valley
Re: Latest buy
Bought a couple of bottles each of Dow's, Graham's, Vesúvio, and Noval. All 2003 VP. Decent price, too.
-
- Quinta do Noval LBV
- Posts: 203
- Joined: 16:40 Sat 23 Jun 2018
Re: Latest buy
N17 - 1 case of 6.
-
- Warre’s Otima 10 year old Tawny
- Posts: 654
- Joined: 13:22 Wed 17 Feb 2021
- Location: Douro Valley
Re: Latest buy
Good buy. Got one as well when I got the chance. Great wine.
-
- Cockburn’s Special Reserve
- Posts: 29
- Joined: 22:55 Tue 05 Jan 2021
Re: Latest buy
3 x Graham's Single Harvest 1974
2 x Graham's Single Harvest 1963
3 x Graham's Blend No.12
Big fan of Graham's - and especially the Single harvest collection
2 x Graham's Single Harvest 1963
3 x Graham's Blend No.12
Big fan of Graham's - and especially the Single harvest collection
Re: Latest buy
Wow............there some serious cash spent there!!! Looking forward to trying the Ruby Blend, keep checking online for availability.
- uncle tom
- Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
- Posts: 3534
- Joined: 23:43 Wed 20 Jun 2007
- Location: Near Saffron Walden, England
Re: Latest buy
The empty bottles should make good bases for bedside lights - or dinner table candle sticks..
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill
Re: Latest buy
Did you get the Ruby Blend No.12 online? Cant see it anywhere yet?
-
- Cockburn’s Special Reserve
- Posts: 29
- Joined: 22:55 Tue 05 Jan 2021
Re: RE: Re: Latest buy
Yes - some cash has definitely been spent.. I also look forward to trying Blend Nº12 tonight..DanSelk wrote:Wow............there some serious cash spent there!!! Looking forward to trying the Ruby Blend, keep checking online for availability.
No - my port pusher from Portugal, got his hands on some bottles of the Blend 12 for me.. I don't think anybody got it for sale online yet..
Big fan of Graham's - and especially the Single harvest collection
Re: Latest buy
Impressive, You just seem to be missing this…
https://www.vintagewineandport.co.uk/pr ... -Port-1882
Do you have a favourite from your collection of Graham ports?
https://www.vintagewineandport.co.uk/pr ... -Port-1882
Do you have a favourite from your collection of Graham ports?
-
- Cockburn’s Special Reserve
- Posts: 29
- Joined: 22:55 Tue 05 Jan 2021
Re: RE: Re: Latest buy
Yes - that is absolute number 1 on my wish list!!Doggett wrote:Impressive, You just seem to be missing this…
https://www.vintagewineandport.co.uk/pr ... -Port-1882
Do you have a favourite from your collection of Graham ports?
I especially like the SH40, 52, 63 and the new 74
Big fan of Graham's - and especially the Single harvest collection
-
- Warre’s Otima 10 year old Tawny
- Posts: 654
- Joined: 13:22 Wed 17 Feb 2021
- Location: Douro Valley
Re: Latest buy
Got a case of Pintas 07. It's not their best VP, but it was quite cheap and the wine is quite agreeable.
- uncle tom
- Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
- Posts: 3534
- Joined: 23:43 Wed 20 Jun 2007
- Location: Near Saffron Walden, England
Re: Latest buy
A mixed lot - a dozen bottles, almost certainly from a house clearance. Items that caught my eye were a Niepoort 30 yr, bottled 1990, and a pair of Quarles Harris 1978 LBV - I'm not sure I've seen an LBV under the QH label before.
An unusual lot in that it looked like collected xmas presents given to an uncle so an so, who supposedly liked port but actually didn't, yet spanning a wide timeline of about 36 years, the latest datable bottle being a Sandeman 2014 LBV.
Three of the bottles were dry whites. On past form I gave these zero value when bidding, and opened one immediately upon collection - a Fonseca Sirocco - after getting them home, half expecting to dump it in the cooking.
No idea how old the bottle was, the label looked fairly recent, but the T-stopper snapped, despite my gentle attempt to ease it.
Wine brownish, which is not a good sign.. but surprisingy drinkable - very sherry like and quaffable..
Maybe the Magalhaes tawny will marinate the meat instead..
An unusual lot in that it looked like collected xmas presents given to an uncle so an so, who supposedly liked port but actually didn't, yet spanning a wide timeline of about 36 years, the latest datable bottle being a Sandeman 2014 LBV.
Three of the bottles were dry whites. On past form I gave these zero value when bidding, and opened one immediately upon collection - a Fonseca Sirocco - after getting them home, half expecting to dump it in the cooking.
No idea how old the bottle was, the label looked fairly recent, but the T-stopper snapped, despite my gentle attempt to ease it.
Wine brownish, which is not a good sign.. but surprisingy drinkable - very sherry like and quaffable..
Maybe the Magalhaes tawny will marinate the meat instead..
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill
Re: Latest buy
4 or 5 more bottles of 84 (picture showed 2 84's but listing didn't)
2 bottles of Novel 75
a road trip coming up to go and collect.
2 bottles of Novel 75
a road trip coming up to go and collect.
Re: Latest buy
1 bottle of Quarles Harris 1983
1 bottle of Duorum Vinha De Castelo 2009
Warres Warrior dice games compendium (for Alex)
All bought at auction.
1 bottle of Duorum Vinha De Castelo 2009
Warres Warrior dice games compendium (for Alex)
All bought at auction.
-
- Taylor’s LBV
- Posts: 162
- Joined: 17:41 Sun 31 Jan 2021
- Location: New Jersey, USA
Re: Latest buy
6 x 1977 Smith Woodhouse VP
4 x 1980 Smith Woodhouse VP
3 x 2011 Niepoort VP
I'm selling a couple of the SW to another forum member.
4 x 1980 Smith Woodhouse VP
3 x 2011 Niepoort VP
I'm selling a couple of the SW to another forum member.
- uncle tom
- Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
- Posts: 3534
- Joined: 23:43 Wed 20 Jun 2007
- Location: Near Saffron Walden, England
Re: Latest buy
Mike - you may be discovering an odd phenomenon that I encountered over a decade ago now..6 x 1977 Smith Woodhouse VP
4 x 1980 Smith Woodhouse VP
3 x 2011 Niepoort VP
..put two vintage port bottles together and they breed - whilst at the same time your bank account becomes strangely empty.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill
-
- Taylor’s LBV
- Posts: 162
- Joined: 17:41 Sun 31 Jan 2021
- Location: New Jersey, USA
Re: Latest buy
I've seen the aftermath of that phenomena in my basement. I turn my back and BAM!, more Port appears out of nowhere.uncle tom wrote: ↑08:33 Thu 19 Aug 2021Mike - you may be discovering an odd phenomenon that I encountered over a decade ago now..6 x 1977 Smith Woodhouse VP
4 x 1980 Smith Woodhouse VP
3 x 2011 Niepoort VP
..put two vintage port bottles together and they breed - whilst at the same time your bank account becomes strangely empty.
They're like rabbits.
- slateshalehead
- Fonseca Bin 27
- Posts: 61
- Joined: 13:48 Fri 28 Aug 2020
Re: Latest buy
2x - 2011 Ferreira
My first VP bottles to lay down!
My first VP bottles to lay down!
-
- Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
- Posts: 3544
- Joined: 14:22 Wed 15 Dec 2010
- Location: Near Cambridge, UK
Re: Latest buy
and so it begins...
Congrats! However much storage you have, plan to double it within five years!
-
- Warre’s Otima 10 year old Tawny
- Posts: 654
- Joined: 13:22 Wed 17 Feb 2021
- Location: Douro Valley
Re: Latest buy
-
- Cockburn’s Special Reserve
- Posts: 29
- Joined: 22:55 Tue 05 Jan 2021
Re: Latest buy
1 x 4.5 L Graham's 20 years
1 x 4.5 L Graham's SH82
1 x Graham's Single Harvest 1976
1 x Graham's 40 years - Older version
1 x Graham's "The Tawny" - Older version
Big fan of Graham's - and especially the Single harvest collection
1 x 4.5 L Graham's SH82
1 x Graham's Single Harvest 1976
1 x Graham's 40 years - Older version
1 x Graham's "The Tawny" - Older version
Big fan of Graham's - and especially the Single harvest collection