Port Vintages, Second Edition

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:52 Mon 06 Jun 2022

George Sandeman has written, saying that the first edition appeared on Portuguese TV! RTP (their BBC), in a segment about our favourite wine and the Platinum Jubilee, from 01:29 to 01:32.

MigSU · Post by **MigSU** » 20:55 Mon 06 Jun 2022

Here you go:

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 23:21 Mon 06 Jun 2022

A leather-bound copy!

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 15:35 Sun 26 Jun 2022

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

mosesbotbol · Post by **mosesbotbol** » 14:44 Wed 29 Jun 2022

Any thoughts on a more picture based book? 2/3's picture, 1/3 descriptions. Would have a broader appeal.

MigSU · Post by **MigSU** » 07:53 Fri 23 Sep 2022

It has been printed!

PCM · Post by **PCM** » 12:41 Fri 23 Sep 2022

MigSU wrote: ↑07:53 Fri 23 Sep 2022 It has been printed!

What do you mean by that?

MigSU · Post by **MigSU** » 13:00 Fri 23 Sep 2022

PCM wrote: ↑12:41 Fri 23 Sep 2022
MigSU wrote: ↑07:53 Fri 23 Sep 2022 It has been printed!
What do you mean by that?

Just that. I (and I assume everyone else that ordered the book) received an email saying the book has been printed.

DaveRL · Post by **DaveRL** » 09:06 Sun 25 Sep 2022

The first edition was fantastic, and on reading the email, I'm quite certain that the second edition will be even better. Looking forward to getting my hands on it. Many thanks to Mr (Dr, clearly worthy of a PhD) Wiseman for such a fabulous book.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 03:56 Mon 26 Sep 2022

Huzzah!

Post by **jdaw1** » 16:51 Mon 26 Sep 2022

The printer has sent me a speedy copy, the others being transported more slowly. And it’s fabulous. The pictures are brighter and higher resolution than in the first edition. The paper has been slightly lightened, both colour and weight, but is still properly opaque. And the author (says this entirely neutral observer) has done a great job: 635 pages of the first edition has become 700 pages of the second: more Vintage Ports, more detail, more ancient tasting notes of Ports for which you or I might bid at auction.

JacobH · Post by **JacobH** » 09:20 Tue 27 Sep 2022

Great stuff. Looking forward to it!

nac · Post by **nac** » 18:58 Mon 03 Oct 2022

Just had an email from Academie du Vin with tracking info. The excitement is building...

MigSU · Post by **MigSU** » 19:01 Mon 03 Oct 2022

It has been shipped!

DaveRL · Post by **DaveRL** » 11:19 Wed 05 Oct 2022

Much excitement. Mine has just arrived, and it is indeed fabulous. Thank you.

nac · Post by **nac** » 12:45 Wed 05 Oct 2022

Mine has arrived. Lovely.

akzy · Post by **akzy** » 15:41 Wed 05 Oct 2022

So has mine. Lovely quality.

Post by **flash_uk** » 16:54 Wed 05 Oct 2022

Big pat on the back Julian.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 22:16 Wed 05 Oct 2022

I remain 2E-less. The delivery barco rabello must still be rowing across the pond.

MigSU · Post by **MigSU** » 11:55 Thu 06 Oct 2022

Alas, nothing for me yet.

idj123 · Post by **idj123** » 21:13 Thu 06 Oct 2022

Mine arrived this pm. It's now next to the first edition and pre publication version.Any more versionso and I fear that I will have to reinforce the shelves!

JacobH · Post by **JacobH** » 09:00 Fri 07 Oct 2022

Congratulations, Julian, on the publication of this second edition!

idj123 wrote: ↑21:13 Thu 06 Oct 2022 Mine arrived this pm. It's now next to the first edition and pre publication version.Any more versionso and I fear that I will have to reinforce the shelves!

I am going to have to re-shelve all of my Port books as a result of this one’s arrival...

M.Charlton · Post by **M.Charlton** » 22:04 Fri 07 Oct 2022

Mine has arrived - it looks and feels excellent. The Book is also particularly attractive w/o the dust cover, which is a nice touch. Many thanks, Julian.

pipos2000 · Post by **pipos2000** » 16:54 Wed 12 Oct 2022

Arrived

Many thanx

Envoyé de mon VOG-L29 en utilisant Tapatalk

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 22:31 Wed 12 Oct 2022

I haz a sad.

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I was trying to log in and check the status of my order since I have not yet received it, nor have I received any sort of shipping notification.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 22:35 Wed 12 Oct 2022

A different link sent to me earlier from tracking.controlport.co.uk seems to indicate that there has been no progress on my order since the original email was received last March. But since I cannot log into Academie du Vin Library I cannot check it from there.

Post by **PhilW** » 06:42 Thu 13 Oct 2022

Glenn E. wrote: ↑22:35 Wed 12 Oct 2022 A different link sent to me earlier from tracking.controlport.co.uk seems to indicate that there has been no progress on my order since the original email was received last March. But since I cannot log into Academie du Vin Library I cannot check it from there.

FWIW I was in the same position when people first started receiving their books; I was able to log on to check, and status was still the same from March. Then the next day I received notification it was being sent, and received it the day after. Hopefully you're in the queue still.

MigSU · Post by **MigSU** » 16:22 Fri 14 Oct 2022

It has arrived! And it is....glorious.
Thank you, Julian.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 20:00 Fri 14 Oct 2022

I'm still blocked by the website, so today I sent a "Contact Us" message to the site in order to try to get my access restored. Still no word on my copy of Port Vintages.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 18:05 Mon 17 Oct 2022

Woot! My book has been dispatched! FedEx International Priority, so it should arrive this week.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 20:01 Thu 20 Oct 2022

Meu livro chegou!

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Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 00:26 Sat 22 Oct 2022

Mine still have not arrived. Nor have I gotten a shipping notification.

Post by **DRT** » 15:16 Sat 22 Oct 2022

JacobH wrote: ↑09:00 Fri 07 Oct 2022 Congratulations, Julian, on the publication of this second edition!

idj123 wrote: ↑21:13 Thu 06 Oct 2022 Mine arrived this pm. It's now next to the first edition and pre publication version.Any more versionso and I fear that I will have to reinforce the shelves!
I am going to have to re-shelve all of my Port books as a result of this one’s arrival...

Port Vintages now takes up a considerable amount of space on my book shelf: Edition 0, 2 x Edition 1, 1 x Edition 1 Deluxe and 1 x Edition 2. I need to start thinking about what to throw out in preparation for the arrival of Edition 3

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 01:26 Sat 29 Oct 2022

That is very cruel. I only know of two missing wines which the author has drunk recently. Not enough to justify a third edition.

CPR 1 · Post by **CPR 1** » 21:56 Mon 31 Oct 2022

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑01:26 Sat 29 Oct 2022 That is very cruel. I only know of two missing wines which the author has drunk recently. Not enough to justify a third edition.

What were they?

Post by **jdaw1** » 06:37 Wed 26 Apr 2023

The warehouse of the Académie du Vin Library is having an IT disaster, and re-sending many emails.

Please disregard that email. Our fulfillment partner is updating our ecommerce channel integration and it appears there was a slight oversight on their behalf. The system re-sent notifications to customers on orders already processed in the past. I can reassure you that these orders will not be processed again and the glitch has been fixed immediately.

winesecretary · Post by **winesecretary** » 08:11 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...

MigSU · Post by **MigSU** » 08:20 Wed 26 Apr 2023

winesecretary wrote: ↑08:11 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!

Post by **PhilW** » 10:03 Wed 26 Apr 2023

winesecretary wrote: ↑08:11 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...

Ditto - I guess most/all of us! I decided not to click on the link to see what it was just in case their database had been compromised.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 22:53 Mon 01 May 2023

Something similar happened with the 1st Edition for me, so I just ignored it this time around.