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RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 12:50 Wed 02 Nov 2011

Plenty on the shelves at the Henley Tesco - I must admit my initial impression on half a glass last night was that this was VERY young and raw, though I will reserve judgement until tonight/tomorrow to give it time to air.

Half price offer runs until 22.11.11, at least at Henley

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 20:34 Wed 02 Nov 2011

AHB wrote:And then there's Tesco's current buy 6 get 25% off deal.

I wish we had Tesco. My local QFC only gives a 10% discount if you buy 6 and 15% if you buy 12 or more. I think that applies all the time, though.

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 22:56 Wed 02 Nov 2011

ah the dow 1970 came in

Zelandakh · Post by **Zelandakh** » 22:17 Thu 03 Nov 2011

Thanks RAYC - latest purchase is 12 Dow's Master Blend.

QFC? 15% is a good discount.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 04:14 Fri 04 Nov 2011

Zelandakh wrote:QFC? 15% is a good discount.

Quality Food Centers, which are now part of the Kroger empire.

15% sounds like a good discount, but at QFC you're starting 5-10% above average. They used to be worth the extra cost, but have gone downhill (IMO) since Kroger bought them.

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 15:37 Wed 09 Nov 2011

2002 Q. Vale Maeo

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 03:29 Thu 17 Nov 2011

2x magnums of taylor 1994

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 11:36 Fri 18 Nov 2011

g-man wrote:2x magnums of taylor 1994

Nice!

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 15:02 Fri 18 Nov 2011

AHB wrote:
g-man wrote:2x magnums of taylor 1994
Nice!

yea i forgot i bid on them

was 190$ /btl

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 21:33 Mon 21 Nov 2011

Some recent purchases:
D47, Co47, QdN50, B80, 2D70, Mag F70, G83, QdN85, T77, W83.
From London: W60 (BBR), 2T07, F07, GC07, .5 GC07, .5 D88 (bomfim)

Axel P · Post by **Axel P** » 14:48 Wed 23 Nov 2011

Niepoort 91 (and twice on sunday), normal and Mgs

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 15:17 Wed 23 Nov 2011

A few more: 2Co03, 3G03, waiting for 1 more Co03

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 18:18 Wed 23 Nov 2011

G70 of immaculate stock as a birthday present from work colleagues.

A lovely suprise, as i must admit, i opened up the wrapping with the expectation of half price Dow 2006lbv from Tesco...

Must remember to pull a couple of good drinkers out for this year's xmas party....

Axel P · Post by **Axel P** » 22:31 Mon 28 Nov 2011

A single bottle of SWC 35 in excellent condition wo label for 70 EUR.

Axel

Post by **DRT** » 16:12 Sat 03 Dec 2011

6 bottles of Sainsbury Taste the Difference 2003 VP (bottled by SFE) @ £13.12 each
6 bottles of Graham's Malvedos 1999 @ £15 each.

Sainsbury currently have both of the above on special offer with an additional 25% off for buying 6 or more bottles. They have lots of other styles that are on similarly attractive offers. Go now!!!!

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 18:01 Sat 03 Dec 2011

w70
w74 LBV
f97

Post by **DRT** » 13:47 Sun 04 Dec 2011

DRT wrote:6 bottles of Sainsbury Taste the Difference 2003 VP (bottled by SFE) @ £13.12 each
6 bottles of Graham's Malvedos 1999 @ £15 each.

Sainsbury currently have both of the above on special offer with an additional 25% off for buying 6 or more bottles. They have lots of other styles that are on similarly attractive offers. Go now!!!!

I followed my own advice and bought the same again today, plus some more for someone else.

They also have Graham Crusted, bottled 2003, reduced to £13 per bottle with a further reduction of 25% if you buy 6 or more. I resisted as I was more interested in the VPs.

The Cruz LBV 2004 on the same shelf didn't look like great value in this company at £14 per bottle

Post by **jdaw1** » 16:36 Sun 04 Dec 2011

DRT wrote:someone else

Post by **DRT** » 20:31 Sun 04 Dec 2011

DRT wrote:6 bottles of Sainsbury Taste the Difference 2003 VP (bottled by SFE) @ £13.12 each

I have taken one for the team: see TN here.

clawhit · Post by **clawhit** » 17:07 Tue 06 Dec 2011

Dow 55
Dow 63
Grahams 63
Fonseca 66
Dow 83
Fonseca 83

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 04:29 Mon 12 Dec 2011

croft 75, 77, 78

Zelandakh · Post by **Zelandakh** » 19:16 Mon 12 Dec 2011

Warre's 2006 LBV at £6.99 in Morrisons. Rather heavy and unsubtle on initial drinking but after the first couple of glasses it was better. Uncertain whether that was its contact with air or my contact with port.

gerwin.degraaf · Post by **gerwin.degraaf** » 08:50 Wed 14 Dec 2011

6x 1980 Kopke 1980
6x 1983 Quarles Harris VP

Alex M · Post by **Alex M** » 10:06 Wed 14 Dec 2011

7 x Dow 1983 from BBR @ £29. They still have 4 left if anybody is interested.

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 10:41 Wed 14 Dec 2011

Alex M wrote:7 x Dow 1983 from BBR @ £29. They still have 4 left if anybody is interested.

Not any more!

thanks for the heads up - i thought that was rather good pricing considering it is BBR...!

Axel P · Post by **Axel P** » 16:10 Wed 14 Dec 2011

Niepoort Colheita 1900, Vintage 1945 and VV

Axel

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 19:41 Wed 14 Dec 2011

Quinta do Vesuvio 2009 x2
Dow 1980 x4

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 19:44 Wed 14 Dec 2011

Alex M wrote:7 x Dow 1983 from BBR @ £29. They still have 4 left if anybody is interested.

That's a nice UK price. I was over in Borough market and there were some wine vendors there hawking it at 70/bottle. That said, i was rather amused to see 30 y.o. vintage port being sold out of the OWC in a street market.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:51 Wed 14 Dec 2011

Zelandakh wrote:Warre's 2006 LBV at £6.99 in Morrisons. Rather heavy and unsubtle on initial drinking but after the first couple of glasses it was better. Uncertain whether that was its contact with air or my contact with port.

Is this Traditional LBV or filtered?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:53 Wed 14 Dec 2011

Alex M wrote:7 x Dow 1983 from BBR @ £29. They still have 4 left if anybody is interested.

That is an extremely fair price - i would have been a buyer at that price!

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:55 Wed 14 Dec 2011

A bottle of Taylor 1890! Whoohoo!

I've now managed to replace all the 100+ year old bottles I've opened (or dropped and broken

) this year.

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 22:38 Wed 14 Dec 2011

AHB wrote:
Alex M wrote:7 x Dow 1983 from BBR @ £29. They still have 4 left if anybody is interested.
That is an extremely fair price - i would have been a buyer at that price!

I'm pretty sure it must have been a pricing error - it just does not make any sense in the context of the prices of other ports on their list...or the last time i purchased a bottle of Dow 83 from them (£40ish in early 2010 i believe, but their prices seem to have gone up a lot since then)

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 22:39 Wed 14 Dec 2011

AHB wrote:
Zelandakh wrote:Warre's 2006 LBV at £6.99 in Morrisons. Rather heavy and unsubtle on initial drinking but after the first couple of glasses it was better. Uncertain whether that was its contact with air or my contact with port.
Is this Traditional LBV or filtered?

Very interesting...i hope this is not a sign that their delayed-release unfiltered is on its way out - the 2001 in Waitrose at the moment is rather good.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 08:39 Thu 15 Dec 2011

RAYC wrote:
AHB wrote:
Zelandakh wrote:Warre's 2006 LBV at £6.99 in Morrisons. Rather heavy and unsubtle on initial drinking but after the first couple of glasses it was better. Uncertain whether that was its contact with air or my contact with port.
Is this Traditional LBV or filtered?
Very interesting...i hope this is not a sign that their delayed-release unfiltered is on its way out - the 2001 in Waitrose at the moment is rather good.

Warre have always made both a filtered and traditional LBV - both are pretty good but I prefer the unfiltered version. I'm assuming that this is a filtered LBV, but thought I'd ask in case there was a change in the release strategy for the traditional LBV.

gerwin.degraaf · Post by **gerwin.degraaf** » 20:02 Thu 15 Dec 2011

1967 Nicolau de Almeida VP (12 bottles, I will probably split this lot). Dutch Bottling

Zelandakh · Post by **Zelandakh** » 21:06 Fri 16 Dec 2011

It is the traditional lbv. I will try a controlled experiment decanting it and leave for 24 hours. Not tonight though - Firsty Friday...port won't last long tonight

Post by **DRT** » 11:40 Sat 17 Dec 2011

AHB wrote:
RAYC wrote:
AHB wrote:
Zelandakh wrote:Warre's 2006 LBV at £6.99 in Morrisons. Rather heavy and unsubtle on initial drinking but after the first couple of glasses it was better. Uncertain whether that was its contact with air or my contact with port.
Is this Traditional LBV or filtered?
Very interesting...i hope this is not a sign that their delayed-release unfiltered is on its way out - the 2001 in Waitrose at the moment is rather good.
Warre have always made both a filtered and traditional LBV - both are pretty good but I prefer the unfiltered version. I'm assuming that this is a filtered LBV, but thought I'd ask in case there was a change in the release strategy for the traditional LBV.

Zelandakh wrote:It is the traditional lbv.

I have just visited Morrisons with the intention of clearing their shelves of this wine. Unfortunately, the vast quantity of Warre LBV 2006 that is on display there at £6.99 per bottle is the standard filtered LBV, not the "Bottle Matured" LBV that was once known as "Traditional".

Zelandakh · Post by **Zelandakh** » 17:12 Sun 18 Dec 2011

Ah Derek, I have misinformed you then, my apologies. I think that it is good for the money despite not being the one I had led you to believe however I did also acquire some Dow's Midnight 50cl bottles yesterday as Sunday afternoon port.

Post by **DRT** » 17:20 Sun 18 Dec 2011

No problem, Nick, the dream was good while it lasted

I'm sure the Warre LBV 06 is a good wine but I decided to save my pennies for the next ridiculous VP offer that hits the UK supermarket shelves this festive season.

Zelandakh · Post by **Zelandakh** » 18:15 Sun 18 Dec 2011

Do let your friends know - I have plenty of NV but no ridiculous priced VP...

Post by **DRT** » 18:53 Sun 18 Dec 2011

Zelandakh wrote:Do let your friends know - I have plenty of NV but no ridiculous priced VP...

A few days ago, DRT wrote:6 bottles of Sainsbury Taste the Difference 2003 VP (bottled by SFE) @ £13.12 each
6 bottles of Graham's Malvedos 1999 @ £15 each.

Sainsbury currently have both of the above on special offer with an additional 25% off for buying 6 or more bottles. They have lots of other styles that are on similarly attractive offers. Go now!!!!

Be more attentive

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 19:12 Sat 24 Dec 2011

5x 2007 Fonseca Magnums

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 23:40 Sun 25 Dec 2011

Not purchases, but Christmas pressies this year included a bottle of 1994 Graham, a bottle of 2006 Graham LBV and a bottle of Ramos Pinto 2000.

Post by **DRT** » 07:27 Mon 26 Dec 2011

A bottle of Dow's Quinta do Bomfim 1999 as a Christmas present

smisse · Post by **smisse** » 17:01 Mon 26 Dec 2011

2 Taylor's 1992
2 Taylor's 1994

Post by **DRT** » 09:35 Tue 27 Dec 2011

This slipped through the net of the eBay Police whilst they were gorging themselves on turkey...

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Post by **PhilW** » 14:52 Tue 27 Dec 2011

DRT wrote:This slipped through the net of the eBay Police whilst they were gorging themselves on turkey...

There is quite a lot of bottles on there at the moment, though mostly over-priced, especially considering lack of provenance etc; Has been a while since I had a good ebay bargain. Wish I'd caught the Sainsbury deal for the 99 Malvedos though...

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 19:01 Tue 27 Dec 2011

I acquired one of the Graham verticals during the most recent FTLOP purchasing opportunity. The price was high, but the bottles were all purchased on release and kept in the cellar at a California winery for their entire lives so I thought... just this once... I'll overpay for known good storage.

14 bottles, starting with '63 and ending with '07.

Post by **DRT** » 19:34 Tue 27 Dec 2011

PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:This slipped through the net of the eBay Police whilst they were gorging themselves on turkey...
There is quite a lot of bottles on there at the moment, though mostly over-priced, especially considering lack of provenance etc; Has been a while since I had a good ebay bargain.

I got this one for £53, which I'm happy with as that's much cheaper than the other four I bought about three years ago. As you might know, 1965 VP is essential to my continued existence and the real cost of this bottle works out at just under £1.02 per week

There are quite a few bottles on there at the moment but they won't all reach the end of the auction before some nerd at eBay zaps them for having a comma in the wrong place in the description

Post by **DRT** » 19:36 Tue 27 Dec 2011

Glenn E. wrote:I acquired one of the Graham verticals during the most recent FTLOP purchasing opportunity. The price was high, but the bottles were all purchased on release and kept in the cellar at a California winery for their entire lives so I thought... just this once... I'll overpay for known good storage.

14 bottles, starting with '63 and ending with '07.

So all you need now is 4 or 5 volunteers to fly to Seattle to help you quality assure your purchase?