Drinking windows

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DRT
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Drinking windows

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Why do competent retailers get it so wrong...

This is a screen shot from the website of a very well respected source of Vintage Port in the UK. Note the drinking window and price. Can you guess the merchant and the VP?
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"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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TWS? Something from 1970?
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griff wrote:TWS? Something from 1970?
Go to the top of the class!

Fonseca 1970. According the The Wine Society it is entering its "drink up" phase :shock:
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So long as they stand by their advice and give it away in 2015 :)
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Also a higher ABV than i've typically seen advertised elsewhere (including on the label) for this port...
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