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AHB wrote:27

Too low

Glenn E. wrote:Hmm. That seems high to me. I'll start at 20.

Consequently, too low

DRT wrote:46?

Too high

It must be said, the guesses are not bad at all. I must have been too open about the size of my cellar to you guys.
To give some perspective: the total number of bottles in the cellar is around 500. About 40% of this is Port.

31?

Sorry Derek, but you were the last one to post, so aren't allowed a guess yet. You can repost after someone else chimed in or go for another number. Anyway, I will ignore this guess.

You have a lot! Okay, I'll go with 3 times the number I have: 39.

39 is too low.

41?

The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42!

Glenn E. wrote:The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42!

Glenn,

We are from the same generation and share many beliefs, but I have to break the news to you that that is not exactly true. Hard though it may be to accept, 42 is not the answer to everything. 6x7 being an obvious example.

DRT wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42!

Glenn,

We are from the same generation and share many beliefs, but I have to break the news to you that that is not exactly true. Hard though it may be to accept, 42 is not the answer to everything. 6x7 being an obvious example.

No no no no no... the question is "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"

Glenn E. wrote:The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42!

Great film (and great books), but I must agree with Derek, it is not the answer to everything. In this case 42 is too high.

DRT wrote:41?

Too high.

That leaves only one option. The first to jump in is next.

40

What was the first VP that I purchased in an OWC?

Clue 1. It was a six pack.

Vesuvio 1994

That would have been my guess as well. Vesuvio 2000 then.

AHB wrote:Vesuvio 1994

RonnieRoots wrote:That would have been my guess as well. Vesuvio 2000 then.

House and both years are incorrect.

Martinez 1983

Morgan 1991

AHB wrote:Martinez 1983

RonnieRoots wrote:Morgan 1991

Both houses incorrect. One vintage correct.

1991 Graham?

1983 Graham

Glenn E. wrote:1991 Graham?

RonnieRoots wrote:1983 Graham

House incorrect. Unsurprisingly, one vintage correct.

1983 Warre?

Offley 1983

1983 Gould Campbell?

Dow 1983

Fonseca 1983

1983 Smith Woodhouse?

Warre 1983

AHB wrote:Warre 1983

Is this different from

Glenn E. wrote:1983 Warre?

Glenn E. wrote:1983 Warre?

AHB wrote:Offley 1983

Glenn E. wrote:1983 Gould Campbell?

KillerB wrote:Dow 1983

RonnieRoots wrote:Fonseca 1983

All wrong.

Glenn E. wrote:1983 Smith Woodhouse?

Glenn's up

I just finished a purchase from Goncalo at Vinologia which is being shipped to jdaw1 in Paris for me to pick up in a couple of weeks. The primary reason for the purchase was to secure a couple bottles of 1952 Dalva Golden White Colheita before a) the price gets out of control (which is already pretty close), and b) it disappears for good.

Naturally, my order kept growing as Goncalo and I PM'd back and forth. Goncalo has access to a wide variety of Ports that I cannot obtain in the US, so a bottle here and a bottle there and pretty soon I had 7 total. (Hey, I have to carry them back in my luggage. Even 7 is pushing the limit!)

Name any of the other bottles that I ordered. jdaw1 is not allowed to guess as he has already been sent a PM listing the contents of the soon-to-arrive-in-Paris shipment.

Santa Euphimia 20 yr old white tawny?

DRT wrote:Santa Euphimia 20 yr old white tawny?

Close, but no cigar.

Quinta da Romaneira >40YOT

RonnieRoots wrote:Quinta da Romaneira >40YOT

Less close to an actually ordered bottle, though is one that I did consider.

1952 Dalva Golden White Colheita bottle #2

g-man wrote:1952 Dalva Golden White Colheita bottle #2

That would be cheating!

Glenn E. wrote:The primary reason for the purchase was to secure a couple bottles of 1952 Dalva Golden White Colheita
...
Name any of the other bottles that I ordered.

DRT's first guess was really quite close, with allowances made for the spelling error.

Of the 5 bottles you're trying to identify, 2 are VP and 3 are Tawny with an indication of age.

Santa Eufemia 30YO White Tawny

Quinta do Vale Meao 2007 VP

Santa Youfeemia 10YO white tawny?

Glenn E. wrote:jdaw1 is not allowed to guess as he has already been sent a PM listing the contents of the soon-to-arrive-in-Paris shipment.

Have I? OK.

RonnieRoots wrote:Santa Eufemia 30YO White Tawny

Correct!

RonnieRoots wrote:Quinta do Vale Meao 2007 VP

We tried, but Goncalo was unable to locate any. Apparently word is already out that this is one of the best VPs of the vintage.

jdaw1 wrote:Have I? OK.

Hmm... I thought I did. If you do not have such a PM yet, please let me know and I'll send it again.

RonnieRoots is up.

OK.

The very first bottle of vintage port that I bought was not for myself, but as a graduation present for StevieCage. What was it?

RonnieRoots wrote:OK.

The very first bottle of vintage port that I bought was not for myself, but as a graduation present for StevieCage. What was it?

warre 85

warre 85

Neither producer nor vintage is correct.

As it was a first, you may have bought the most recent vintage - Fonseca 1994

Niepoort 1975?

74 noval colheita

KillerB wrote:As it was a first, you may have bought the most recent vintage - Fonseca 1994

Vintage correct, producer wrong

DRT wrote:Niepoort 1975?

Both vintage and producer wrong

g-man wrote:74 noval colheita

In the question is mentioned vintage port, so this is bound to be wrong. As are the vintage and producer.

Calem 1994?

Pretty close, but you don't see much Calem vintage around in the Netherlands.