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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.

Here you go:

A leather-bound copy!

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

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

It has been printed!

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

What do you mean by that?

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.

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.

Huzzah!

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.

Great stuff. Looking forward to it!

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

It has been shipped!

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

Mine has arrived. Lovely.

So has mine. Lovely quality.

Big pat on the back Julian.

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

Alas, nothing for me yet.

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!

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...

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.

Arrived
Many thanx

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I haz a sad.
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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Meu livro chegou!

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

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

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

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?

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.

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...

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!

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.

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