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Simon Lisle wrote:Fenwick's

Please, where is “Fenwick's†? Link?

I'm afraid Fenwick's do not have a website that I know of but the price was £18.

Rubby, good one on the Vesuvio! I tried to find it desperately around Utrecht before we left, but no luck.

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=13827#13827]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Seen on the shelves of Manor House Cellar (61 West 23rd Street, ☏ +1 212 206 7900):

• $80, Hutcheson 1980;
• $67, Hutcheson colheita 1975;
• $31, Rozès LBV 1994.

I’ve bought the Hutcheson 1980 (if it’s excellent I’ll consider dragging one across the pond for the 1980 horizontal), and a Rozès LBV 1994 for the LBV tasting.

RonnieRoots wrote:Rubby, good one on the Vesuvio! I tried to find it desperately around Utrecht before we left, but no luck.

It was a lucky find on Marktplaats (for the non Dutchies: a public classifieds site) and I thought ┚¬ 50 was not a bad deal. Had to go to Schiedam to pick it up though.
The only shop I have found that sells one, wants ┚¬ 68 for it. Other shops sell Vesuvio, but never the '94.

LadyR and I enjoyed our first chance of indulging in the fine are of "port-buying" after months and months of living on a strict budget. So we bought:
- 3x magnum Warre 1977
- 1x 0,75 Warre 1977
- 3x Fonseca 1977
- 4x Graham 1983

RonnieRoots wrote:LadyR and I enjoyed our first chance of indulging in the fine are of "port-buying" after months and months of living on a strict budget. So we bought:
- 3x magnum Warre 1977
- 1x 0,75 Warre 1977
- 3x Fonseca 1977
- 4x Graham 1983

Excellent! Is that in Oman, or are you visiting somewhere? If you are in Oman, that sounds like the foreseeable special occasions sorted out, now you just need a decent House Port.

Bought in Oman? Not a chance. We bought this over the internet from a UK retailer, who was so kind to deliver it to our storage in the Netherlands.

Still looking for a house port... but we'll have some people bring a couple of bottles of LBV with them when they come back from their family visit in Holland. That should give us some temporary relief.

Ronnie,
Do you have any pointers for me, where I could find descent Port at a reasonable price? I've already found some places, but it's never enough. Never enough.

And which UK seller do you have good experiences with, shipment wise?

Rubby, I've taken you question to a new thread.

Thanks a lot Ronnie,
Some of them I know, but some are new. Will definitely check them out!
(I'm posting in this thread to keep the other one 'clean').

Bought today at v. Dongen (thanks to RonnieRoots for pointing this place out):

1991 Ramos Pinto VP
2000 Kopke Colheita
2001 Quinta do Crasto LBV

Did it again....... just bought a bottle of Noval 66, for 60£

ac-fast wrote:Did it again....... just bought a bottle of Noval 66, for 60£

Great price. Have you said where from? I did re-read the thread, but may have missed it.

I bought it on a danish wine auction

One more time... bought 3 bottels of Noval 66

I've just bought some bottles of Smith Woodhouse 1997 for under £10 per bottle, in bond.

They shall stay there for another 10 years!

AHB wrote:I've just bought some bottles of Smith Woodhouse 1997 for under £10 per bottle, in bond.

They shall stay there for another 10 years!

So will mine - but the 6 half bottles of Graham's 1985 I bought two days ago are unlikely to see 2010

DRT wrote:

AHB wrote:I've just bought some bottles of Smith Woodhouse 1997 for under £10 per bottle, in bond.

They shall stay there for another 10 years!

So will mine - but the 6 half bottles of Graham's 1985 I bought two days ago are unlikely to see 2010

And so will mine, I bought some bottles of Fonseca 2000 a week ago and those will probably stay in storage for 20 years

2 TFg. Vargellas 2005 $47/ea
2 Croft Roeda 2005 $43/ea
2 Fonseca Guim. 2005 $44/ea
1 SWC LBV 1984 $30
1 Croft 2003 (was supposed to be 3*) $70
1 Grahams 2003** $80
1 Qd Noval 2003** $75

* - apparently there's a spanish dockworkers strike hindering some distributor's access to portugese wines. Sadly they didn't have enough Croft to fulfill my order, so I ** picked up two alternatives. That makes 4 Croft03, 3 Noval03, and 1 Grahams03. All I'm missing are a few Fonseca's.

Bottles purchased via Liquor Outlet Wine Cellars
Also got two Argiano Brunellos from 03. They declassified it because of the scandal. I've 3 of the declassified ones (just released), so I'm making two "historical novelty" 2-packs and drinking the last bottle.

SushiNorth wrote:1 SWC LBV 1984 $30

What does the SWC stand for?

AHB wrote:

SushiNorth wrote:1 SWC LBV 1984 $30

What does the SWC stand for?

smith woodhouse and co. I'm guessing =)

g-man wrote:

AHB wrote:

SushiNorth wrote:1 SWC LBV 1984 $30

What does the SWC stand for?

smith woodhouse and co. I'm guessing =)

Indeed There was an interesting tasting note some guy posted, so i figured at $30 I could give it a try.

Some very nice offers this last month that I couldn't resist:

12x Fonseca Guimaraens 1976
1x Taylor's 1963
2x Quarles Harris 1977

SushiNorth wrote:

g-man wrote:

AHB wrote:

SushiNorth wrote:1 SWC LBV 1984 $30

What does the SWC stand for?

smith woodhouse and co. I'm guessing =)

Indeed There was an interesting tasting note some guy posted, so i figured at $30 I could give it a try.

I thought it was great when I tried it about a year ago and I would happily buy this at $30 a bottle.

And having built it up so much, I hope you like it too!

3x Dow's 1994
2x Graham's 1980
2x Fonseca Qd Panascal 2005
wussed out on Graham's 1983. Will buy it next time I'm back near that store, and perhaps their last Graham's 80 too.

6 bottles of Vesuvio 1998 - nice wood box

ac-fast wrote:6 bottles of Vesuvio 1998 - nice wood box

Here is a link to a TN of my only experience of this wine. I do remember it being delicious for immediate drinking in 2006, which may suggest it isn't one for the long term. Others with more experience of it may disagree.

SushiNorth wrote:wussed out on Graham's 1983. Will buy it next time I'm back near that store, and perhaps their last Graham's 80 too.

3 bottles 1983 (one for the 83/85 horizontal), one more 1980.

Just added Foz 63, 66 and 70 to the cellar - but now trying not to buy anything for a while.

AHB wrote:but now trying not to buy anything for a while.

Yeah, i tried that. Not working so well. If the Dow's 85 is amazing on saturday i may replace it from sohowines, otherwise trying to hold off. That's what The Port Forum needs -- an "I'm not buying any more port" support group.

I've just come back from Sainsbury's with 6 half bottles of Malvedos 1996, a bottle of Warre 1999 LBV and a bottle of Fonseca Guimaraens 1988. The latter two bottles to be drunk in the next couple of weeks and the half bottles to be tucked away somewhere quiet for the next few months or years.

Alex

AHB wrote:I've just come back from Sainsbury's with 6 half bottles of Malvedos 1996, a bottle of Warre 1999 LBV and a bottle of Fonseca Guimaraens 1988. The latter two bottles to be drunk in the next couple of weeks and the half bottles to be tucked away somewhere quiet for the next few months or years.

Alex

From my experience on Friday lunch, the latter (FG88) needs plenty of decanting time to be at its best! Was this in their -25% sale?

benread wrote:

AHB wrote:I've just come back from Sainsbury's with 6 half bottles of Malvedos 1996, a bottle of Warre 1999 LBV and a bottle of Fonseca Guimaraens 1988. The latter two bottles to be drunk in the next couple of weeks and the half bottles to be tucked away somewhere quiet for the next few months or years.

Alex

From my experience on Friday lunch, the latter (FG88) needs plenty of decanting time to be at its best! Was this in their -25% sale?

Yes. I picked-up 12 bottles of the Warre's LBV at £9 per bottle and AHB was kind enough to find me 6 halves of GM96. Don't you just love British Supermarket stock control managers

6 bottels of Rosez 1994 Vintage - and 2 bottels of Quinta do Crasto LBV 2001 - never tasted it before, have you ?

ac-fast wrote:6 bottels of Rosez 1994 Vintage - and 2 bottels of Quinta do Crasto LBV 2001 - never tasted it before, have you ?

I’ve had the Crasto which is good stuff, though my experience of it suggested that it needs time in the decanter (or a few more years in the cellar) to really blossom.

-Taylor-Fladgate 10-year Tawny
-Taylor-Fladgate 20-year Tawny

jonathanvaljean wrote:-Taylor-Fladgate 10-year Tawny
-Taylor-Fladgate 20-year Tawny

welcome to the boards!

the taylor 20yr tawny is one of my goto tawnies and a treat to have as a night cap

1997 Sandeman 1.5L (1)
1995 Osborne (1)
2000 Cockburn Qd Canais (2)
2003 Croft (2)
2003 Fonseca (3)
2003 Warres (2)
2000 Warres (1)
1991 Taylor Qd Vargellas (1)
1994 Cockburn (2) (pending pickup)

I am utterly and completely out of space. I need to drink all the table wine so I have where to properly lay down the port.

I have a Fonseca 1970 at home. Bring a Fonseca 2003 and the Vargellas 1991 and, chez moi, we’ll share the three bottles some time between Christmas and New Year.

I have 4 bottles of 1999 Quinta de Roriz on the way from winestilsoldout.com as well as 5 bottles of 1964 Dow's Single Year Reserve Port (which I have confirmed is a Colheita) on the way from Benchmark Wine.

$30/bottle and free shipping on the Roriz, so I couldn't pass it up. $60/bottle on the Dow's, which seems pretty cheap to me for a 1964.

jdaw1 wrote:I have a Fonseca 1970 at home. Bring a Fonseca 2003 and the Vargellas 1991 and, chez moi, we’ll share the three bottles some time between Christmas and New Year.

Infanticide? I'd have to pick up one more of each (which is quite possible today) as the F2003's were bought because ... well, i don't have much fonseca and I'm trying to remedy that I'll keep you posted!

SushiNorth wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:I have a Fonseca 1970 at home. Bring a Fonseca 2003 and the Vargellas 1991 and, chez moi, we’ll share the three bottles some time between Christmas and New Year.

Infanticide? I'd have to pick up one more of each (which is quite possible today) as the F2003's were bought because ... well, i don't have much fonseca and I'm trying to remedy that I'll keep you posted!

I happen to have a Fonseca Guiramen's 1991

g-man wrote:

SushiNorth wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:I have a Fonseca 1970 at home. Bring a Fonseca 2003 and the Vargellas 1991 and, chez moi, we’ll share the three bottles some time between Christmas and New Year.

Infanticide? I'd have to pick up one more of each (which is quite possible today) as the F2003's were bought because ... well, i don't have much fonseca and I'm trying to remedy that I'll keep you posted!

I happen to have a Fonseca Guiramen's 1991

Oh dear... well before this splits into a tasting, should we instead be looking at this jdaw proposal and seeing if it all fits together better over there? Or are we about to do a taylor/fonseca 70-91-03 "How do they age" comparison?

jdaw1 wrote:I have a Fonseca 1970 at home. Bring a Fonseca 2003 and the Vargellas 1991 and, chez moi, we’ll share the three bottles some time between Christmas and New Year.

Made into a tasting: Taylor/Fonseca Maturation Tasting - NYC - late dec 2008

6 x Vesuvio 1996
6 x Vesuvio 1997

1 x Fonseca 2000
1 x Fonseca 2003

Haven`t tryed some of them

6 x 1997 Niepoort... about half appear to have been stained up around the neck at some point, but none of the corks are pushed. So I can't tell if this is the infamous Niepoort '97 leakage problem or if they've simply been leaked on from above. The other half appear to be completely clean.

3 x 1985 Graham's

1 x 1966 Graham's

17 bottles of Vesuvio 1997 and 1 bottle of Warre's 1966 - 15 of these bottles are being sold to various relatives to give back to me as Chistmas presents

I've just bought some Morgan 1991 from an impecable source...

Burmester 1997 x 6
Burmester 2003 x 6

Nice price, Imposible to say no