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mpij wrote:3 half bottles Croft 2004 unfiltered lbv at £4 from Tesco, all there was, checked 2 other branches but not even empty space on shelf.

My Tesco has stopped selling this, and has removed the shelf tag. I guess that this has been discontinued - perhaps we've bought it all!

AHB wrote:

mpij wrote:3 half bottles Croft 2004 unfiltered lbv at £4 from Tesco, all there was, checked 2 other branches but not even empty space on shelf.

My Tesco has stopped selling this, and has removed the shelf tag. I guess that this has been discontinued - perhaps we've bought it all!

I'm drinking one now

I only have about 120 left

DRT wrote:

AHB wrote:

mpij wrote:3 half bottles Croft 2004 unfiltered lbv at £4 from Tesco, all there was, checked 2 other branches but not even empty space on shelf.

My Tesco has stopped selling this, and has removed the shelf tag. I guess that this has been discontinued - perhaps we've bought it all!

I'm drinking one now

I only have about 120 left

6 today, will try again tomorrow. Do I have the only Tesco still selling this?

1 x 1927 Cockburn VP
1 x 1931 Niepoort Garrafeira
1 x 1938 Niepoort Garrafeira
1 x 1950 Niepoort Garrafeira
1 x 1983 Quinta do Infantado VP
1 x 1994 Ramos-Pinto VP
3 x 1997 Sandeman VP (1.5L)
3 x Rocha 10 Year Old
1 x Taylor 10 Year Old
1 x Osborne 10 Year Old
1 x Niepoort 10 Year Old
1 x Quinta do Noval 10 Year Old

mpij wrote:

DRT wrote:

AHB wrote:

mpij wrote:3 half bottles Croft 2004 unfiltered lbv at £4 from Tesco, all there was, checked 2 other branches but not even empty space on shelf.

My Tesco has stopped selling this, and has removed the shelf tag. I guess that this has been discontinued - perhaps we've bought it all!

I'm drinking one now

I only have about 120 left

6 today, will try again tomorrow. Do I have the only Tesco still selling this?

12 on shelf today.

mpij wrote:

mpij wrote:

DRT wrote:

AHB wrote:

mpij wrote:3 half bottles Croft 2004 unfiltered lbv at £4 from Tesco, all there was, checked 2 other branches but not even empty space on shelf.

My Tesco has stopped selling this, and has removed the shelf tag. I guess that this has been discontinued - perhaps we've bought it all!

I'm drinking one now

I only have about 120 left

6 today, will try again tomorrow. Do I have the only Tesco still selling this?

12 on shelf today.

10 on shelf today, don't know if it's relevant but I'm getting this from the only store Where I ever saw this sold at full price when they were periodically discounting it.

Picked up a case of 2007 Romaneira VP for $20/bottle. Couldn't pass it up at that price.

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1945 Unknown bottled by Hedges and Butler

1970 Dow for my birthday courtesy of my brother...

12x 1985 Fonseca
6x 1997 Niepoort
6x 2000 Niepoort
2x 1945 Unknown shippers

4 x 1994 Gaia VP
8 x Dow Master Blend

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Zelandakh wrote:4 x 1994 Gaia VP

What's that?

Aka the Tesco vintage 94 currently on offer with 25% off until Tuesday.

3x 2009 Fonseca
1x 2009 Taylor
1x 2009 Warre

Picked up a few bottles this week - only a handful were for me I want you to understand!
6 Constantino 1963
6 Gould Campbell 1963
6 Martinez 1963
1 Viera de Souza 1963
1 Offley Boa Vista 1972
18 Malvedos 1976
2 Warre 1979 LBV
1 Calem 1977
7 Graham 1977 (2 in magnum)
14 Taylor 1980
54 Warre 1981 LBV
12 Warre 1982 LBV
6 Dow 1983
1 Fonseca 1983
8 Graham 1983
12 Taylor 1983
12 Warre 1984 LBV
65 Fonseca 1985
6 Smith Woodhouse 1986 LBV
6 Warre 1986 LBV
1 Mellor's 1989 LBV (from Bucheiro)
6 Bomfim 1992
6 Warre 1994 LBV
18 Dow Crusted 2004
4 Vesuvio 2010

I had quite a carful as I was driving around delivering these to various people, and only 9 bottles left to go into my cabinet when I got home

AHB wrote:Picked up a few bottles this week - only a handful were for me I want you to understand!

Now we know "who ate all the pies" !

After that not much was left in the SE so I picked up some everyday ports, I had the opposite problem where a mis communication meant I ended up with slightly more than I planned...

6 Taylos LBV 2006
12 Noval LBV 2005
1 Grahams 10YO Tawny
6 Fonseca Guimaraens 2005

And at risk of being taken outside the city and stoned!

4 Bleasdale, The Wise One 10YO Tawny - if you are a WinSoc member there was low stock yesterday

AHB wrote:Picked up a few bottles this week - only a handful were for me I want you to understand!

65 Fonseca 1985
I had quite a carful as I was driving around delivering these to various people, and only 9 bottles left to go into my cabinet when I got home

uh huh

now I know why the prices have been going up here state side!

amsingly I think between sushi and I we have 65 bottles of fonseca 1985

2x 1991 Barca Vehla!

12x Fonseca Guimareans 1995
1x Fonseca 1966
1x Fonseca 1955

These posts will be few and far between but I did buy 12 x Quinta Do Bomfim 1990.

1 bottle Dows Quinta do Bomfim 2001
1 bottle Dows Crusted bottled 2004
Will pick up more when I am paid next week if still on offer, unless a certain Tesco store which presently has "temporarily out of stock" on space reserved for Croft 2004 unfiltered lbv restocks(cleared shelf of 10 bottles about a week ago), although suspect last Tesco store to stock this has finally run out.

Seem to be some old stuff coming on market
1950 Cockburn
1955 Croft.

Not so exotic perhaps but nonetheless:

24 Grahams 1994
12 Taylor 1985

Whoo-hoo! I bought 6 bottles of Taylor 1992 today. That's a port which has been on my target list for a long time, doubly so since I got to try it for the first time early this year and was really impressed.

The only drawback was the ridiculous price it has been achieving...until today!

AHB wrote:Whoo-hoo! I bought 6 bottles of Taylor 1992 today. That's a port which has been on my target list for a long time, doubly so since I got to try it for the first time early this year and was really impressed.

The only drawback was the ridiculous price it has been achieving...until today!

Do tell! Are there any more at a non-ridiculous price?

Fonseca 95 courtesy of a brief trip to Lisbon by the significant other.

Hoping that the news about bans on discounted wines won't affect our group forays when prices become keen

Zelandakh wrote:Hoping that the news about bans on discounted wines won't affect our group forays when prices become keen

This came up in conversation the other day and I think we worked out that about the lowest price we would be able to see if minimum alcohol pricing came into force in England would be about the lowest discounted price we've seen for the half bottles of Croft 2004 LBV.

In other words, we already pay more than the minimum price per unit, even when we buy at the keenest of discounted prices!

3 bottles of Cruz 89 at £11/bottle, from a french supermarket (Auchan in Bologne); a surprise find while buying wine and a lot of cheese!

PhilW wrote:3 bottles of Cruz 89

Gulp!!

Have you read the tasting notes for this port?

Actually, it's not that bad. And you paid a fair price for a VP that is usually of LBV standard.

AHB wrote:

PhilW wrote:3 bottles of Cruz 89

Gulp!!

Have you read the tasting notes for this port?

Actually, it's not that bad. And you paid a fair price for a VP that is usually of LBV standard.

I hadn't read them before purchase, it was an unexpected opportunity; so while I knew VP from 89 was never likely to be stellar (especially from a lesser-known house) I decided it was worth a punt given the price and hope for a pleasant surprise.

Actually I also purchased 3 bottles of Cruz 89 during my holiday in France in September.
As well for the ridiculous price of I believe 14EUR. (even in a small wooden crate)

And they are actually not that bad...

Morrison's used to sell Cruz 89 at £11 and it was my "house port" for a while. It is good value, but not recognisable as VP.

Someone from the trade told me that, in the true spirit of blending only the very best wines from the vintage into their VP, Cruz produced 1,000,000 bottles of their 1989

3 x Warres 2001 LBV for £14.40 each at Waitrose.

That is 20% discount on the shelf price (from 19.99 to 15.99) and a further 10% discount for the mywaitrose card (for the next few days only, unfortunately). Cheapest I've ever been able to get it.

David T. wrote:3 x Warres 2001 LBV for £14.40 each at Waitrose.

That is 20% discount on the shelf price (from 19.99 to 15.99) and a further 10% discount for the mywaitrose card (for the next few days only, unfortunately). Cheapest I've ever been able to get it.

That is an excellent price - and if you have the patience, these will probably be even better in 10-15 years time than they are if you open them today (despite them being excellent drinking today!).

Noval 63
Niepoort 94 (H/B)x5

The Noval was under £100 and so I considered this a good deal-unless someone informs me otherwise!

idj123 wrote:Noval 63
Niepoort 94 (H/B)x5

The Noval was under £100 and so I considered this a good deal-unless someone informs me otherwise!

Noval '63 is often disparaged - unfairly in my opinion. Getting any quality '63 for under £100 per bottle is a good deal in this day and age.

Nipped into Tesco South rd Dundee for bottle Bombay Sapphire and dicovered 12 1/2 bottles Croft 2004 unfiltered LBV on shelf, first time for weeks, got the lot and also remembered the gin(although forgot to pick up lemons!)
Martin.

AHB wrote:

Zelandakh wrote:Hoping that the news about bans on discounted wines won't affect our group forays when prices become keen

This came up in conversation the other day and I think we worked out that about the lowest price we would be able to see if minimum alcohol pricing came into force in England would be about the lowest discounted price we've seen for the half bottles of Croft 2004 LBV.

In other words, we already pay more than the minimum price per unit, even when we buy at the keenest of discounted prices!

The Scotch Whisky Association is mounting legal challange to minimum pricing legislation passed by Scottish parliament. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-s ... s-18898024 Unfortunately Scottish Nanny Party's ban on discounts on multiple purchases stands(unless bought online and dispatched from outwith Scotland)

mpij wrote:...Scottish Nanny Party's...

This made me smile. Would this be Alex Salmand's nanny?

AHB wrote:

mpij wrote:...Scottish Nanny Party's...

This made me smile. Would this be Alex Salmand's nanny?

Nanny in chief for the legislation was Nicola Sturgeon(now Wee Eck's deputy) Also changed off licience hours to 10am to 10pm.

AHB wrote:

Zelandakh wrote:Hoping that the news about bans on discounted wines won't affect our group forays when prices become keen

This came up in conversation the other day and I think we worked out that about the lowest price we would be able to see if minimum alcohol pricing came into force in England would be about the lowest discounted price we've seen for the half bottles of Croft 2004 LBV.

In other words, we already pay more than the minimum price per unit, even when we buy at the keenest of discounted prices!

Ah, perhaps I have misunderstood the news. I thought I'd seen that they are planning on banning the 25% off when you buy 6 or more kind of offers since that obviously encourages binge drinking.

As an aside to that, I read in the Torygraph that sales of sherry have slipped behind sales of port for the first time and that moreover, sales of port are on the up especially in the younger age groups (to which many of us sadly no longer belong). My significant other noted that this forum may be singularly responsible for much of this growth.

Zelandakh wrote:I thought I'd seen that they are planning on banning the 25% off when you buy 6 or more kind of offers since that obviously encourages binge drinking.

If the Scottish approach is followed by the rest of the UK that is what will happen. The theory is that giving discount for buying in bulk encourages people to drink more. Some supermarkets in Scotland have solved the problem by giving the discount regardless of volume. This means that the typical "Three bottles for £10" that is often seen on Sainsbury/Asda/Tesco wine shelves in England appears as "£3.33 per bottle" in Scotland.

Some 63s and a Niepoort Colheita 1912, which I very much like.

Axel

Axel P wrote:Some 63s and a Niepoort Colheita 1912, which I very much like.

Axel

A man of modest tastes!

Before I got to know you I thought the greatest enjoyment was a decent Taylor LBV, but I guess I learned from the best.

Axel

I was in the right place at the right time to learn about an old house in Hertfordshire which was being cleared following the death of the owner and the sale of the house to developers. The family had commissioned a local auction house to sell off whatever could be sold, including a small collection of wine from a cold, damp cellar. Much of what was in the cellar was rubbish, Mouton Cadet from the 1960s or Sainsbury Own Label cheap white from the '80s but there were one or two bottles of value, almost all were wine. I did, however, manage to pick up a rather nice condition bottle of Dolomore bottled Noval 1947 with an into neck fill, good looking colour and an intriguing rusty-brown coloured hard wax capsule. While one bottle hardly made the journey worthwhile, at least it was something unusual.

Three bottles of graham's 97 at (a surely mispriced) £29.95 apiece!
Also two of those Offleys 30 years from Aldi (as mentioned elsewhere) at £38 each

6x Villar d'allen 20 yr tawny

g-man wrote:6x Villar d'allen 20 yr tawny

Presumably to be shipped with your next load of Quevedo ports?

AHB wrote:

g-man wrote:6x Villar d'allen 20 yr tawny

Presumably to be shipped with your next load of Quevedo ports?

previous load .. brilliant bottling

definite advantage of having someone in the spuply chain able to ship a container.