Port Vintages, Second Edition

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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.
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Glenn E. wrote: 23:35 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.
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It has arrived! And it is....glorious.
Thank you, Julian.
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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.
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Woot! My book has been dispatched! FedEx International Priority, so it should arrive this week.
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Meu livro chegou!
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Mine still have not arrived. Nor have I gotten a shipping notification. :(
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JacobH wrote: 10:00 Fri 07 Oct 2022 Congratulations, Julian, on the publication of this second edition!
idj123 wrote: 22:13 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 :roll:
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That is very cruel. I only know of two missing wines which the author has drunk recently. Not enough to justify a third edition.
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Alex Bridgeman wrote: 02:26 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?
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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.
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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...
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winesecretary wrote: 09:11 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!
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winesecretary wrote: 09:11 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.
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Something similar happened with the 1st Edition for me, so I just ignored it this time around.
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