Things I have tasted with people here...

[DRT]

I have been pulling together a list of the VPs I have tasted at off-lines and visits to the Douro and VNG.

Since 6 Nov 2005:

At least 385 VPs have passed my lips in the company of like-minded souls

Top Ten most represented Shippers are:

• 35 x Fonseca
• 27 x Cockburn
• 26 x Vesuvio
• 20 x Noval Nacional
• 19 x Graham
• 19 x Taylor Vargellas
• 18 x Noval
• 18 x Sandeman
• 17 x Dow
• 15 x Warre
• 15 x Taylor

VPs tasted three times or more:

• 6 x Fonseca 1985
• 6 x Sandeman 1963
• 5 x Fonseca 1963
• 5 x Fonseca 1966
• 5 x Warre 1970
• 4 x Dow 1970
• 4 x Fonseca 1970
• 4 x Martinez 1985
• 4 x Noval Nacional 2004
• 4 x Taylor 1970
• 4 x Vesuvio 1994
• 4 x Vesuvio 1996
• 3 x Dalva 1970
• 3 x Dow 1980
• 3 x Graham 1963
• 3 x Graham 1970
• 3 x Niepoort 1970
• 3 x Noval 1931
• 3 x Noval 1970
• 3 x Noval 2004
• 3 x Noval Nacional 1964
• 3 x Noval Silval 2003
• 3 x Romaneira 2004
• 3 x Sandeman 1970
• 3 x Taylor 1963
• 3 x Taylor Vargellas 1991

A selection from those tasted twice:

• Croft 1927
• Fonseca 1948
• Fonseca 1955
• Fonseca 1977
• Graham 1966
• Noval 2003
• Noval Nacional 1963
• Noval Nacional 1967
• Taylor 1955
• Taylor 1966
• Warre 1963

I seem to have some very generous friends. Thank you.

Derek

[Alex Bridgeman]

Being someone who loves meaningless and pointless statistics, this thread appeals to me. The way my tasting notes are recorded means I can't quite match Derek's ability to quantify the ports he has had in the company of others - I can only quantify the ports that I have tasted either alone or with others.

So, since 6 November 2005 my Vintage Port top 10 shippers tasted are:
Morgan (29 times)
Taylor (31 times)
Croft (34 times)
Fonseca (34 times)
Vargellas (35 times)
Dow (36 times)
Graham (36 times)
Cockburn (44 times)
Warre (44 times)
Vesuvio (74 times)

And my most frequently drunk years are:
1963 (63 times)
1966 (29 times)
1970 (87 times)
1977 (39 times)
1980 (28 times)
1985 (39 times)
1991 (30 times)
1994 (37 times)
2003 (38 times)
2007 (43 times)

And the 10 ports that I have tasted most frequently in the lat 30 months are:
Fonseca 1980 (7 times)
Graham 1970 (7 times)
Vargellas Vinha Velha 2000 (7 times)
Warre 1970 (7 times)
Warre 1985 (7 times)
Dow 1970 (8 times)
Gould Campbell 1977 (9 times)
Vesuvio 2003 (10 times)
Morgan 1991 (13 times)
Vesuvio 1994 (14 times)

[uncle tom]

Not including the Morgan 91's, no fewer than 448 bottles of vintage port have exited my cellar over the last three years..

Tom