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- 03:41 Mon 03 Jul 2023
- Forum: Selling Port
- Topic: Port in Storage at Horseridge Cellars
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5638
- 22:18 Mon 10 Apr 2023
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Mon 24th April - Bring a Bottle
- Replies: 73
- Views: 84871
Re: Mon 24th April - Bring a Bottle
JDaw did recommend I post here to the forum, but I don't think I could handle such a big night out on this trip. As it stands, I am in the London area just prior to this tasting. I wish you all a wonderful tasting (which, by that line up, you will certainly have), and if anyone should want to meet u...
- 02:32 Fri 03 Jun 2022
- Forum: Selling Port
- Topic: selling vintage ports
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7871
Re: selling vintage ports
If you post in the Port & Madeira Marketplace I will make sure that the posting is approved for you. (You will need to create an account if you don't already have one, and FTLOP requires the use of real names rather than handles.) I second Glenn's suggestion, as FTLOP has a larger group of west...
- 23:26 Wed 11 May 2022
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Josh, NY
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15109
Re: Josh, NY
Just going to start tying together some threads/sites/search engines/etc.
Though I use SushiNorth here, will be posting more broadly than tpf with the moniker JoshDrinksPort .
Though I use SushiNorth here, will be posting more broadly than tpf with the moniker JoshDrinksPort .
- 20:50 Fri 01 Apr 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: A cork pusher
- Replies: 101
- Views: 23316
Re: A cork pusher
Thinking about Uncle Tom's comments, and the ideas about solid rods, and that post with a picture of a thick but hollow nut.... We need an alternative to the Durand. Instead of an Ah-So that the screw goes down through, we need a tube just slightly smaller than the diameter of the bottle that sticks...
- 04:40 Tue 29 Mar 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: A cork pusher
- Replies: 101
- Views: 23316
Re: A cork pusher
Oh you know I am thinking about itjdaw1 wrote: ↑21:15 Mon 28 Mar 2022This risk is not denied. Surely the inventor of the Port garrotte can suggest better.SushiNorth wrote: ↑20:11 Mon 28 Mar 2022i.e. push->compress, push more -> compress more, push even more -> release! Plop. cork in the bottle.
- 20:11 Mon 28 Mar 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: A cork pusher
- Replies: 101
- Views: 23316
Re: A cork pusher
How did I miss this thread? Fabulous idea (push in a little before using a screw pull) -- I keep nearly all of my empties, and will have to do some measuring/testing. One concern is that a soft cork will compress significantly, and long before the stuck part releases. It may also be difficult to red...
- 20:05 Mon 28 Mar 2022
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from London
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7238
Re: Hello from London
Oh! and I thoroughly recommend exploring the fingerlakes; be sure to stop by Konstantin Frank, Weimer, and Anthony Road. I'm actually headed up there in the coming months, and hope to have some additional recommendations.
- 20:01 Mon 28 Mar 2022
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from London
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7238
Re: Hello from London
Hi Jo, there are a few of us here in western NJ, but that remains about a 6hr haul from pittsburgh. That said, should you be planning a trip out this way please let us know as it makes a good excuse for a tasting.
- 18:55 Fri 25 Mar 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Mail Boxes Etc
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2303
Re: Mail Boxes Etc
Wait, this is a thing? It was possible to coordinate directly with the folks in Portugal and have the wines imported to the US?
- 19:00 Tue 01 Mar 2022
- Forum: Selling Port
- Topic: 1944 Officers Army Port, advice neede please
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8755
Re: 1944 Officers Army Port, advice neede please
I was also fascinated by the photos posted, and wound up lost in an article about the US mobilization through the UK in prep for D-Day. In my research I could not find any bottles with similar labeling, at most I found two old photos: - One of a group of troops drinking beer(?) in a mess hall, and w...
- 19:15 Thu 27 Jan 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Wine and Covid
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3587
Re: Wine and Covid
Except that vaccines for Covid don’t prevent infection, so vaccine status not relevant when examining infections… Interesting point Mike; I hadn't appreciated that vaccines in general are intended to prevent disease and do not necessarily protect against infection (some do, some don't, apparently)....
- 18:39 Wed 26 Jan 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Wine and Covid
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3587
Re: Wine and Covid
I certainly won't miss another excuse to open a bottle, but correlation is not causation. Wine tends to be more popular amongst those with higher education, and vaccines tend to be more popular amongst those with higher education. Just as likely a scenario...
- 18:50 Mon 27 Sep 2021
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Decanters
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5309
Re: Decanters
Here I was minding my own business and then I came across this thread about old decanters (really nice set of decanters, Justin K). So I go onto Ebay just to look around and placed a best offer bid on a set of 7 various decanters. They'll be delivered in a week or two. You guys are dangerous! You'v...
- 21:57 Fri 24 Sep 2021
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Decanters
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5309
Re: Decanters
Where do you find decanters and labels for sale in the US other than online? Pre-pandemic: Flea markets, but usually the vendor knew the value. Church vintage shops, Salvation Army, etc, where folks are just thinking "what, this old thing?" -- these have resulted in great finds. Garage sa...
- 20:22 Fri 24 Sep 2021
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Decanters
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5309
Re: Decanters
Nice! I'm no expert, but at a glance I'd say the back right 3-rings-on-the-neck is likely the oldest of the lot (or modeled after an older style). I generally inspect them for signs of being hand-blown (no seam, and either a bump or a polished mark where the blowpipe separated). I too have too many ...
- 13:12 Fri 02 Jul 2021
- Forum: Selling Port
- Topic: Croft and Grahams vintage port
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6743
Re: Croft and Grahams vintage port
And where in the world is this port?
- 02:14 Fri 16 Apr 2021
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 2021 Virtual Tasting #8 - Thurs 15 April - Graham’s
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15365
Re: 2021 Virtual Tasting #8 - Thurs 15 April - Graham’s
thanks - it was nice to see folks today!
- 18:44 Thu 15 Apr 2021
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 2021 Virtual Tasting #8 - Thurs 15 April - Graham’s
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15365
Re: 2021 Virtual Tasting #8 - Thurs 15 April - Graham’s
could someone pm me the link for the afterparty? no promises but i'll try to drop in and see y'all.
- 04:03 Wed 07 Apr 2021
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 2021 Virtual Tasting #8 - Thurs 15 April - Graham’s
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15365
Re: 2021 Virtual Tasting #8 - Thurs 15 April - Graham’s
what time do you anticipate starting?
- 16:12 Fri 12 Mar 2021
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Insane auction prices
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8727
Re: Insane auction prices
Are these online auctions new to the UK? Or maybe there are just a lot of bored, wealthy folks bidding?
We've been doing online auctions in the US for a heck of a long time, and there was fervor at the beginning. Then the average folks learned how it worked and prices came back to normal.
We've been doing online auctions in the US for a heck of a long time, and there was fervor at the beginning. Then the average folks learned how it worked and prices came back to normal.
- 21:00 Fri 05 Feb 2021
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Wine fridges
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9688
Re: Wine fridges
So, I suppose i'm not a good measure for wine fridges, but... I used a small wine fridge for a while. Technically, it was a beverage fridge, but its flat shelves meant that I could alternate bottle direction for maximum density. It lasted for years, and probably still works (its gathering dust now)....
- 20:35 Fri 23 Oct 2020
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Free Richard Mayson Port Book
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3038
Re: Free Richard Mayson Port Book
Thanks! Got it!
- 20:22 Fri 23 Oct 2020
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Auction Prices
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7733
Re: Auction Prices
Over on this side of the pond I've seen a similar effect. While our auction prices were never as low as in the UK (as far as I can ever remember), the availability of information about retail prices, and the broad access to auctions online, enables bidders to quickly locate sub-retail prices in thei...
- 20:38 Sun 27 Sep 2020
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Favourite corkscrews
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6835
Re: Favourite corkscrews
With old bottles I now just push the cork in decant and smash the bottle in a plastic bag with a hammer. Even using a bag to get out a fork can damage making it unreadable. It also has the added advantage of being free😂 I learned an excellent trick on this forum. Rather than putting that bottle in ...