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!)
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- 01:27 Sat 17 Nov 2012
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- 17:41 Wed 24 Oct 2012
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Re: Latest buy
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 bott...
- 16:06 Wed 24 Oct 2012
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Re: Port for sale by retailer
Asda has Dows Crusted bottled 2004 reduced to £12 and also 2001 Quinta do bomfim reducwd to £20.
- 20:46 Sun 21 Oct 2012
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Re: Port for sale by retailer
Press reports of Bullingdon Club dinners may be a good place to start looking.jdaw1 wrote:I haven’t heard many reports of hooliganism fueled by Vintage Port.
- 18:48 Mon 15 Oct 2012
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Re: Now i've seen just about everything...
Interesting piece from legal angle: http://lawtop20.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/ ... l?spref=tw
- 17:53 Thu 16 Aug 2012
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Re: Wine cellar unit
My 13th floor flat does'nt come with natural cellar, I have a Miele unit.mosesbotbol wrote:How many are using a natural cellar to store their wine?
- 17:35 Sun 12 Aug 2012
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Re: Latest buy
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 ...
- 07:47 Wed 08 Aug 2012
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Re: Upside-Down Union Jacks
Really don't care which way up they are, but on another point of pedantry, if this question is related to Olympics then surely you mean Union Flags not Jacks.
- 16:10 Tue 07 Aug 2012
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: NV ΓΛΥΚΥΣ Mavrodaphne
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Re: NV ΓΛΥΚΥΣ Mavrodaphne
I had to toss that name into the Google translator. Here's what I got.. WINE GLYKYS NATURAL Mavrodaphne PATRON NAME ORIGIN CONTROLLED Much better than some Greek to English translations I've had from Google(or Bing) although slightly surprised it did'nt get sweet, seems Google translate has same pr...
- 15:32 Tue 07 Aug 2012
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Re: Latest buy
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 ...
- 17:23 Sun 05 Aug 2012
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- Topic: Olympics discussion thread
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Re: Olympics discussion thread
Great show from Andy Murray in mens singles, hopefully can do it again with some help from Laura Robson.
- 10:09 Wed 01 Aug 2012
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Re: Shenanigans in Olympic Road Race?
What about the badminton? I would throw them all out!
- 15:41 Tue 31 Jul 2012
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Re: Latest buy
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 ...
- 15:35 Sat 28 Jul 2012
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Re: Latest buy
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.
- 11:34 Fri 01 Jun 2012
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Half bottles
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Re: Half bottles
I think the advertised 1996 may be 2006mpij wrote:more specifically they have 12x Quinta Do Crasto 1996 lbv at £91.20
- 11:14 Fri 01 Jun 2012
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Re: Latest buy
6 bottles Quinta da Romaneira 2004 unfiltered lbv
6 bottles Quinta do Crasto 2006 unfiltered lbv
6 bottles Quinta do Crasto 2006 unfiltered lbv
- 17:03 Thu 31 May 2012
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Half bottles
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Re: Half bottles
more specifically they have 12x Quinta Do Crasto 1996 lbv at £91.20
- 01:50 Thu 31 May 2012
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Re: Half bottles
http://www.thefinewinecompany.co.uk/sea ... rch&page=1
Been thinking of getting some bottles from here when I get paid but notice they have 1/2s as well.
Been thinking of getting some bottles from here when I get paid but notice they have 1/2s as well.
- 15:43 Thu 10 May 2012
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Re: Port for sale by retailer
Asda have Dow's 1999 Quinta Do bomfim reduced to £20.
- 15:42 Thu 10 May 2012
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Re: Latest buy
2 bottles Dow's 1999 Quinta do Bomfim reduced to £20 in Asda, also picked up another couple of the crusted as it is also still reduced.
- 12:41 Mon 07 May 2012
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Re: Latest buy
Miele KWL4712Sed wine cellar for £395 including delivery from Ebay, now need to either clear a space in the spare room or get rid of pile of junk in lobby before it's delivered. Can now at least think ab out replacing broken tumbledrier(would have considered under counter unit if one had come up at ...
- 12:32 Mon 07 May 2012
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: hello from Dundee Scotland
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Re: hello from Dundee Scotland
If you do get forced down the route of a new wine unit, take a look at the Climadiff. I recently had to replace an 18 year old Liebherr wine storage unit and found Climadiff offered the best value for money. I bought the biggest unit that would fit in the space I had available and I'm very happy wi...
- 12:07 Mon 07 May 2012
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Re: Latest buy
1 bottle Quinta Do Vesuvio 1994 purchased and consumed in the Beckford Inn near Tewkesbury where I was staying over weekend. Thought £45 was quite reasonable for hotel price.
- 09:50 Thu 26 Apr 2012
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: None of My Greek friends have "Liked" port posts on Facebook
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Re: None of My Greek friends have "Liked" port posts on Face
Postby AHB » 12:42 Wed 25 Apr 2012 Thanks for this last post - I'm in Greece this summer for our family holiday. I will try to find some fortified Mavrodaphne and give it a taste! I think that Samos does a fortified muscat, and the island has been well known for sweet wines since Byron wrote about ...
- 20:40 Sat 21 Apr 2012
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: Roussillon Fortifieds
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Re: Roussillon Fortifieds
Curently sipping away on Croix Milhas Rivesaltes Ambre no date but aged in oak for 3 years. Tesco is doing half bottles for £4.49. Lots of spice and citrus, quite nice for a change and compares well with tawnys I have tried(Warres Optima and a couple of own brands) may buy a few more but wo'nt bothe...