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VMDG: we have tentatively added you to the 1966 Horizontal on Tuesday 22 nd April , without so much as a by-your-leave. Please sir or madam, do you accept? (And, for reasons to be explained, are you left- or right-handed?) What a kind thought! Unfortunately, (re this event), I shall be back at our ...

djewesbury wrote:

VMDG wrote: Many thanks

Our pleasure - this is what geeks are for!

Looking forward to becoming more geeky

djewesbury wrote:Are you anywhere near Straker Chadwick? They're reputable and have regular wine auctions.

It's a 2-hour round-trip, so not out of bounds...
Many thanks for that.

This post is quite interesting as I bought a Souza 66 'Vintage Port' at auction the other day only of course to find out after I received it that it was indeed a colheita (bottled in 92). I have subsequently pointed out the auction house's misdirection to them (not heard back) but that's the rub wh...

Your 1947 Verdelho might be worth auctioning. Perhaps it's an idea to look around online at recent auction prices for a wine like this, taking into account the seller's commission wherever you might be listing it. Many thanks for that. Are you able to suggest any websites where I can check auction ...

Your Souza 1966 is not Vintage Port. It says 'Matured in Wood' on the bottle and it clearly has a stopper cork, rather than a driven cork, under the capsule (from the ridges that are visible); so it is a 'Colheita', a tawny port from a single year that is bottled after several years in small casks....

In fact the back label on the Souza, in the first picture, shows a bottling date in the top right, which I can't read - what is that date..? I think that its first digit is a “2”. Bottled this century. Hi folks, Well this is quite educational for me :-) Thanks. The Port was bottled (per the label) ...

Hi folks,

Many thanks for that.

Will ponder further...

I'm in Herefordshire.
The bottles have been stored in a little-used bedroom, the coolest room in our house.

Q1. Any thoughts re the staining on the label by the cork please?

Q2. Any interest in the 1947 Madeira folks?

Regards,
VMDG

Hello fellow Port-lovers, I have a 1966 Vieira de Souza Port to sell. I'm not certain how well my father has stored it since there's a bit of staining on the label. Is that usual?. We also have a 1947 Madeira from Barbeito. Any ideas most gratefully received. (Pictures attached.) Many thanks in adva...