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mosesbotbol wrote:Could care less about whether 2008 will be a vintage year. Sorry to rain on the parade.

Moses
You feeling ok buddy?

mosesbotbol wrote:Been wanting to try a '67 Vargellas.

The two I have tried were both faulty bottles. They were baked

Moses,

The last 2 I've had were not that great, good but not great. I've got one bottle left and I'd be more than happy to bring it out to Boston the next time I come so you can try it.

I've had 2 or 3 bottles of this in the past year or so and all have been quite hot and like you described. I think its best days are behind it and its time to drink up as they won't get any better.

not going to say it has never ever happened...but as a general rule they don't do this. they may recork their own old in-house bottles that have never left their cellars, but they won't recork a bottle that you bring back to them. its also my understanding that fewer and fewer First growth producers...

Frederick Blais wrote:[. It was not too bad

Hmm, can you define this I've not had any, but all I have ever heard was "you don't want to!" Maybe this year I'll be brave enough to give it a go...again, only in the name of science

like you, I was not wowed by the 10 year. I've not had the 20 year version yet. may have to give it a go...in the name of science of course

If I have room in my shipper, I may need to buy a couple more off you or Tom so don't drink them all yet.

Most states only charge sales tax for items bought in a state where you are physically at. If you buy it over the phone and have it shipped, then there is no tax as you are not physically buying it in the state (makes no sense, huh?). Some states do charge sales tax no matter what and some don't. My...

jacob, In the US tax rates vary by county (a small area within a state). In Los Angeles County it is 8.25% and if I drive a few miles down the road to Orange County it is only 7.75% Luckily I buy most of my stuff in the OC :) However, generally if I buy from a retaler outside the state of California...

DRT wrote:

benread wrote: Is her role to carry you home after drinking more port than your body can cope with?!

NO. We will need someone to wash the glasses in between flights



...please don't tell her I said that - she'll kill me

I think that just cost you another couple of pairs of shoes

It has become very popular here in the States for wine producers to produce a "dessert" wine. Usually they are just late harvest Zinfandels that have 17ish % ABV. Think of a super jammy and ripe zin and you got the idea. Not really my cup of tea, but some people love these things :roll: Th...

probably the best program out there is called Cellar Tracker, its free or you can pay a little and get wine critics reviews. I think it is now the single largest database for peoples TN's inthe world. I've used it for several years and love it.

http://www.cellartracker.com

You actually drank this so-called beer Have you gone mad? I would drink water before that nasty swill

We do all the youngsters in the afternoon as planned followed by an early(ish) dinner. We then pop the old ports one at a time and taste them, leaving some in the glass for later. We then pass out the middle-aged stuff which will have been decanted pre-dinner and return to the oldies at the end of ...

An idea...how about a 15 or so minute break before diving into the last 5-6 bottles. We do the young flight, then our already planned break, then the first set of older VPs, then a very short break to let everyone stretch their legs, let the palates take a break, and get the old ones decanted and po...

Yes you can. But in the wine business it is the cheap stuff that is the actual money maker. The higher end stuff requires a lot of annual recuring expenses, whereas the cheap stuff doesn't because its massed produced as cheaply as possible to maximize profits.

The least impressive lots of Ruby are not going to sell for a price that covers the cost of production; indeed I would not be surprised if all Rubies are inherently unprofitable, and that the better returns on the reserves, tawnies and special categories are needed to compensate. Tom Tom, Curious a...

Seems weird to have back to back vintages. He sure its not an 1896?

Also, we need to update the first thread with what bottles the other attendee's are bringing.

If people have been buying Quintas in the belief that they would increase in value (irrespective of their ability to turn a profit) then we may see some interesting distressed sales. Tom People, or more so companies, have been buying them to increase their benificio. That is why TFP and the Symingt...

If we use the team work method that will work perfect and not take that much time at all. cool

jdaw1 wrote:

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=17017#17017]Here[/url] Andy V wrote:its almost impossible to get everything perfect

Including one’s apostrophes.

Whatch ja want?

after having a brand new trainee at work the past couple of days, I am so tired of making spelling corrects, I really didnt care to double check

The young ones there is no issue opening them early. The older ones (1935 and older) should be opened as close to the tasting as possible. That way they can evolve in the glass as sometimes really old ones hit their peak relatively early. If not, then they can evolve in the glass or decanter. This m...

Julian, with this many people there will be no stopping the talking. This is a sociable event as much as anything else. I can ignore anything for a couple of minutes when I need to write a TN. Quit over analyzing everything :wink: :lol: BTW, how do you know there won't be any girls...may just find s...

My understanding is that this was in 2 or 3 regular colheita casks that were found in the back of some producers storage area, long ago since forgotten. Then it was bottled for Whitwhams by Niepoort (sometimes people claim this is a Niepoort, which is not true). The color is nowhere near as pale as ...