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Interestingly enough, I first heard about this not through Taylor Fladgate's social media channels, but from a cinephile friend's posting. I personally haven't seen this kind of a partnership before, and I think it is an interesting way for a port house to try to reach younger demographics. It almo...

I'm scheduled off that day, so may join you all if I can find a Rosa wine/Port between now and then. They're rather hard to find around my parts.

Auction prices go in peaks and troughs, and have been running hot this year. Two other errors that are quite often seen are people bidding VP prices when the bottles are LBV, and bidding 12 bottle case prices when the case is 6 bottles.. Agree. Auctions here have been surprisingly hot for the econo...

Edit, the more I look at the labels, the last one is a late release. The label is a more modern version of it. That's a good point but I can't see any vintages after the 1985 that have those old style labels. I guess it might only have "late" in the sense of a second batch released in 1987 if that'...

It's a gray market bottle. Imported by someone else most likely. Or it was a late release and the importer info is on the back. Regardless, those all look like they have been in a flood with the water damage to labels. From time to time, insurance bottles tend to show up. I'd be wary of them. Edit, ...

Glenn E. wrote: ↑

21:19 Wed 21 Oct 2020

Doggett wrote: ↑

19:14 Wed 21 Oct 2020

(if they still offer it at €100 for 100ml)

w8 wat?

How did they ever offer it for €750 per bottle?

I've had several glasses of it there. Don't know the exact measurement, but It was a good deal while it lasted.

Don’t worry if you can’t nail down what the issue is with it. We all have those moments where we go “something odd with this bottle but I just can’t place it”. The important part is , as mentioned, you recognized there’s something off with it. That said, ‘77 Graham’s VP is a bottle with a storied pa...

Is someone able to record it? That’s a tad late at night this side of the pond for me to watch live.

David Guimaraens has also records a short YouTube Video about the 2020 Harvest. Much of the report mirrors what we have been discussing in this thread: a very hot year with the hottest July on record. The heat in the early Summer damaged some of the Tinta Barroca and the late August heat caught som...

I was gonna buy one of those 4.5l of their 20 yr tawny for our new house warming party. Figured it would be super cool to pour for guests. Then the Covid drama hit 2-days after we moved in. No party, no bottle, no fun

Because you’ve heard a off-the-cuff opinion doesn’t make it a fact or reality. Andy, this was not an 'off the cuff opinion' it was several well known producers I happened to be sharing a table with, who were not only of one mind on the subject but were serious about making it happen. Whether they s...

The fact Tom has had one conversation with someone, regardless of the company, doesn’t negate the hundreds (if not more) producers in the Superior that would be put out of business if they revoked that area. It wasn't one person, and it wasn't the British shippers, but they did appear to be engaged...

If we are speculating about pruning the region, I would have actually thought the stronger argument was at the other end. I’ve read one producer say that the Baixo Corgo is too cold for fortified wines and I could see an argument for the downstream end of that being reserved for Douro DOC rather th...

That last part isn’t going to happen now...or ever. If you'd heard the conversation, and saw who was advocating it, you wouldn't say never.. Seeing as Vargellas and Vesuvio are both in the Douro Superior, I'm going to go with never. The fact Tom has had one conversation with someone, regardless of ...

I don’t know why the cut out you mention. My understanding is that the areas excluded within the general demarcated area, are areas where the surface geology is not schist (mostly granite, I believe) However, some sandy soils, most notably the Nacional vineyard at Noval; are allowed to remain, poss...

Given the comment, It should be noted that the demarcated region has expanded over the years. The original was rather small compared to what it is now. Quinta do Crasto has a couple of the original limit markers still on their property to give you an idea. There have been new projects in the far ea...

What strikes me about that classification system is that location, location, location is key to high classification: 901 plus-points (and 980 minus-points) available. Soil and viticulture only add up to 660 plus-points (but up to 2,000 minus points). So, to put it another way, bad viticultural prac...

Their pronunciations of the grapes and wine names are pretty funny. They're trying but obviously haven't quite got them down. We've all been there.

Or you just sell your Benefico "paper" to another company and they make more really good Port thanks to your paper and you do something else with your grapes (table wine, family reserve, toss them, whatever). Sometimes the paper is worth more to another company than your grapes.

nac wrote:

uncle tom wrote: ↑

13:01 Wed 07 Oct 2020

Impressive bottle, although the fill level looks really mean..

I'd wondered about this as well. Think I'll get C&B to ask Symingtons for an opinion.

It’s normal, They’re all filled like that. Even the 20 yr Graham’s Jeroboams are filled the same.

For general use in new corks the cheap $2 waiters corkscrew from my local Trader Joe’s is awesome. My favorite and it happens to be cheap. It’s the same one that most port producers sell/use with their logos on them. The super expensive French Laugindal (spelling?) I have sucks compared to the $2 on...

Speculation...perhaps the increased cost is due to shipping a non-standard shaped/sized box set. And the fact it’s probably hand assembled, a time consuming endeavor with that many small bottles.

I hadn’t noticed before how declarations by smaller producers dribble out throughout the year. It seems to me that they are missing a bit of a trick here, publicity wise, since the wine press only really covers Port in April and at a Christmas. If it’s not possible to get the declarations out early...

the issue I'm facing now is whether it's worth money now to buy individual bottles of the newest vintages at retail when the 1990s vintages at retail sell for sometimes half the price of the 2016s. This is a weird thing that goes back about forty years now. VP at release goes either nowhere in pric...

What Glenn has said. Plus... In the past I've had issues with heat damaged bottles from them. They were not very good at screening bottles they took to sell. They have a new CEO/President/whatever his title is that has been doing a very good job of improving the company. I don't use them a lot as th...