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Axel P wrote:

RonnieRoots wrote:Impossible not to love.

did you mean Gustavo or the Vesuvio 94?

Probably both!

1 x Warre's Otima 20-yr Old Tawny Port (outrageous price at $44, but I really wanted to try it) 12 x 1985 Churchill's Vintage Port (to be this winter's house Port, minus one bottle for my 1985 horizontal) 1 x 1985 Hooper's Vintage Port (bringing me to 20 bottles in the horizontal) I got the Churchil...

DRT wrote:

AHB wrote:my resistance has crumbled.

So has mine.

Your resistance was never solid enough in the first place to be able to "crumble."

Quiver like jello, sure, but crumble?

Sandeman 63 picked up. Excellent! Can one of you PM me the total cost/number of attendees so that I can clue in my +1 and also start saving myself? *** ALERT *** PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE CHANGED THE DATE. I don't know what happened, but thankfully we checked the date yet again while we were purchasi...

I now have a +1 for the tasting. A friend of ours is going to come with us to NYC. He's one of my converts that I've been working on, and I think he'll enjoy a real tasting.

Fitty, yo!

While yummy, it sounds like this bottle is somewhat different than the one we shared in Paris?

1. Churchill 2. Martinez 3. Ramos Pinto The Graham, like the Fonseca, is for experts. The Churchill would be as well except that you have two and can afford to treat your guests to something special. I wouldn't serve the Souza or Royal Oporto, because you want to serve something good just in case th...

I'd get the 1977 Taylor... it's a fantastic Port. I haven't been all that impressed by the VVVs that I have tasted. They're very good, but I have yet to taste one that surpasses the same-year Taylor.

Bah, that sucks.

I still haven't found a '63 Sandeman for a good price. There seem to be a few floating around, but I'm not sure I want to pay $250 for one. There's a cheap one at Wine Consigners, but I'm not sure I trust bottles from them so I'll keep looking!

2 x 1960 Croft... getting ahead of the game for my parents' 50th anniversary next year.

A stunning recipe for the Port-loving man at home alone, as DRT is this evening... 1. Go out and buy 1kg of top quality Ribeye steak. 2. Decant a bottle of Quinta da Eira Velha 2000. 3. Wait 3 hours. 4. Flash-fry 0.5kg of steak, applying liberal quantities of ground balck pepper as it cooks. 5. Pou...

I grant you that a gallon a night for five nights is not that excessive. Americans - our pints are bigger than yours, our are 20 fluid ounces each, so to you, fifty pints. As Julian explained to me, your pints are 20 British fluid ounces which are not as large as American fluid ounces. One American...

1 x 1985 Graham magnum
1 x 1980 Dow

Of course not! Any chance to share something with your wife is good, particularly when it is something (else) that you love.

Sorry to hear about the lack of bonus, but the VP sounds like it was great!

AHB wrote:I've stopped using it as it scores grooves in either side of the cork and - inevitably - obscures the name and vintage of the wine.

Hmm... they mark the "up" side of the bottle with whitewash, why couldn't they brand the top of the cork as well to avoid this problem?

SCP-DFF wrote:Knitting? Crossword Puzzles?

Are you guys serious?

No, but my wife... er, SCP-DFW... is very serious about both.

Andy V wrote:

DRT wrote:Works for me!

Me too

Me three!

Welcome to :tpf: Helen! I think that KillerB has summarized it for you very nicely. If I were you I would look for a Fonseca or a Taylor, because if you can find one of those in your price range they are the very best that the vintage has to offer. You will need some luck, though. Failing that, I wo...

Is that a reference to the naming as "port" or based on experience? I did post this in "Other Wines" and only quoted what is on the label! :wink: I've never had that particular port, but I've had numerous US-made ports and the ones that can be called "perfectly drinkable&qu...

I believe that the difference between the three is just an informal one. Ahem ... Price 1994 Warre Vintage Port: $55 1994 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port: $80 Come again? :wink: NOT THE SAME HOUSE! how bout the 03 Fonsecas across the three labels? mmmmmmmmmmm? Same owner! :wink: I don't follow 2000 ...

benread wrote:2007 Illinois ... Port
it is perfectly drinkable

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g-man wrote:

Glenn E. wrote: I believe that the difference between the three is just an informal one.

Ahem ... Price

1994 Warre Vintage Port: $55
1994 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port: $80

Come again?

The above quote got me thinking. I cannot find an official definition of what constitutes an SQVP. Does such a rule exist? I don't think it does. SQVP is not a formal category, it's just one that we Port geeks use. As far as I know, all VP goes through the exact same process whether the final label...