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by Glenn E.
20:10 Tue 14 Nov 2023
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Taylors VVV - a complete vertical
Replies: 6
Views: 9706

Re: Taylors VVV - a complete vertical

I give them some time in bottle before doing my verticals - the one honoring GST 21 will be early next year, probably in March. I find that very recently bottled Ports change rather dramatically over their first year in bottle, and prefer to taste them after that initial change has mostly settled do...
by Glenn E.
23:33 Sat 11 Nov 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Tasting - 16 May 2024
Replies: 72
Views: 149379

Re: Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Tasting - date tbc

Since this has revived, I would love to attend if held the week that I'm in London for the Graham vertical. Those dates would be roughly May 12-16, 2024. I could probably change either end of that by +/- one day if truly necessary, most easily at the beginning. (Current plan is to fly to London on F...
by Glenn E.
18:52 Mon 06 Nov 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Playful consequences tasting
Replies: 16
Views: 17393

Re: Playful consequences tasting

Bottle #1: pop and pour at tasting, no decant. Bottle #2: splash decant into decanter then immediately return to the bottle. Travel to tasting later. Bottle #3: normal decant into decanter, return to bottle after an appropriate amount of time to travel to tasting. Bottle #4: normal decant into deca...
by Glenn E.
21:10 Fri 03 Nov 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Playful consequences tasting
Replies: 16
Views: 17393

Playful consequences tasting

(yes, this statement could have playful consequences) Ahem. 4 identical bottles, preferably from the same case to ensure the same provenance. Bottle #1: pop and pour at tasting, no decant. Bottle #2: splash decant into decanter then immediately return to the bottle. Travel to tasting later. Bottle ...
by Glenn E.
19:16 Thu 02 Nov 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Latest buy
Replies: 2095
Views: 832763

Re: Latest buy

Mike J. W. wrote: 01:29 Thu 02 Nov 2023
Alex Bridgeman wrote: 23:40 Wed 01 Nov 2023 Mike, don’t get sucked in to Glenn’s plan. He’s just trying to get you to set up a “Best of the Eighties” tasting that he can come to.
Lol. He's devious that way is he? :lol:
I can neither confirm nor deny this accusation. :lol:
by Glenn E.
18:12 Tue 31 Oct 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
Replies: 95
Views: 378171

Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024

I was about to email Glenn about perhaps getting together at some point next month, until Alex specifically mentioned the month of May. Yes, I know it's in the title, but what can I say.... The week after this tasting I will be in Portugal for a private "harvest tour" so we might still be...
by Glenn E.
18:09 Tue 31 Oct 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Latest buy
Replies: 2095
Views: 832763

Re: Latest buy

Yeah that's an excellent price for a superb Port. Its only real rival from the 1980s in my opinion is 1987 Taylor Vargellas, and if you want to stretch a bit then maybe 1985 Graham. For an otherwise down decade for TFP, the 1985 Fonseca and the 1987 Vargellas are beautiful. The 1980 Dow is very goo...
by Glenn E.
22:12 Mon 30 Oct 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
Replies: 95
Views: 378171

Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024

I cannot change weeks seeing as I'm planning a 2-week vacation around this tasting. I plan to arrive in London on Saturday or Sunday the 11th or 12th, then head to Portugal on Thursday or Friday the 16h or 17th for a tour from Sunday to Sunday (19-26).
by Glenn E.
21:00 Mon 30 Oct 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Latest buy
Replies: 2095
Views: 832763

Re: Latest buy

Yeah that's an excellent price for a superb Port. Its only real rival from the 1980s in my opinion is 1987 Taylor Vargellas, and if you want to stretch a bit then maybe 1985 Graham. For an otherwise down decade for TFP, the 1985 Fonseca and the 1987 Vargellas are beautiful.
by Glenn E.
20:54 Fri 27 Oct 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Nice one
Replies: 1
Views: 1625

Re: Nice one

Clearly they are using boats as floating cellars.
by Glenn E.
23:23 Mon 23 Oct 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Croft vertical, Tue 07 Nov 2023
Replies: 138
Views: 428155

Re: Croft vertical, Tue 07 Nov 2023

I rejoice at Glenn’s different experience and vote against including it in the line-up. I would send you one of mine if I could. I'm about halfway through a case and cannot recall any of them showing VA, which is something (unlike TCA) to which I am usually very sensitive. But still... not splendid...
by Glenn E.
18:29 Mon 23 Oct 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Vintage port & the adolescent lull
Replies: 3
Views: 3206

Re: Vintage port & the adolescent lull

That phenomenon has been referred to by various names. The one that I use is the "teenage funk" because in the past it tended to be most obvious when the Ports were in their teens. They'd come out of it right around 20 or 21 years old, which is one of many reasons that people used to do ho...
by Glenn E.
19:31 Fri 20 Oct 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Croft vertical, Tue 07 Nov 2023
Replies: 138
Views: 428155

Re: Croft vertical, Tue 07 Nov 2023

Unless my eyes mistake me I notice that the Cr85 is absent from the line up? It appears to be available on the retail market for £55. Should I group purchase? JDAW's call re: vintages/numbers, but I'd say yes. Julian? It’s reliably awful. That seems rather harsh. I have had it many times, and while...
by Glenn E.
17:37 Fri 13 Oct 2023
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Taylors VVV - a complete vertical
Replies: 6
Views: 9706

Re: Taylors VVV - a complete vertical

Very nice! I've been doing that with Graham's The Stone Terraces every time they release a new vintage. Next one, including 2021, will probably happen early next year once the Port has reached the US.
by Glenn E.
18:32 Wed 11 Oct 2023
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Tue 10th October - 1993s @ 30
Replies: 11
Views: 18739

Re: Tue 10th October - 1993s @ 30

Curious, indeed. Some day I hope to get to taste a 1993 Quinta das Liceiras!

Was the order of tasting as listed in the first post? That might have impacted the perception of some of the wines.
by Glenn E.
01:37 Tue 10 Oct 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Latest buy
Replies: 2095
Views: 832763

Re: Latest buy

Yes, that's an amazing price for a fantastic Port. Well done!
by Glenn E.
20:34 Sun 01 Oct 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Bottles you never want to open
Replies: 15
Views: 10164

Re: Bottles you never want to open

Every bottle in my cellar was purchased to be consumed, but I admit that some are harder to open than others. Naturally, the high-end expensive bottles require something a little more significant than "it's Tuesday and I'm thirsty", but for the right tasting any of those are fair game. Get...
by Glenn E.
22:50 Fri 29 Sep 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: "Port Edition" Durand coming soon - and UK purchase possibility
Replies: 7
Views: 6917

Re: "Port Edition" Durand coming soon - and UK purchase possibility

Do the Durands always work on old bottles? I run into those bottles with the crumbling corks and the soaked, splintering corks. For what they charge, I just want to ensure that they do the job no matter what type of cork I would encounter. It's not perfect, but it will pull vastly more corks than a...
by Glenn E.
21:16 Wed 27 Sep 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port for sale at auction
Replies: 366
Views: 215959

Re: Port for sale at auction

Christie's sold 660 bottles (not a typo - six hundred sixty) of 1964 Justino's Boal V.J.H. earlier this year. 6 lots - 4 x 120, 108, and 72. Even if you drank one bottle every week that's over 12.5 years worth of Boal!
by Glenn E.
19:20 Wed 27 Sep 2023
Forum: Travel
Topic: A stranger traveling in a strange way
Replies: 18
Views: 8226

Re: A stranger traveling in a strange way

What a great story! I very much enjoyed it. Regarding DR Port... they're not as small as they may seem to be. The estate - Quinta da Levandeira do Roncão - has existed for a very long time, but was purchased by its current owners in 2001 and now sells wine under its own brand name. "DR" is...
by Glenn E.
22:53 Fri 22 Sep 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Port in movies, dramas and tv series
Replies: 23
Views: 23392

Re: Port in movies, dramas and tv series

Justin K wrote: 20:54 Fri 22 Sep 2023 Wednesday night BBC 1 Celebrity Race Across the world they all had to get from Porto to Pinhao. The finishing point was the reception area at Quinta De La Rosa.
Very cool! I wonder if I can find that on streaming somewhere?
by Glenn E.
22:50 Fri 15 Sep 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Latest buy
Replies: 2095
Views: 832763

Re: Latest buy

6 more 2021 Graham's The Stone Terraces in 750ml, plus a tregnum, bringing my total to 12 and 1. These are, of course, all in London, so I still need to acquire a couple here in the US (at an exorbitant price) so that I have them available to do my little verticals every time they release a new vint...
by Glenn E.
23:04 Thu 14 Sep 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Leaking cork, what should i do?
Replies: 6
Views: 2382

Re: Leaking cork, what should i do?

Phil's advice is good, but so is Andy's. What Phil's test will show you is which "drink soon" queue the bottle goes it. Drink ASAP, drink within the next year or two, or drink within 3-5 years. But as Andy said, if it has leaked - even due to the change in pressure it encountered during ta...
by Glenn E.
00:36 Tue 12 Sep 2023
Forum: Reference
Topic: Port brand abbreviations
Replies: 346
Views: 248583

Re: Port brand abbreviations

jdaw1 wrote: 20:18 Mon 11 Sep 2023 Dolamore and Quinta Dona Matilde are of different eras, with, I suspect, no vintages in common.
While I do still prefer Do, this reasoning suffices for me.