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Are you really serious?? So all those times in college when we were saying ... "We don't get hangovers whenever we get drunk on dom" is really true?! Yup! I originally intended to be a chemist (so how did I become a Producer for games? it's a long story...) and this is something we learne...

It is, however, a nice dessert wine.

I have found numerous Aussie "ports" that are dreadful when consumed as Port, but are in fact quite decent dessert wines if you consume them as such.

There are two primary causes of hangovers - dehydration and formaldehyde. Dehydration is fairly obvious... if you consume too much alcohol without something to buffer it, you'll get dehydrated and develop a nasty headache. My personal tolerance level seems to be adequately buffered by drinking a gla...

I have a Ferreira 1970 but will have difficulty getting to NYC in November. If I can't make it I'd be willing to swap it to someone for something equivalent for the event, though.

Isn’t this more a demand issue? Looking at the IVDP stats, only half as much Colheita is sold as VP, so its not surprising that there are fewer “declarations† for it from the more VP-orientated shippers. I wouldn't think so, but then again I'm not actually in the business and trying to sell Port s...

That is an interseting way to look at this Glenn. My own view is that the shippers have more chances to get a Colheita right than they do with a VP. With VP they have one chance to blend and little or no choice over when to remove from wood and bottle so if it is not right first time they have lost...

Colheitas are a waste of time, commercially Sad, but probably true. To me the pinnacle of Port production is not a classic VP but rather a classic Colheita. Both require great skill and knowledge to create - the right grapes, a good year, and knowledge of how the Port will age. But VP is too easy -...

The best way to insure that your baggage is handled properly is to insure it, but that can be expensive. Plus it also makes it more difficult to argue with customs about the value of the contents. :lol: Marking it "fragile" makes it a target. Having them mark it "insured" means t...

David,

I will be in Pinhao the nights of the 20th-23rd, and then will be in Porto the nights of the 24th-28th. I'd love to meet you if we're in the same area at the same time!

I think I mentioned this on :ftlop: but what seemed particularly inditing about this affair was that :ws: (I’d forgotten we had that graphic!) doesn’t seem to be checking that the wine-list submitted is actually the one being offered by the restaurant. It would be quite easy to imagine a place subm...

Another improvement for using styro shippers is to insert crumpled newspaper in the bottom and top of each bottle's bin to help absorb shocks and prevent the bottles from breaking out the top (or more usually, the bottom). If the bottles are loose in their bins, then wrap them in sufficient newspape...

I find that chocolate goes much better with Tawny Ports than it does with VP. It does go quite well with some VPs, no doubt about it, but to me it goes well with just about any Tawny.

Pecans also go very well with Port, whether Tawny or Ruby.

It wasn't quite that bad. The wine critic did include numerous (read: 15) wines that Wine Spectator had rated exceptionally poorly, but that was in a wine list of 250+ wines. Their response to the "sting" was that they aren't evaluating the restaurant, they're evaluating its wine list. And...

I think anything with a year - VP, colheita - should be listed oldest first.

And I agree with Derek that 10Y, 20Y, 30Y, 40Y is a natural progression for tawnies with an indication of age.

So I guess that means I don't see a problem with the current sorting... it just works out.

I agree - wrong question. Are they good to drink today? Yes, absolutely, especially if you like young, immature Ports. Too young to drink? If by that one means that they will improve significantly with time, then yes they are too young to drink. But if by that one means that there's some arbitrary a...

I'm going to use that during my pick up games pick up games? Get your mind out of the gutter...it refers to a practice game of basket ball I think "unscheduled" or "unofficial" game might be a little more accurate. The term derives from "picking up" a couple of other p...

Cross-posting this from FTLOP.com where it was originally posted by Ryan Opaz.

http://fermentation.typepad.com/ferment ... -of-a.html

I posted my $0.02 in response.

JDAW... don't slay him for his punctuation and grammar, though he would deserve it.

I like the two alternating colors currently being used - I'll call them khaki and light khaki in case they change again.

I believe that Port Rehab is designed to help you avoid visits to the Porceline god. Though as it turns out, my stamina is better than I thought. I have now managed to quaff roughly half a bottle twice in the same weekend. So while I am clearly not as adept as others here, I can do better than I exp...

I'll be meeting you as well on that Sunday!

I can't wait for this trip, it's going to be a blast!

I wonder if they're aware that they just lowered the item limit for the lines?

I believe that the first step in port rehab would be to remove from the patient all collapsible funnels hidden about their person. Corkscrews? Tongs? Coffee filters? Sabres? Wooden boxes containing a single glass of a preferred shape? Red checked shirts? Yes, those too. I think you guys are getting...

All of the above!

Although in my case I believe that Port Rehab is supposed to "correct" my view of Ms Hilton's potential, were she not redundantly famous.

Separarely and far more significantly: we should all be concerned about Glenn E.'s 'judgement of Paris'... Hilton . His proposition that she could be a "good to very good model" is deeply troubling, I think a spell in Port rehab is neccessitated - otherwise he might be on the slippery slo...

I recently was faced with a choice, with limited funds available to me, would I like 1 bottle of Nacional 1966 or 4 bottles of Fonseca 1966. For me that's not even a choice. No question: 4 x F66 >>> 1 x NN66. What if you could find someone who was willing to pony up more then you paid for your F66 ...