Port & wine websites and blogs

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Would kind :tpf: folk please let me know what blogs they can recommend to get more info about Port and Wine. With :tpf: being obviously the best resource, what other sites have good regular updates about 'good juice' as Julian would say? Obviously most the producers have their own sites and I would also be interested in which ones are the considered the best? Any help or advice appreciated.

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The Malvedos Blog is good.

Christian Seely can be interesting, but is infrequent.

Oscar Quevedo sometimes has good posts.
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It's also worth reading and following :ftlop2014:

OK techie whizzies. How do I make the FTLOP logo a hyperlink to the FTLOP homepage?
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AHB wrote:How do I make the FTLOP logo a hyperlink to the FTLOP homepage?
Add a space before the first colon and one after the last colon that defines the icon:
:ftlop2014:
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PhilW wrote:
AHB wrote:How do I make the FTLOP logo a hyperlink to the FTLOP homepage?
Add a space before the first colon and one after the last colon that defines the icon:
:ftlop2014:
Gotcha. Thanks.
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Vintageport.se is fantastic

Richard Mayson's site has some good TNs from interesting tastings (both private and trade)

I think DRT still maintains an archive of infoportwine.com - a great port website that was run by Herman Gerdingh, a Dutch port enthusiast, until illness a few years ago

For wine, I quite like the winepages forum
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Thank you all for the tips...
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RAYC wrote:I think DRT still maintains an archive of infoportwine.com - a great port website that was run by Herman Gerdingh, a Dutch port enthusiast, until illness a few years ago
I do host an archive of infoportwine.com but it is no longer added to. It is a great source of information and I wanted to make sure it remained available when Herman became too ill to maintain it. A fitting legacy to a committed Port enthusiast :cool:
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Hello Simon.

Of course I'm absolutely biased - but I like my own blog on Facebook very much:

https://www.facebook.com/Portwein-118856431560215

I try to show the beauty of everything Port Wine related - and you can find tons of photos that I took during my many trips to the Douro and Porto...
This Saturday I will publish a large article about one of the least known Port producers...
:) "I believe I am responsible for 4% of the port wine consumption in my country..." :)
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Thanks for the post Christian. I have a had a quick look at your very impressive FB page and will take a proper look at the weekend. Thanks again for letting me know about it.

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Nice FB page.

Though you may have to up your port consumption if you want to retain that claim now that I am on island!!
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RAYC wrote:Nice FB page.

Though you may have to up your port consumption if you want to retain that claim now that I am on island!!
Surely the first :tpf: Cayman Island emergency offline needs to happen immediately!! :grin:
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Hello Rob:
It's great to see that you have arrived - welcome to the sunshine! :sun:
It's yes - we need a real emergency offline... this afternoon... 88)
Do you have any Happy Hour plans? Just send me a PM please... :)

Now that you are here, I have adjusted my signature from 5% to now 4%... :)
:) "I believe I am responsible for 4% of the port wine consumption in my country..." :)
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RAYC wrote:Vintageport.se is fantastic
Thank you for the nice words.
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