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3 x Vesuvio 96
3 x Vesuvio 04
Four Walls, best prices.
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Morrison's Own Label 2007 LBV, produced by Symington Family Estates @ £10.49
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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AHB wrote:Morrison's Own Label 2007 LBV, produced by Symington Family Estates @ £10.49
£10.49! It better be good!
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I'm in the market for every day drinkers of the bargain types we have seen in this thread and some "thoroughly good enough" VPs.

Doesn't seem that there's many offers around on either?

If anyone has any VPs that are good and sound but simply not "good enough" for their cellars...this year I've had a Noval 70, a Morgan 66 and another 70 that may have been a Dow. I got just as much pleasure from much lesser VPs so I may now skip the higher ends and enjoy multiple bottles of "good enough" VP rather than single bottles or truly superb.

If anyone knows of every day bargains please let me know and anyone with VPs for disposal, please PM me.
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Zelandakh wrote:If anyone knows of every day bargains please let me know and anyone with VPs for disposal, please PM me.
This is generally known to apply to most of us.
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Amongst all the 2011 excitement, i relieved BBR of their remaining 5 bottles of Vesuvio 98 at £35 per bottle all-in. A price that i think this port is well worth, and i can imagine i'll have occasion to drink all of these by the end of the year. 3 bottles are left in their bin-end store in Basingstoke - if anyone i see regularly is visiting soon, please keep a look-out on my behalf.
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RAYC wrote:£35 per bottle all-in.
Very good price and a tenner off what they were asking.. did that take much haggling??
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djewesbury wrote:
RAYC wrote:£35 per bottle all-in.
Very good price and a tenner off what they were asking.. did that take much haggling??
I had wanted to buy a full 6-pack, which they usually do at the "case discount" price (i.e. 10% off). However, between my email and the confirmation a single bottle was purchased online, meaning that the case was split and i couldn't take delivery in bond (which is what i had originally wanted for the moment while i finished off the previous 6-pack of this stuff!). The further discount was therefore a goodwill gesture and probably a sign that i spend far too much with them on wine/port and storage throughout the rest of the year!

In addition, a number of other bottles of V98 had been sent to the bin-end store in the last fortnight - i suspect they are also sitting there at £35...
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Due to its stellar performance at the FTLOP 1983 Retrospective, I picked up 5 bottles (all that were available) of the 1983 Ramos Pinto Vintage Port for $50 each. To round out the shipping container, I also picked up a 1976 Smith Woodhouse LBV for $25.

I think I'm actually more excited about the LBV... what a great price for such an old LBV!
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Odds and ends..
7 x Dow 80
4 x Dow 94
6 x Warre 07 LBV
2 x Dow Bomfim 01 (current offer at Tesco, Asda, probably everywhere..)
1 x SW 07 LBV
1 x SW 06 LBV
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djewesbury wrote:Odds and ends..
7 x Dow 80
a veyr nice odd and ends!
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g-man wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Odds and ends..
7 x Dow 80
a veyr nice odd and ends!
Just another Monday, I like to think...
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Last night I called in to a wine shop I've not visited before and left with a bottle of Noval 1995 and a bottle of Roriz 1995 (made by Noval Vinhos Lda).
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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All 1/2 bottles:

1983 Dows
1985 Dows
1985 Grahams
1985 Warres
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6bts of Calem 1960 (Hedges&Butler) :D
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2xDow 1963
2xFonseca 1966
Not sure why Flickingers had em cheap, but they did. Definite SoS, but fill is good in all.
In other cool news, just acquired wooden wine racks for 250 bottles (free!).
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1 x Cockburn 67
1 x Croft 66
1 x Taylor 45
36 x Smith Woodhouse 83
12 x Warre 83
12 x Dow 70
12 x Graham 80
6 x Dow 91

That should keep us going for a couple more weeks ..........
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WS1 wrote:6bts of Calem 1960 (Hedges&Butler) :D
Now I know who it was who nipped in before me when they were listed by Seckfords :x :cry:
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Well....i couldn't resist. I tried, but i couldn't. Of the 11s, i purchased:

Vesuvio
Vesuvio Capela
Niepoort Bioma
Skeffington
Graham Stone Terraces
Vargellas Vinha Vehla

I will look to buy Quevedo as well.
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No messing about there! And you so indecisive at first!
I have bought or am buying:

Capela V
Dow
Fonseca
Taylor (d mag)
Niepoort
N Bioma

They'll do, the Stone Terraces wasn't justifiable for me. Oh, I mean, I couldn't get any.. Delicious stuff though. Call me in 2038 when you open one..!
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1970 Graham 3 bottles
1997 Graham 6 bottles
2000 Graham 9 bottles
2000 Dow 8 bottles
1983 Fonseca 5 bottles
1985 Warre 3 bottles

Having just finished a case of the 1983 Fonseca, I know that to be good - and developed nicely over the years. really looking forward to the 1970 Graham - one of my favourites.

Should be enough for October and November - and maybe an extra week or two if I catch a cold.

Trying to arrange storage at FRW now.
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TLW wrote:1970 Graham 3 bottles
1997 Graham 6 bottles
2000 Graham 9 bottles
2000 Dow 8 bottles
1983 Fonseca 5 bottles
1985 Warre 3 bottles
!

Should be enough for October and November - and maybe an extra week or two if I catch a cold.
34 bottles for 61 days. Are you American? :lol:
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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DRT wrote:
TLW wrote:1970 Graham 3 bottles
1997 Graham 6 bottles
2000 Graham 9 bottles
2000 Dow 8 bottles
1983 Fonseca 5 bottles
1985 Warre 3 bottles
!

Should be enough for October and November - and maybe an extra week or two if I catch a cold.
34 bottles for 61 days. Are you American? :lol:
We all have our cross to bear......
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In the past 2 weeks:

6 x Grahams 2011
6 x Fonseca 2011
3 x Grahams 1994
1 x Fonseca 1977
1 x Taylor 1977
1 x Taylor 1970
1 x Grahams 1966

My current account is feeling rather poorly now :( ... But on the bright side my port cellar is full of optimism for the future :D

Cheers, Rich.
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vertical of vesuvio from 1989-1997
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