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[Martin Peeters]

Good on you Gerwin, I lost the 18x Ware's One minute before ending they came over me. Tried to get it anyway but when the price came up to €400,- I stopped. Bugger!!!

Martin

[AW77]

Good on you Gerwin, I lost the 18x Ware's One minute before ending they came over me. Tried to get it anyway but when the price came up to €400,- I stopped. Bugger!!!

Martin

I'm sorry to hear that. But if you're interested in the '98 Warre Cavadindha (which was included in the lot), have a look here:
http://www.portugalvineyards.com/wines/ ... -port-1998

[AW77]

1 x 2003 Niepoort LBV
1 x 2004 Niepoort LBV
(one from a merchant in Portugal, one from a merchant in Germany, these were the last bottles they had, otherwise I would have bought more)

[djewesbury]

We'll done. Good purchases. Fair prices?

[gerwin.degraaf]

5 x Kopke 1994 VP

[djewesbury]

We'll done. Good purchases. Fair prices?

[AW77]

We'll done. Good purchases. Fair prices?

I got the 04 from the German merchant for 22,50 Euro all in, but the 03 from the Portuguese merchant was more expensive due to higher shipping fees: 34,60 Euros (16 € for the bottle, 3,75 € for packaging and 14,85 € for the shipment). But since I wanted to close gaps in my Niepoort LBV wine ladder I chose to ingnore the shipping fees.

[djewesbury]

We'll done. Good purchases. Fair prices?

I got the 04 from the German merchant for 22,50 Euro all in, but the 03 from the Portuguese merchant was more expensive due to higher shipping fees: 34,60 Euros (16 € for the bottle, 3,75 € for packaging and 14,85 € for the shipment). But since I wanted to close gaps in my Niepoort LBV wine ladder I chose to ingnore the shipping fees.

Still good prices. Anything older than 05 moves into 'rarity prices' territory in the UK.

[gerwin.degraaf]

We'll done. Good purchases. Fair prices?

Not too bad I guess, I did not totally realise that there was 21% VAT to be added to my bid (not the auctioneer's fault, they did indicate it, I just overlooked). In total, including shipping I paid about €41 a bottle. The bottles are in pristine condition, so I'm happy with it.

[djewesbury]

We'll done. Good purchases. Fair prices?

Not too bad I guess, I did not totally realise that there was 21% VAT to be added to my bid (not the auctioneer's fault, they did indicate it, I just overlooked). In total, including shipping I paid about €41 a bottle. The bottles are in pristine condition, so I'm happy with it.

Actually I was referring to André's Niepoort LBVs but my message was mysteriously posted twice! Sorry to hear the VAT caught you out! And €41 still isn't too bad.

[LGTrotter]

Was it wrong of me to buy a case of Dow 97 from Berrys for £360? If so I plead the Bollinger rose ammendment.

[djewesbury]

Crikey. That's a bold purchase.

[DRT]

Bold indeed, but that isn't a disastrous price. I hope you will both be very happy together.

[LGTrotter]

So a consensus that I'm bold then.

Is that bold in the Charles Hawtree/Kenneth Williams way or bold in the daring dawn raid way, or the threw himself out the window convinced he could fly way?

The price is not disastrous, for retail.

[DRT]

How did the flying thing work out?

[Alex Bridgeman]

It's drinking OK even at this young age.

[LGTrotter]

How did the flying thing work out?

I've bought it now, you could have lied. Or let me down gently.

Anyway it hasn't got a poor write up for a 97. It is part of a strategy to get a few cases a year and also replace what I drink from the stash with odds and ends of something similar from what turns up locally. That way hopefully I get a decent stash of cases for my sere and barren days. I have drawn the port line at the turn of the century, but I liked those 03s so much I may have to rethink.

[idj123]

Good price for BBR-equivalent to the retail price at ND John when I last bought the D97 there.

[DRT]

I have drawn the port line at the turn of the century

Excellent. That means you can sneak in a few 2000s

[LGTrotter]

It's drinking OK even at this young age.

Good price for BBR-equivalent to the retail price at ND John when I last bought the D97 there.

Thank you, that's more like it.

[Martin Peeters]

2x Pintas VP2009 for just under €40,- per bottle including shipping etc.

Martin

[John M]

Won at auction today (& pretty happy about it)

1 x 1998 Niepoort LBV
2 x 1997 Sandeman LBV
3 x 1994 Warre's LBV
1 x 1998 Dow's, Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira
1 x Sandeman 40 Year Tawny
4 x Barros Very Old Dry White Port

[griff]

Australian importer has cleared a fair few Quinta de la Rosa 2000 and 2003 vintage ports at auction. Managed to pick up a couple of the 1999 Vale do Inferno as well.

[djewesbury]

6 Roriz 00 from BBX. Seemed a fair price so I threw in 6 Chasse Spleen 08 as well.

[flash_uk]

6 Roriz 00 from BBX. Seemed a fair price so I threw in 6 Chasse Spleen 08 as well.

So you relieved the disappointment from the auction on Tuesday!