2007 Harvest Tour Reports

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 00:00 Sat 29 Sep 2007

Alan,

You would have to pay me lots to get those photos...as the old saying goes. What happens in the Douro, stays in the Douro

Post by **DRT** » 00:06 Sat 29 Sep 2007

ADV wrote:What happens in the Douro, stays in the Douro

Exactly !!

Thanks, Andy, I knew I could rely on you

Derek

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 00:08 Sat 29 Sep 2007

No problem...ohh and that just upped the cost to 2 bottles of N31

Luc · Post by **Luc** » 06:36 Sat 29 Sep 2007

Look forward to the day , when I can say : What happens in the Douro , Stays in the Douro !!
'Till then , I think I'll just break wind and eat peanut butter . . .

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 11:42 Sat 29 Sep 2007

Luc, I'll break wind for you in Oporto and plant a jar of PB in the soils of the Douro.

Luc · Post by **Luc** » 22:44 Sat 29 Sep 2007

I can see It now , the 1st post Phylloxera peanut butter soil in the Cima Corgo .

Post by **DRT** » 01:31 Sun 30 Sep 2007

Well, it's here at last. A quick nap in the car at the airport and then I'm off to meet ADV and a few others in the land of liquid gold.

I will do my best to drop by here with weather/harvest reports and the odd TN.

Derek

Post by **DRT** » 18:43 Sun 30 Sep 2007

Just had a vertical of Noval Colhieta 37, 64, 68, 71,74, 76, 86 and 10, 20 and 40 yrs at the Noval shop at VNG.

D

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 18:58 Sun 30 Sep 2007

Are you not going to gives us a clue? Superb, ordinary, different, etc???
Just a generalisation will do for satarters.

Whats that big flash shop, a little further down, past Sandemans, but before Ramos, I'd not heard of it, and it looked really new. From memory it began with a V or an S?

Post by **DRT** » 11:31 Mon 01 Oct 2007

I will post some TNs when I get near a PC. The lineup at Noval was superb with a few stunning wines and only 1 or 2 that failed to make the grade.

We had intended doing a tour of the lodges but ended up spending 4 hours at Noval instead!

After Noval we went to Vinologia and had some really great ports from small and unusual producers. You will have to wait for Andy to post notes on these as I had given in by then.

On a train to the Douro now

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 19:54 Mon 08 Oct 2007

I'll get some notes up soon. I just got home early this am and am taking a breeak from unpacking and laundry.

It was great to see Derek again and we all of us had a blast. Noval was quote fun, and Vinalogia was just as fun. The night went on well into the evening, even though the US crew hadn't slept for a day plus, and had just gotten off a very long 12+ hours of flying across the atlantic. Derek and I ruled the roost and stayed up drinking well past when everyone else went to bed. I was a little tired on Monday, well at least until I started drinking again at 10 am

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 20:03 Mon 08 Oct 2007

Alan...Derek got himself a new job, look

He made sure all the Ports at Noval were safe for us to drink