Hello - advice wanted
Posted: 13:22 Mon 01 Jun 2009
Hi everybody,
My name is Kevin and I am currently living in New South Wales in Australia.
I stumbled across this site whilst trying to find out some information about a bottle of port that I picked up at a garage sale just recently. The label says it is a 1952 Porto Colheita from the Niepoort Co. It is in a wicker basket and was imported into Australia by Kalmar PTY in Sydney. The paper seal across the top of the bottle is damaged / missing, but the tin seal over the cork is intact and still bears the stamp marks from Portugal.
As I said, I picked it up at a garage sale. The woman was selling off her (soon to be ex) husband's stuff at ridiculous prices. I paid $5 AUS for it.
The intenet searches I have made seem to suggest that this bottle of port may be worth a little bit. The going rate seems to be anything from 200 Euros to $800 US.
As I am in no way a port expert, even though I love a drop of the stuff, I feel a bit reluctant to crack open a potentially expensive bottle and not be able to fully appreciate it. I would welcome any advice about this particular port. I can provide photos if anyone needs to see before giving me any information. I think I may have stumbled across a once in a lifetime bargain for my five bucks. Can anyone please enlighten me as to the real value of this port?
I look forward to all replies.
Many thanks
Kevin.
p.s. I will content myself with the Hunter Valley "port" that I bought earlier this year in the meantime. Not quite the real thing but pretty palatable all the same. Is this sacrilege, but at the cellar door we were introduced to the concept of squeezing fresh orange juice into a glass of port. I really liked it but being Scottish I felt that this was akin to pouring cola into a nice single malt. Comments?
My name is Kevin and I am currently living in New South Wales in Australia.
I stumbled across this site whilst trying to find out some information about a bottle of port that I picked up at a garage sale just recently. The label says it is a 1952 Porto Colheita from the Niepoort Co. It is in a wicker basket and was imported into Australia by Kalmar PTY in Sydney. The paper seal across the top of the bottle is damaged / missing, but the tin seal over the cork is intact and still bears the stamp marks from Portugal.
As I said, I picked it up at a garage sale. The woman was selling off her (soon to be ex) husband's stuff at ridiculous prices. I paid $5 AUS for it.
The intenet searches I have made seem to suggest that this bottle of port may be worth a little bit. The going rate seems to be anything from 200 Euros to $800 US.
As I am in no way a port expert, even though I love a drop of the stuff, I feel a bit reluctant to crack open a potentially expensive bottle and not be able to fully appreciate it. I would welcome any advice about this particular port. I can provide photos if anyone needs to see before giving me any information. I think I may have stumbled across a once in a lifetime bargain for my five bucks. Can anyone please enlighten me as to the real value of this port?
I look forward to all replies.
Many thanks
Kevin.
p.s. I will content myself with the Hunter Valley "port" that I bought earlier this year in the meantime. Not quite the real thing but pretty palatable all the same. Is this sacrilege, but at the cellar door we were introduced to the concept of squeezing fresh orange juice into a glass of port. I really liked it but being Scottish I felt that this was akin to pouring cola into a nice single malt. Comments?