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[Axel P]

Niepoort Colheita 1900, Vintage 1945 and VV

Axel

[SushiNorth]

Quinta do Vesuvio 2009 x2
Dow 1980 x4

[SushiNorth]

7 x Dow 1983 from BBR @ £29. They still have 4 left if anybody is interested.

That's a nice UK price. I was over in Borough market and there were some wine vendors there hawking it at 70/bottle. That said, i was rather amused to see 30 y.o. vintage port being sold out of the OWC in a street market.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Warre's 2006 LBV at £6.99 in Morrisons. Rather heavy and unsubtle on initial drinking but after the first couple of glasses it was better. Uncertain whether that was its contact with air or my contact with port.

Is this Traditional LBV or filtered?

[Alex Bridgeman]

7 x Dow 1983 from BBR @ £29. They still have 4 left if anybody is interested.

That is an extremely fair price - i would have been a buyer at that price!

[Alex Bridgeman]

A bottle of Taylor 1890! Whoohoo!

I've now managed to replace all the 100+ year old bottles I've opened (or dropped and broken ) this year.

[RAYC]

7 x Dow 1983 from BBR @ £29. They still have 4 left if anybody is interested.

That is an extremely fair price - i would have been a buyer at that price!

I'm pretty sure it must have been a pricing error - it just does not make any sense in the context of the prices of other ports on their list...or the last time i purchased a bottle of Dow 83 from them (£40ish in early 2010 i believe, but their prices seem to have gone up a lot since then)

[RAYC]

Warre's 2006 LBV at £6.99 in Morrisons. Rather heavy and unsubtle on initial drinking but after the first couple of glasses it was better. Uncertain whether that was its contact with air or my contact with port.

Is this Traditional LBV or filtered?

Very interesting...i hope this is not a sign that their delayed-release unfiltered is on its way out - the 2001 in Waitrose at the moment is rather good.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Warre's 2006 LBV at £6.99 in Morrisons. Rather heavy and unsubtle on initial drinking but after the first couple of glasses it was better. Uncertain whether that was its contact with air or my contact with port.

Is this Traditional LBV or filtered?

Very interesting...i hope this is not a sign that their delayed-release unfiltered is on its way out - the 2001 in Waitrose at the moment is rather good.

Warre have always made both a filtered and traditional LBV - both are pretty good but I prefer the unfiltered version. I'm assuming that this is a filtered LBV, but thought I'd ask in case there was a change in the release strategy for the traditional LBV.

[gerwin.degraaf]

1967 Nicolau de Almeida VP (12 bottles, I will probably split this lot). Dutch Bottling

[Zelandakh]

It is the traditional lbv. I will try a controlled experiment decanting it and leave for 24 hours. Not tonight though - Firsty Friday...port won't last long tonight

[DRT]

Warre's 2006 LBV at £6.99 in Morrisons. Rather heavy and unsubtle on initial drinking but after the first couple of glasses it was better. Uncertain whether that was its contact with air or my contact with port.

Is this Traditional LBV or filtered?

Very interesting...i hope this is not a sign that their delayed-release unfiltered is on its way out - the 2001 in Waitrose at the moment is rather good.

Warre have always made both a filtered and traditional LBV - both are pretty good but I prefer the unfiltered version. I'm assuming that this is a filtered LBV, but thought I'd ask in case there was a change in the release strategy for the traditional LBV.

It is the traditional lbv.

I have just visited Morrisons with the intention of clearing their shelves of this wine. Unfortunately, the vast quantity of Warre LBV 2006 that is on display there at £6.99 per bottle is the standard filtered LBV, not the "Bottle Matured" LBV that was once known as "Traditional".

[Zelandakh]

Ah Derek, I have misinformed you then, my apologies. I think that it is good for the money despite not being the one I had led you to believe however I did also acquire some Dow's Midnight 50cl bottles yesterday as Sunday afternoon port.

[DRT]

No problem, Nick, the dream was good while it lasted

I'm sure the Warre LBV 06 is a good wine but I decided to save my pennies for the next ridiculous VP offer that hits the UK supermarket shelves this festive season.

[Zelandakh]

Do let your friends know - I have plenty of NV but no ridiculous priced VP...

[DRT]

Do let your friends know - I have plenty of NV but no ridiculous priced VP...

6 bottles of Sainsbury Taste the Difference 2003 VP (bottled by SFE) @ £13.12 each
6 bottles of Graham's Malvedos 1999 @ £15 each.

Sainsbury currently have both of the above on special offer with an additional 25% off for buying 6 or more bottles. They have lots of other styles that are on similarly attractive offers. Go now!!!!

Be more attentive

[g-man]

5x 2007 Fonseca Magnums

[Alex Bridgeman]

Not purchases, but Christmas pressies this year included a bottle of 1994 Graham, a bottle of 2006 Graham LBV and a bottle of Ramos Pinto 2000.

[DRT]

A bottle of Dow's Quinta do Bomfim 1999 as a Christmas present

[smisse]

2 Taylor's 1992
2 Taylor's 1994

[DRT]

This slipped through the net of the eBay Police whilst they were gorging themselves on turkey...

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[PhilW]

This slipped through the net of the eBay Police whilst they were gorging themselves on turkey...

There is quite a lot of bottles on there at the moment, though mostly over-priced, especially considering lack of provenance etc; Has been a while since I had a good ebay bargain. Wish I'd caught the Sainsbury deal for the 99 Malvedos though...

[Glenn E.]

I acquired one of the Graham verticals during the most recent FTLOP purchasing opportunity. The price was high, but the bottles were all purchased on release and kept in the cellar at a California winery for their entire lives so I thought... just this once... I'll overpay for known good storage.

14 bottles, starting with '63 and ending with '07.

[DRT]

This slipped through the net of the eBay Police whilst they were gorging themselves on turkey...

There is quite a lot of bottles on there at the moment, though mostly over-priced, especially considering lack of provenance etc; Has been a while since I had a good ebay bargain.

I got this one for £53, which I'm happy with as that's much cheaper than the other four I bought about three years ago. As you might know, 1965 VP is essential to my continued existence and the real cost of this bottle works out at just under £1.02 per week

There are quite a few bottles on there at the moment but they won't all reach the end of the auction before some nerd at eBay zaps them for having a comma in the wrong place in the description

[DRT]

I acquired one of the Graham verticals during the most recent FTLOP purchasing opportunity. The price was high, but the bottles were all purchased on release and kept in the cellar at a California winery for their entire lives so I thought... just this once... I'll overpay for known good storage.

14 bottles, starting with '63 and ending with '07.

So all you need now is 4 or 5 volunteers to fly to Seattle to help you quality assure your purchase?