With very little knowledge of how the In Bond system actually works in the UK I have always assume that buying VP IB/UB of whatever age is relatively safe as the case/bottle will have been stored under controlled conditions since being shipped from VNG.
Am I deluding myself?
Derek
Dangerous assumption?
Dangerous assumption?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: Dangerous assumption?
I also have very little knowledge of the system, but my assumption is somewhat less than yours. Namely, I do not assume that the case was originally shipped from VNdG. I believe that all the IB system means is that it has been held since it was shipped to the UK. That could have come from anywhere, and may have been recent.
I'd love to know more about it, though.
I'd love to know more about it, though.
Glenn Elliott
Re: Dangerous assumption?
Also what does "Broked" mean in UK retail houses?
Disclosure: Distributor of Quevedo wines and Quinta do Gomariz
Re: Dangerous assumption?
Something like "sold on behalf of someone else"g-man wrote:Also what does "Broked" mean in UK retail houses?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: Dangerous assumption?
I think the assumption that bonded warehouses are perfect storage locations is unwise.
At the risk of being unfair to the parties concerned I would make the following observations:
EHD - Weybridge - insulated warehouse, but no obvious temperature management, and doors normally open in all weathers.
Octavian - Kemble - uses a nuclear-proof aircraft hanger - should be good except massive doors are normally wide open.
Octavian - Corsham - the deep cellars should provide near perfect conditions.
London City Bond - Tilbury - warehouse on decrepit site - no insulation or temperature control visible at the loading bay.
Wine Society - Stevenage - conditions appear to be good, although I have not been inside their warehouse.
Tom
At the risk of being unfair to the parties concerned I would make the following observations:
EHD - Weybridge - insulated warehouse, but no obvious temperature management, and doors normally open in all weathers.
Octavian - Kemble - uses a nuclear-proof aircraft hanger - should be good except massive doors are normally wide open.
Octavian - Corsham - the deep cellars should provide near perfect conditions.
London City Bond - Tilbury - warehouse on decrepit site - no insulation or temperature control visible at the loading bay.
Wine Society - Stevenage - conditions appear to be good, although I have not been inside their warehouse.
Tom
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill
Re: Dangerous assumption?
My conclusion at this point is that it was a good decision to ask the question
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn