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AHB wrote: ↑12:13 Sun 30 Dec 2018 My local Tesco has just stocked its shelves with the new Tesco Finest Vintage Port, this one is also from the Symingtons but is now the 2007 vintage. Still £20 a bottle (at full price). Next to it is the Malvedos 2004, currently reduced from £27.50 to also be £20 per bottle.

2004 Malvedos is very good. That's a steal at that price.

Sainsbury have their spring sale on - 25% off when you buy 6 bottles or more, including fortified and sparkling wines.

That makes the Taste the Difference Vintage Port £15 per bottle and the Sandeman Unfiltered LBV less that £13.

AHB wrote: ↑07:47 Mon 15 Apr 2019 Sainsbury have their spring sale on - 25% off when you buy 6 bottles or more, including fortified and sparkling wines.

That makes the Taste the Difference Vintage Port £15 per bottle and the Sandeman Unfiltered LBV less that £13.

If I look online, the T&Cs (or if I try to make a 6 bottle basket) say all fortified wines are excluded. Have you taken advantage of this deal in store?

I think Sainsbury's have changed the T&C to exclude fortified from these offers at least 6 months ago now. Just Waitrose left now that still includes Port in these offers.

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Yeah I was in the car today and heard a Sainsbury’s advert for this offer and it said fortified are excluded.

Might be of interest...

Corney & Barrow have just listed three 12-bottle OWC cases of Malvedos 84 @ £790 DP.

Guess this is now fairly rare?

Warre's LBV 2004/07 on sale as part of Amazon's prime day for £17.49.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Warres-LBV-Por ... ROKL5A1OLE

Asda online (I do not know about their branches) have Dow's Crusted Port on sale reduced from £18.00 to £13.50.

They are coy as to the bottling date (the image would suggest 2003 or 2005 - the last number is partially obscured), but it may well be a later bottling.

I have ordered some as future cellar defenders, and will advise the bottling date when they arrive.

One irritant is that they will only supply 6 bottles per order, but since they charged me £2.00 per delivery I just made multiple orders.

M&S have their own brand Vintage Port a third off at £18, reduced to clear. Bought the last one, a 2011 (they've also recently had 2007). Reduced to clear, rather than simply reduced, sounded ominous.

Jasper May wrote: ↑15:28 Sat 24 Aug 2019 Asda online (I do not know about their branches) have Dow's Crusted Port on sale reduced from £18.00 to £13.50.

They are coy as to the bottling date (the image would suggest 2003 or 2005 - the last number is partially obscured), but it may well be a later bottling.

I have ordered some as future cellar defenders, and will advise the bottling date when they arrive.

One irritant is that they will only supply 6 bottles per order, but since they charged me £2.00 per delivery I just made multiple orders.

I grabbed the bottle they had at my local Asda, bottling date is 2012. At that price is it worth grabbing more if I see it? I assume so!

Crusted should be better than LBV, even unfiltered LBV. I would think that you can't go wrong at that price. To be sure, try a bottle? Certainly I'm now tempted myself.

Asda delivered 12 bottles today - 4 of which were Dows Crusted 2012 - the others Cockburn 2013 LBV and Taylors Reserve Ruby, despite my having specified no substitutions. 8 bottles were politely rejected.

I hold out very little hope for the 24 bottles due tomorrow .

ASDA have advertised Crusted Port for a considerable time but only once have I found it in the stores I've visited.

For many months I have occasionally attempted to order on-line but on each occasion I’ve been stopped in the ordering process - usually after inputting my post code or signing into my account the system reports the product as "unavailable".

ASDA have not acknowledged or replied to my complaint that it should not continue to advertise a product which cannot be ordered or found in their stores.

So, I wish you joy of the four you have managed to purchase at £13.50/bottle. The three bottles, also 2012, which I found by chance after dropping into their Slough store, almost two years ago, were delicious and good value at £18.50

Tarne wrote:ASDA have advertised Crusted Port for a considerable time but only once have I found it in the stores I've visited.

For many months I have occasionally attempted to order on-line but on each occasion I’ve been stopped in the ordering process - usually after inputting my post code or signing into my account the system reports the product as "unavailable".

ASDA have not acknowledged or replied to my complaint that it should not continue to advertise a product which cannot be ordered or found in their stores.

So, I wish you joy of the four you have managed to purchase at £13.50/bottle. The three bottles, also 2012, which I found by chance after dropping into their Slough store, almost two years ago, were delicious and good value at £18.50

It definitely depends on the store, this thread reminded me to go back and check my local store and I found 6 bottles on at the same price so cleaned them out. Good luck with the hunt!

Amazon UK currently selling Grahams 10 YO tawny for £13.50.

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DaveRL wrote:M&S have their own brand Vintage Port a third off at £18, reduced to clear. Bought the last one, a 2011 (they've also recently had 2007). Reduced to clear, rather than simply reduced, sounded ominous.

I found the 2007 M&S VP on sale in Moorgate for £6 a bottle! Obviously bought as much as I can get back to Bristol, might still be some there if anyone is in the area.

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M and S 2007 VP scanning at £6 but label reads £18.
Warre 2001 QdC scanning at £10 but label reads £33.

All in a local M and S.

£6 is awesome, and the Warre also v good price. I didn't check what price mine scanned at (I sneaked it in to a basket bought by Mrs L, and didn't get the receipt). I think I might nip down to M&S tomorrow, thanks .

Alex M wrote:M and S 2007 VP scanning at £6 but label reads £18.
Warre 2001 QdC scanning at £10 but label reads £33.

All in a local M and S.

Sadly couldn't find the Warre but will continue to look out for it, thanks!

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@ rich_n & Alex M: thank you. I have acquired twenty bottles of startlingly cheap port today. There is now none of either the M&S 2007 VP or the Warre 2001 QdC left in the Islington, Moorgate or Marble Arch stores. There is still some Warre 2001 QdC left in the Oxford Street (Pantheon) store.

I also bought a bag of salad.

winesecretary wrote: ↑17:22 Sat 07 Sep 2019I also bought a bag of salad.

Schoolboy error.

winesecretary wrote: ↑17:22 Sat 07 Sep 2019@ rich_n & Alex M: thank you. I have acquired twenty bottles of startlingly cheap port today. There is now none of either the M&S 2007 VP or the Warre 2001 QdC left in the Islington, Moorgate or Marble Arch stores. There is still some Warre 2001 QdC left in the Oxford Street (Pantheon) store.

Thank you for the warning. Some of those stores were intended targets. Meanwhile, reports are coming in of empty shelves in Streatham and Brixton, accompanied by the usual business of rioting in the streets and the police being attacked with bags of salad.

A correspondent in Bournemouth reports of an “Outbreak of panic drinking to make space in wine fridge!”

A sortie being conducted in Wandsworth.

I tried 2 in Bristol with no luck, sadly.

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I can report Wimbledon is sans bargainous port (helas).