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Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 15:03 Tue 19 May 2020
by nac
The 1970 iteration of Taylor’s Single Harvest has just been released. Laithwaites are knocking it out at £875/6ib.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 22:03 Tue 19 May 2020
by John Owlett
Good evening everyone,
Berry Bros. and Rudd sent me an e-mail this afternoon offering
1985 Fonseca, Vintage Port - £321 per 6 bottles in bond
This is my favourite Port of the 1980s at a price I am willing to pay, so I ordered half-a-dozen bottles.
Later,
John
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 07:24 Sun 07 Jun 2020
by nac
Just doing regular trawl of supermarkets websites and some reasonable offers on Waitrose.com. Highlights are:
Graham’s LBV (suggests it’s the 2013) - £9.99 [£4 off]
Sandeman Unfiltered LBV (probably 2015) - £13.79 [was £17.29]
Warre’s Unfiltered LBV 2007 - £18.99 [was £25.49]
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 07:28 Sun 07 Jun 2020
by nac
nac wrote: ↑07:24 Sun 07 Jun 2020
Just doing regular trawl of supermarkets websites and some reasonable offers on Waitrose.com. Highlights are:
Graham’s LBV (suggests it’s the 2013) - £9.99 [£4 off]
Sandeman Unfiltered LBV (probably 2015) - £13.79 [was £17.29]
Warre’s Unfiltered LBV 2007 - £18.99 [was £25.49]
...and on Morrisons.com Taylor LBV 2014(?) reduced from £15 to £10.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 07:36 Sun 07 Jun 2020
by nac
nac wrote: ↑07:28 Sun 07 Jun 2020
nac wrote: ↑07:24 Sun 07 Jun 2020
Just doing regular trawl of supermarkets websites and some reasonable offers on Waitrose.com. Highlights are:
Graham’s LBV (suggests it’s the 2013) - £9.99 [£4 off]
Sandeman Unfiltered LBV (probably 2015) - £13.79 [was £17.29]
Warre’s Unfiltered LBV 2007 - £18.99 [was £25.49]
...and on Morrisons.com Taylor LBV 2014(?) reduced from £15 to £10.
Asda.com
Graham’s LBV 2013(?) - reduced from £13.50 to £9
Bomfim (suggests 2004) - reduced from £28 to £21
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 20:07 Sun 07 Jun 2020
by rich_n
nac wrote:Just doing regular trawl of supermarkets websites and some reasonable offers on Waitrose.com. Highlights are:
Graham’s LBV (suggests it’s the 2013) - £9.99 [£4 off]
Sandeman Unfiltered LBV (probably 2015) - £13.79 [was £17.29]
Warre’s Unfiltered LBV 2007 - £18.99 [was £25.49]
Thanks for the heads up! Time to grab some Sandeman LBV.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 17:24 Fri 12 Jun 2020
by nac
If you're interested in doing a comparison of the Taylor 2005s, then Majestic are currently knocking out the Vargellas for £30, and the Terra Feita for £27.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 21:02 Fri 12 Jun 2020
by winesecretary
Three of each procured to provide multiple opportunities for horizontal comparison, many thanks!
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 21:29 Fri 12 Jun 2020
by rich_n
nac wrote:If you're interested in doing a comparison of the Taylor 2005s, then Majestic are currently knocking out the Vargellas for £30, and the Terra Feita for £27.
I acquired some of the Vargellas 2005 from Waitrose for a smidge under £26.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 21:41 Fri 12 Jun 2020
by winesecretary
@rich_n - Interesting! My Waitrose is still on the 2004 last time I looked...
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 21:47 Fri 12 Jun 2020
by nac
winesecretary wrote: ↑21:02 Fri 12 Jun 2020
Three of each procured to provide multiple opportunities for horizontal comparison, many thanks!
Already had the Vargellas, so also procured three of the Terra Feita for the same purpose.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 21:49 Fri 12 Jun 2020
by rich_n
winesecretary wrote:@rich_n - Interesting! My Waitrose is still on the 2004 last time I looked...
I ordered from Waitrose cellars, so they might be out of sync with the stores.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 16:35 Sat 13 Jun 2020
by H_Sterling
Bought a 2015 Sandeman LBV from Waitrose (as per the offer mentioned) - it's a decent port for the price.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 17:04 Sat 13 Jun 2020
by PhilW
nac wrote: ↑17:24 Fri 12 Jun 2020
If you're interested in doing a comparison of the Taylor 2005s, then Majestic are currently knocking out the Vargellas for £30, and the Terra Feita for £27.
I find 2005 to be an under-rated year; I'll have to look this up, ty.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 14:34 Tue 16 Jun 2020
by akzy
Sorry to all those people who bought the Terra Feita at £27 - I've managed to nab some at £22 with
the drink shop. They seem to have a bit of a Port sale atm, quite a large variety of LBVs.
As an aside to this, I'm currently working on a LBV/ SQVP searcher that also scours supermarkets and shops like the drinkshop (unlike regular winesearcher). If and when it works, I'll make sure its distributed for the Port proletariat looking for a good deal for their labours.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 14:43 Tue 16 Jun 2020
by JacobH
Some quite tempting prices there: the Quinta do Infantado LBV 2013 at £16 and Croft QdR 2002 at £18.38.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 15:11 Tue 16 Jun 2020
by rich_n
akzy wrote:Sorry to all those people who bought the Terra Feita at £27 - I've managed to nab some at £22 with
the drink shop. They seem to have a bit of a Port sale atm, quite a large variety of LBVs.
As an aside to this, I'm currently working on a LBV/ SQVP searcher that also scours supermarkets and shops like the drinkshop (unlike regular winesearcher). If and when it works, I'll make sure its distributed for the Port proletariat looking for a good deal for their labours.
Thanks Zak, that’s a great heads up, I didn’t know that store. I ordered some of that but also some of the LBVs on there, I believe one or two will be unfiltered so might be good for the longer term.
I’ll definitely be interested in your portseeker app!
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 19:23 Sat 27 Jun 2020
by jdaw1
Re Sainsbury’s pre-summer clearance:
jdaw1 wrote: ↑19:21 Sat 27 Jun 2020GM06, decanted noon. Sainsbury’s pre-summer clearance†, £23. New cork, tight-fighting, came out whole, felt like good quality. Impressive cork choice by our friends the Symingtons.
Dark dark red,
circa 95% opaque. Nose of blackcurrants and spice. Palate starts dry, with a herbaceous green note (holly came to mind — no idea why), then grows showing a leatheriness structure. Sweetness and blackcurrants later. It feels a bit closed, but there’s black fruit waiting. Very long. I’m going to try to give this a few years. Likely, will fail.
† Also buy Symington Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference 2000 for £20 (stocks always low); and Graham Crusted bot. 2013 for £15. Don’t bother visiting south-London Sainsbury’s, which are now depleted of stock. (And not stocked at all by Brixton Water Lane.)
Also see the thread
Made from Port packaging.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 22:34 Sun 28 Jun 2020
by nac
jdaw1 wrote: ↑19:21 Sat 27 Jun 2020
Sainsbury’s pre-summer clearance
Tempting, and seem to all be available online.
Also worth considering as a cellar defender is Graham’s LBV for £9 at Morrisons. Text suggests it’s 2012, but suspect it needs updating.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 17:12 Mon 29 Jun 2020
by winesecretary
Symington Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference 2000 & GM 2006 - not available in Holborn or TCR Sainsbury's. The former was, and the latter still is, available in Angel Sainsbury's.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 17:46 Mon 29 Jun 2020
by Doggett
Sainsbury’s in Weymouth is lagging behind with TTD 1998 vintage.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 18:56 Mon 06 Jul 2020
by JacobH
Amazon UK is also selling the Taylor LBV at £10 and also the Graham’s Crusted (year unclear) at £15.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 14:10 Sat 25 Jul 2020
by idj123
GM06 now £16.80 (or at least it is at my local Sainsbury's).
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 14:36 Sat 25 Jul 2020
by Andy Velebil
idj123 wrote:GM06 now £16.80 (or at least it is at my local Sainsbury's).
Buy it all. How do they sell it so cheap? They certainly aren’t buying it that cheap.
Re: Port for sale by retailer
Posted: 14:37 Sat 25 Jul 2020
by rich_n
Might be a local deal, online is still showing it at £28, but I’ll be keeping an eye out... Cheers for the heads up!