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6 bottles of dow's 1977 silver jubilee port
Posted: 14:50 Mon 09 Jun 2014
by georgeoliver
I have 6 bottles of dow's 1977 silver jubilee port. Is anyone interested in purchasing these?
Re: 6 bottles of dow's 1977 silver jubilee port
Posted: 14:57 Mon 09 Jun 2014
by jdaw1
Hello and welcome to ThePortForum.
Please:
• Where are you? Or at least, where are the bottles? In the UK? USA? And approximately where within that?
• How long have you had them? How did these come into your possession?
• How have they been stored?
• Why only six, rather than a round dozen?
• Are you aware of the proportion of Dow 1977 that is corked? (Answer: high.)
Re: 6 bottles of dow's 1977 silver jubilee port
Posted: 16:02 Mon 23 Jun 2014
by georgeoliver
Hi
I am in the UK. The bottles have been stored in a cool, dry cupboard for a number of years. I suppose corkage is a risk run by anyone buying a bottle of this port if you what you say is right. Are you saying that should be factored into the price? And what should that price be?
Re: 6 bottles of dow's 1977 silver jubilee port
Posted: 16:09 Mon 23 Jun 2014
by Glenn E.
1977 Dow is relatively easy to find in the US for around $100/bottle. In general, prices in the UK are lower than in the US. Further, those are retail prices and in a private sale the seller generally nets significantly less than retail. Our general advice is around 50% of retail, but in this case I'm using winesearcher prices which are typically on the low end of retail so you might net slightly more than 50%.