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Roy Hersh

Fortunately, your bottle looks exactly like it should. While there have been incidences (v. rare though) of inexpensive bottles being counterfeited, this is not one of them. Some see conspiracy theories with every bottle they view or someone else purchases. While we all hate when that does happen, a...

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Glenn is correct, that somewhere in the late 1980's I was tired of Americans using both "port" and "vintage port" and the rest of my life to this date I have been using Port and Vintage Port and did a thread about this on FTLOP many years back and even questioned why the Port tra...

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Congratulations are in order for Derek, Julian and Alex for maintaining this site for nearly a decade now and reaching the landmark of 100,000 posts on TPF! This is also wonderful news for all participants. Saude!

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Yes, 1924 was declared. but 2011 was the first year ending in a one to be generally declared, ever..

Not true. 1851 was too.

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Because I don't view a piece of paper lying on a table with circles on it as having a "top and bottom" as you do. For me, the top is where the glasses are placed, the bottom faces down to the table cloth. :wink: For me, I call what you consider the bottom of the page, "the front"...

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I was not intimating that Glenn learned from me, just that he's picked this stuff up in a rather short period of years, overall. As to reasons, since it seems that Julian is all about learning the "why" ... here are three of many good reason to explain my point above. a. the winemaker/jour...

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Having consumed wines during judging competitions and at trade and personal events for more than 3 decades now; old habits die hard.

Glenn has learned well, in a fairly short period of years

With VP and in any vertical of wines, I've always preferred oldest to youngest for numerous reasons.

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Daniel, I do an occasional tasting of Port and/or Madeira and my format never changes. As I am a techno-failure, Glenn typically helps me to organize and print out the placemats using the brilliant software that has been designed and upgraded by Julian. I prefer and always do, have the line of wine ...

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After a very intensive weekend, the maintenance is now 100% complete and the NEW

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Derek,

I'll toast to that, but with Julian and I, it has happened a few times in recent threads on both sites.

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Glad you were able to parse that Daniel. Congrats!

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I'll ignore g-man's comment, as I clearly stated where my info came from regardless if he thinks it flies in the face of other people's stated opinions here. Now more to the real point, Andy's assertion. Since 2004, in articles I've had published (a full decade ago) I have been on record saying that...

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The Nacional vineyard was replanted in 1925 and the 1931 Nacional was made from six year old vines. Rute and others have mentioned the vines nowadays average 35 years of age.

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Not to mention the extremely large riverfront land mass. Likely the greatest of any quinta that comes to mind.

My Romaneira production number came directly from the source.

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Glad I could help!

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Sorry the site was down. We tried to launch our new website and had some technical glitch prevent that from happening. Will be towards the end of next week. Some cool new features including a collaboration with one of the key Port enthusiasts on this Forum. For those with the nice comments above, if...

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In documents I've read and discussions I've been a part of, 1820 has been the date most often mentioned for the broad practice of fortification with Port wine. As for oldest bottles tasted: 1802 Colheita, 1815 for Vintage Port and 1748 for Madeira. This year I was a shown a true 1756 Vintage Port. M...

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A nice tapas style restaurant with small dishes and very solid food. I've eaten here a bunch and pricing is good for food and somewhat reasonable for wine explorations. Service runs from friendly/professional to absolutely amateur hour. That being said, even the off nights were still pleasant.

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To be entirely fair... The family knew what the deal was in selling to TFP, I'm sure. They accepted that W&K would no longer be the brand on the bottle. Taylor paid for the stock, not the name. This must have been clear to all who signed on the dotted line.. Pure speculation. Knowing the two ke...

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Derek wrote: Roll forward 30 years: "what's the oldest Taylor Colheita you have tasted?" - "1964" - "Ah. A rich history of Colheita production spanning nearly eight decades". :? We disagree here my friend. They own casks of 1863 and also both white and red Colheita pipa...

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LGTrotter wrote: Roy thanks for the information. I may be being a little slow but I take it this moving up of the prices of existing W+K wines(softening up for the presumably larger hikes that occur when Taylor appears on the label) will occur across all the distributors for TFP and not just the US/...

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To add some facts to the discussion, before venturing back into my opinion too: Shortly, some of the W&K Colheitas that are currently available and at reasonable prices are going to be removed from the market. Not because of scarcity / stocks running low, but with intent. The bottles that are al...

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Wiese & Krohn. Adrian mentioned these would be coming soon in limited editions and mentioned they'd appear with the Taylor name associated.

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Comic relief, eh? Well it washed right over me. Like during my recent weekend celebrating Alex's birthday, I sat in the same room for two days with the majority made up of friends from England; often scratching my head and wondering why I'd possibly have a greater understanding of the discussions .....

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Thank you Owen and Daniel. Sorry for rankling feathers above. Keeping it light now, no reason to point fingers at some of the hyperbole aimed at 2011, inaccurately or not. Agreed that discussions by those who do not get to taste cask samples are still valid. My intent above was not mean spirited, bu...

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Axel, you make an interesting point about bottling later. But you have not explained what characteristics you notice, or prefer when the VP sits in pipas longer. Please elaborate.

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I love people who speculate without even having tasted a sip of the juice from a vintage they've only read about. Especially basing their opinions on mere words, whether related to a specific vintage, or otherwise. Alex's opinion above is a breath of fresh air, not because he is pro-2011, but becaus...

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The VPS and Graham's blog were handled largely by one individual, but even the marketing director above has changed too, as has the direction and focus on both the blog and website. Hopefully, they will be given more time and effort now that the harvest is over.

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Futures, called "en primeur" were available in the UK. With 1991 in the USA, the VP's for sale before they ever left Portugal, were always called: "pre-release" even if some retailers did use the term "futures". The pre-release pricing for SW 1991 in the USA was $19 per...

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Well in that case ...

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I was thinking the same thing, but thought that might be lost on the readership here. I should know that nothing would get by Mr. JDAW.

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Oscar's Ports made their first foray into the USA in 2010. They were sold mostly in Pennsylvania state stores, and at a prominent retail shop in Chicago too ... near the USA importer. We helped to launch the very first Quevedo Port and DOC wines to reach the USA, in an early "buying opportunity...

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Sorry Tom, Raven is already spoken for. It was a brand of Noval "Special Reserve" launched to appeal to women ... before Otima and Pink ... in a tall, narrow clear glass bottle. I have not seen it in years though.

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I'd suggest nearly any vintage of Smith Woodhouse LBV's. They age their LBV in wood for four years, (regardless of vintage nowadays) and then hold back once bottled, for an additional four years. So you are buying a LBV with eight years of age for the same price as all others that are 4-6 years old....

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Although I think that Quarles Harris is a good guess, I would think that Cockburn's is even more likely.

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thanks Ray.

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I have no dog in this race, but can say that although Rudy had a pretty prolific wine CV prior to the scandal five years ago, I very seriously doubt his collection contained any Port wine. I was not happy that on the other port site, one of our posters alluded to the Ports at that auction house poss...

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Julian,

Nice TN, you mention it was decanted at 3, but for those of us who were not there ... how many hours of total decant time? Thanks!

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it seems a bit bizarre to rename it to something that draws attention to the fact that it’s part of a big chain.

That's what happens when Julian pokes around in places he otherwise shouldn't.

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are you implying Roy, that the aguarmente utilized would be noticeable in something like a tawny that see's so much wood time anyway? I am sorry, I don't see how you can draw the conclusion from anything in my last post that I was implying that whatsoever. But for the record, the difference between...

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We can call it whatever we want, but it's really all ethanol, rather dated rule considering they don't even make the stuff within the country. False. Fact: there is aguardente produced in Portugal. I have tasted nicely aged aguardente made in the South of Portugal while in Santarem last May, as wel...

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Tom,

You need to get out of your home and away from the computer!

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I can't believe that Andy will allow a JEW into his home, no less to share Port with him! :lol: I am well aware of the duality of today, but must say that it doesn't lessen the effect of that other rememberance. I feel safe in saying that! Regardless of the overlap, don't let that destroy the moment...

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Symington Family Estates Reports Solid Increase in 2011 Port Sales World”“Renowned Port Producing Family Confirms Recently Published IVDP Data SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., January 27, 2012 - Symington Family Estates, the Oporto, Portugal based wine company that includes the famous independent Port houses...

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Derek is right ... and I think the issue is more about drunk typing.

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It should be noted that Quevedo already has a US importer. Right now they are mostly in just PA and IL, but it would be great if a NYC based distributor were to pick up the brand too. Keep us informed g-man!

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Derek, I cannot be sure that what I was told about the Douro wine labels, is in fact true, as I will admit the individual who provided this info (a well known Port shipper) is no fan of the current Beneficio system. That said, the financial ramifications of the Lei de Terco as well as the Beneficio ...

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The Beneficio System is broken. It needs to be fixed. The IVDP is responsible for its governance. They deserve(d) the blame. Andy's quip about the IVDP's, "about 8 million Euro's which the Portuguese Gov't has taken (dare I say stolen?) from the IVDP" -- is misguided. Truth be told ... and...

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Julian,

To the best of my knowledge, there's zero correlation between the numbers on the selo and any date, especially for a particular Port's bottling.

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As to the Lei de Terco (Law of Thirds), Derek and others here who are subscribers to a newsletter have read AQFTPT which has specifically detailed this in the past.

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