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I never understood why that wine is so expensive! Is it really that good? I make no claim that it is good, bad or indifferent, just that it is the only VP produced from that vintage so is extremely rare. I know, but still......€400+ per bottle for a - at best - passable Port? Jeez. I didn't name a ...

DRT wrote: ↑22:09 Fri 21 May 2021

MigSU wrote: ↑21:54 Fri 21 May 2021I never understood why that wine is so expensive! Is it really that good?

I make no claim that it is good, bad or indifferent, just that it is the only VP produced from that vintage so is extremely rare.

I know, but still......€400+ per bottle for a - at best - passable Port? Jeez.

Hello all, I'm once again on the hunt for a bottle of 1993 port, maybe a couple. Not going to be vintage but the more I've looked into 93's there is still a wide range of LBV's out there. Many thanks for all help and advise given, have plenty of 1994's and 1991's but still on the look out for 93's....

JacobH wrote: ↑10:23 Fri 21 May 2021 And the non-availability of decent pastéis de nata

I see you're a man of culture.

That's a brilliant picture.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑23:16 Thu 20 May 2021

hadge wrote: ↑21:05 Thu 20 May 2021 i think that i have 1908 Cockburn's in the cellar

A joy to have; a greater status not to know.

Brilliant.

Finding one will be the challenge. I don't recall ever seeing one available at retail in the UK, but it must be somewhere. Whisky and Wines (who I don’t know) are selling it for £23.99 which isn’t the most attractive price for a 10-year-old when it seems to go for about €17.49 in Portugal. I do occ...

Amaozon UK sells it, but it might not be the 2019 one, judging from the image. Other than that: https://www.simplywinesdirect.uk/product/calem-10-year-old-tawny/ https://secretbottleshop.co.uk/products/calem-10-year-old-tawny-port-75cl-20-abv-1 https://www.mhwines.co.uk/product/calem-10-year-old-taw...

That's an incredible haul! I'm fascinated by those very old colheitas, they could be nectar or paint thinner... One of the 64's was a leaker, had it today. Level was below the shoulder, so the wine most likely wasn't showing its best side. Was a perfectly agreeable colheita, nothing spectacular but...

The '85 Calem appears frequently at auction in Portugal and can be had for very reasonable tariffs (i.e., circa 35-40 bottle); like Julian, I find it makes for most agreeable drinking. Indeed, I try always to have some on hand in the cellar, to which end I purchased a few bottles only last week. Th...

Chris Doty wrote: ↑21:46 Wed 19 May 2021

DRT wrote: ↑18:59 Sat 05 Jan 2008 I like it

The right hand circle of the middle row now looks like Kenny from South Park

Derek

Damn bro

I miss stuff here all the time

Europeans who like South Park , while yet a small sample in my known orbit, are like Cuban Americans. The best ::mwah::

Let's talk.

Yes, finally got around to counting and organising all the Casa do Douro colheitas.

Everyone wants to adopt, but no one has any kids.

Found an oddity.





Final count:

- 1963: 16 bottles
- 1963 Lágrima: 86 bottles
- 1964: 41 bottles
- 1964 Branco: 12 bottles


Now to start unloading this...

This will be jdaw1, Chris Doty, two phantom guests, and two bottles.

I thought I had one colheita from one of those years but I don't even have that, it's an 1897.

Bro, lay off the jeroboams.

Chris Doty wrote: ↑18:12 Wed 19 May 2021 I haven’t emailed in 2021

Yeah, I know

(PS. If Johnny Symington was “our man in Porto” until 2013, couldn’t he have just written to HMG himself asking for a gunboat to sail up the Douro rather than bothering with Lisbon? Not that we’d do that, of course...Treaty of Windsor and all that!) How I 🛌 on this the whole time?! 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 Em...

Ugh. I'm no longer confident ordering from the UK. Too many unforeseeables.

Good prices, though.

I've also bought fairly little this year - 41 bottles in total - all LBV Auction prices so far this year have been crazy - I'm not sure if this is the 'new normal' or a sign of inflation kicking off - a lot of commodity prices are running hot, so I'm wondering if we're seeing a flight to alternativ...

Chris Doty wrote: ↑12:20 Wed 19 May 2021 I ain’t emailed yet in 2021 and I ain’t starting for these folks

You are a strange man.

I fear for my 91's and 97's. Fortunately it's only two of each.

That's unsettling.

Virtually everyone had issues to varying degrees. The port producers had been used to getting the best corks for the best price. When the small cork producers amalgamated, you got what you paid for. The export markets paid for the best quality and the port producers got what was left over. The odd ...