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^^ I'm sure you won't drink even a drop!

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Big Love wrote: ↑13:38 Mon 14 Apr 2025 10 YO Palmer White....not had a Palmer Port yet. Not common over here.

It belongs to Álvaro and Fernando van Zeller, but I don't know if it's formally under the umbrella of Barão de Vilar.

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Mike J. W. wrote: ↑20:03 Mon 31 Mar 2025 1994 Dow LBV (filtered). It was excellent and still going strong.

Now I feel sad for opening my 2016.

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I almost grabbed one of my Warre 2007 unfiltered, but I had opened one fairly recently and thought it could use another year or so, and instead opted for the Dow 2016 (which admittedly was quite young, but it was filtered so it got sacrificed instead). Seems to be a popular current option, though!

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Dow LBV 2016.

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A very nice collection!
I'm sure we have some American members here that would love to get their hands on those.

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The wine that Justin was drinking (Poeira 31 Barricas) is from the personal project of Jorge Moreira, head winemaker at Real Companhia Velha and at Quinta de la Rosa (which I forgot to mention).

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I'll give a tentative "yes", although this will be harvest time and therefore highly unpredictable. But for now please put me down as a "yes", thank you.

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Received the PM, thank you.

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Desert Island Port.

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Just a reminder that this is coming up. I'll be opening a 2016 Dow.

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winesecretary wrote: ↑09:41 Fri 14 Mar 2025 12 halves of Dow 2017, probably my young port of 2024.

Nice! I'd love to have those; i only have full bottles and they probably won't be ready for a long time.

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Agree with Gi. Gb also acceptable. GI too ambiguous (is it Gi or GL?).

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I believe it's 8pm.

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Sounds good.

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Prefer 1 line, thickness 2.16. It has a good balance.

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Harry, you're drunk.

It's "Vintage Wine & Port".

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I think he's trying to say that Calém VPs have a consistent profile, which is the opposite of what you tasted in that particular bottle.

(edited for terrible grammar)

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Oh, nice. I've stayed there once. It's really quite nice, and not at all expensive!

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€75 is an excellent price for a great wine.

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Congratulations, Mr Ambassador!

MigSU · Re: 1878 Horizontal, Tue 14 Jan 2025 Good title. Alluring.

Good title. Alluring.

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Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑22:22 Sat 04 Jan 2025 Kopke 1975 (bottled 2023).

This is very good Port!

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Light evening tonight to mark the end of festivities.
Vértice Pinot Noir 2012 Douro sparkling, 1994 Burmester and a half bottle of 20yo Kopke (two people). All showing quite well.

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Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑23:50 Mon 30 Dec 2024
MigSU wrote: ↑23:47 Mon 30 Dec 2024
Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑23:34 Mon 30 Dec 2024 Over the last few days since Christmas, we have drunk bottles of:
Messias 1963, bottled 1983
I'm assuming that Messias was a colheita and not a very very very late bottled vintage.
Have you been drinking?

Alas, yes.

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Over the last few days since Christmas, we have drunk bottles of: 1964 Bodegas Franco Espanolas Royal Reserve NV Quevedo Ruby Port NV Churchill Club Ruby (which would have been a 2015 single vintage Crusted, if that had been a legal category) 2004 Blandy Malvasia 2009 Quinta do Noval Colheita Messi...

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This evening had:

- Quinta do Noval Touriga Nacional 2017 Douro DOC red
- Quinta de San Michel Malvasia 2017 Colares DOC white
- Quinta das Lamelas 20 y.o. white

All fantastic wines.

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Alas, no. I think most people in my life either haven't yet realised that wine is a nice gift they can get me or feel intimidated and are afraid to give me the 'wrong' wine (whatever that is).

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Very good Port!

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Just some mid to heavyweight Portuguese whites and reds (Guru Douro white, Vinhas da Ira Alentejo red, Quinta da Gaivota Douro red), along with a Val da Figueira 10yo and a Kopke 30yo.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

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I'd say open the St Julien. Then take the Shiraz and gift it to some needy orphans who don't know any better (sorry, I'm really not into Syrah/Shiraz).

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We kicked off on Friday with some friends round for dinner. We opened a bottle of Messias Bruto Barraida Espumante 2019, Messias Reserva Branco Barraida DOC 2017, Messias Reserva Tinto Barraida DOC 2015 (100% Baga, I believe), Messias 1963 Colheita (bottled 1983), Kopke 1963 Colheita (bottled 2023)...

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Today I'm drinking a Burmester 1994 and a magnum of Quanta Terra Grande Reserva 2018 Douro white with my girlfriend and a friend of ours.

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Incredibly cheap. Great catch!

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Agree with the 7 instead of a 1.

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Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑18:48 Wed 18 Dec 2024 Someone explain to me what a “fine old” ruby Port is

An old vintage Port?

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Sounds incredibly youthful (in a good way) for a 54 year old wine!

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If you're talking about the last picture then it definitely says Quinta.

MigSU · Re: 12 December 2024 - The TPF Xmas Tasting Great lineup.

Great lineup.

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I was perfectly happy using Teams, but I'm also willing to switch if that's the consensus.

MigSU · Re: 12 December 2024 - The TPF Xmas Tasting Is the unknown known to be a VP?

Is the unknown known to be a VP?

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In-person TPF tasting in Porto incoming.

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Yes, please.

(For now) I only have Graham 17 that fits that particular theme. If we widen it to all SFE and TFP LBVs then I have Warre 07/08/09, Cockburn 15, Dow 16, and Fonseca 18.

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nac wrote: ↑13:54 Mon 09 Dec 2024 bottled by British Transport Hotels

Isn't the Port world fun!

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Brilliant. I know I have close to 40 bottles of their 10.y.o. (of bottlings from the early 2000s) in my cellar, but I might just have to call Mr. Holzer to purchase a couple of the most recent bottling. Sounds amazing.

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Guys this is perfect! I love a London trip so i'm always game for that. Miguel, it would be great to meet up in the valley! Just to clarify, you're not Miguel from Casa Cimera by any chance? 😅 I will certainly look at a northern tasting session for sure if there are enough of us up here! Alas, I am...

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Welcome, John. I myself am based in the Douro, but lots of UK-based members visit often. There are also plenty of UK tastings for you to join, of course, and we had an online tasting event a few days ago that was quite fun and we're looking it making it a semi-regular thing, so there's also that. Ho...

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Absolutely shocking to read this. Thank you for taking the time to share with us. Like George, I'll drink in your honour this weekend. I hope you can at least make the most of whatever time you have left. See you on the other side.

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Thanks, gents, great fun! And thank you Neil for organising!

We should definitely follow Neil's advice and make this a semi-regular thing, great to see all of you.

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I think you can send him an email via his personal profile page here on TPF, even if it doesn't show you the address itself (although I've no idea if he still uses that particular email address).

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