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This is the first of a brace of bottles purchased in June in a vain attempt to find something to drink while better bottles lie undisturbed for a few months longer. The bottles are disappointingly dark and difficult to decant, but at least the bottles are moulded with the seal of Croft moulded in. T...

I'm very pleased to see that the sun is shining and that you are all studiously taking notes. I'm looking forward to seeing them posted as I sip what's left of my Cockburn '83. Any early clues as to what you rate as the wine of the night? How did the weak (your descriptor, not mine) vintages of Fons...

Hello..anybody out there?

What time does the F plan diet start?

Has St Helens been cut off from the rest of the internet?

Alex

The second of the pair of bottles of Cockburn '83 that I purchased in March 2006. Decanted cleanly and easily off some well settled and heavy sediment (after only 1 day of standing upright). The nose on decanting was muted and a little musty. After 2½ hours in the decanter the wine was a clear and s...

Not being able to be with you in person, I can assure you that I am eagerly awaiting regular updates, photographs and tasting notes (on the appropriate threads, of course). I am also relying on the fact that since Julian will be with you in person that all such notes and postings will be perfectly p...

Andy,

I have, you are absolutely right!

Alex

'Tis not a wine to my taste - its unctiously thick and sweet. Yuck.

<<shudder>> (can we have an emoticon for this?)

Alex

Moses - I take it all back. I did absolutely think you were winding me up when you described these glasses. I'm just in shock that anyone would think of drinking their port from one of these. Mind you, for a port 'n' tonic it might be a useful way to keep the ice off the end of your nose, but only i...

[A troll through previous posts unearthed a review for this site on infoportwine.com, this also mentioned RH , I guess this is who you are referring too. Say no more. If you are interested in learning about port, Roy Hersh's site is a definite place to visit. Roy has an extensive cellar and probabl...

I've seen (and tasted) colheitas from Barros from 1938 (bottled 1999), 1940 (bottled 1999) and 1957 (bottled 2001). I've not seen anything older than the 1938 and don't know what they still have in stock.

Alex

Derek - are you sure that the wine was corked? I've never known a corked wine to recover over time, only to lose more and more fruit smell and develop more and more wet cardboard. The only time I have known wines to recover from a flaw was when it suffered from bottle stink - which I describe as bla...

I'm mildly interested since it looks like my travel plans for December will be European only. However, weekends are bad for me so I would only really have a chance of being able to make an offline in Cambridgeshire if it were Monday-Thursday night.

Alex

Subject to my diary and travel commitments (I know that I have to make a trip down to Oz in January or February), I'm in for the tasting. I fully accept that there is probably an elevated risk associated with this particular bottle and with its provenance, but this is a chance to taste history and b...

Fred Thanks for posting the note on the NN '83, despite the disappointing experience. I have a couple of bottles of NN '83 that I bought from Noval last year and I am now slightly worried. However, I am still hopeful that you had a poor bottle as Roy's tasting notes on the NN '83 were very different...

Who can describe the roles of ' " ‘ ’ “ † ′ ″ â€Å¡ â€Å¾ ? (Other than me.) Does the long silence mean that even AHB has conceded? The long silence actually means that AHB has been away working his socks off and has had hardly any time to drop by the forum. However, I was disappointed not to...

Do you know whether JSC post the results of their auctions on the web or make them publicly available in some other way?

Alex

A little late to the party, I understand that Straker Chadwick held a wine auction over the weekend. Any clues as to port prices for the autumn from there? Did anyone attend? Are we going to look forward to a bumper season of cheap port at auction or are prices at auction still looking ridiculous? A...

Oh, and I feel I should own up to once buying, drinking and moderately enjoying a bottle of Cruz VP from Morrisons :oops: There's more people on this forum who can empathise with this now than there would have been a couple of months ago. I sneaked a bottle of Cruz 1989 Vintage Port into a blind ta...

I shall graciously decline the invitation. As of 1 minute ago, I am holiday so you shall not hear from me for a week (after a possible brief visit to the site tomorrow).

Alex

I've just discovered a new port forum that I knew nothing about until a few minutes ago when I was trying to see where else we were being referred to.

Try this link to have a look. There's not much traffic there though.

Alex

Following Julian's lead and assuming that we are operating a 4 choice, transferable voting system, my choices in order of preference would be: First - http://www.jdawiseman.com/ftlop/20070816-glass.gif Second - http://www.jdawiseman.com/ftlop/20070816-bottles2.gif Third - http://www.jdawiseman.com/f...

I must say, I rather like that barrel with the TPF down the side. Anyone else?

Alex

As you know, I quite like the occasional South African fortified red wine made with traditional Portuguese port grape varieties and with a fermentation stopped early through the addition of neutral grape spirit - hereafter referred to for convenience as port. One such port that I have just opened is...

Hear hear. Civilization can still be found in the upper reaches of the Douro. Lunch on the terrace at Vargellas was extremely pleasant and very civilized.

I'm sure they must still play cricket close by...

Alex

Benjamin, Thanks for responding to my post. I was being provocative and I'm delighted that I got a response - good for you for not just ignoring me. I go back to my original sensible comment and say that I think the picture is pretty and relaxing - quite feminine, Elizabeth (my wife) called it. And ...