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Honestly Rummy, with a big tasting like this one I usually just double decant and leave the stoppers off until I need to move the bottles. I think this is the correct plan for you. Start your double-decant regimen at 7-8 am with the Fonseca, then the Dow, Taylor, and Graham, and leave the bottles u...

Several of us here in the Seattle area have multiple cases of INAO tasting glasses. I think we have 14-15 cases amongst the Port Club. They're inexpensive (IIRC they were $2.75 per stem in a case of 36) and are the same size and shape as a Port glass. Sadly, the company that we bought all of our cas...

From everything that I have read and heard, Vacuvin doesn't actually do much. It cannot actually create a vacuum in the bottle, and even the partial vacuum that it can create isn't all that significant. There's still a lot of air in the bottle so it's not that much different than just re-corking wit...

I opened a 1937 Kopke Colheita for the Port Club's holiday party, and then last night I opened a 1985 Vista Alegre Colheita for a (late) New Year's party with my wife's boss.

And while at it, this page mentions Quinta de Valle Longo, vintages 2018, 2017, and 2011. My preference is Lg , but Ln should be mentioned, even if only to be curtly dismissed. Other L’s: Lc = Quinta das Liceiras Lm = Quinta das Lamelas I realized that I missed this earlier. I think the best abbrev...

That said, if the consensus thinks otherwise, then I would very strongly favour use of VA over the suggested alternatives. I agree. I prefer VA as it currently stands, but would accept VAl as an alternative. I am unconcerned with the association with volatile acidity. VL and anything not starting w...

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. In my limited experience, Quinta das Lamelas make the best White Aged Ports. I love that 20YO. I just wish it was ea...

F85 is in a frustrating place right now, it seems. A very long decant does help, though be prepared to re-cork after opening if it seems to be one of the bottles that's still showing quite young. Those bottles seem to need somewhere between 8 and 12 hours of decant, but can handle 24 if that's what ...

or feel intimidated and are afraid to give me the 'wrong' wine (whatever that is). I believe that this is my problem as well. Few of my friends know Port at all, let alone as well as I do, and so they don't want to "mess up" and give me something that they think I will feel is "unwor...

The subsequent photos do make it much clearer that it reads "1931" and not "1937". That first photo just looks different to me - the vertical stroke appears to start leaning outward (away from the '3') in a way that looks like it could be as wide as the '3' at the top, making me ...

Agree clearly "QUINTA" on the cork, and "Justerini & Brooks" and "1931"on the capsule - which if it's ok with you, I would like to add the capsule image to the VPID please? I'm not sure that yellow "BROOKS" capsule says 1931. It looks very much like 1937 ...

My poor, befuddled eyes cannot make sense of the lettering on that cork! The latter half looks like it might be INTA which would make sense as part of "VINTAGE" but the first 2 letters have me baffled! An 'H' followed by an 'O"? But the first visible letter also could be 'N'? It coul...

The 4th picture does seem to me to pretty clearly say "NG & SONS" but, alas, I cannot think of who that might be.

A picture of the cork might be useful, too, even if 90% of it is hidden.

My poor, befuddled eyes cannot make sense of the lettering on that cork! The latter half looks like it might be INTA which would make sense as part of "VINTAGE" but the first 2 letters have me baffled! An 'H' followed by an 'O"? But the first visible letter also could be 'N'? If in fa...

Ah excellent! I'll see if i can make the dates work as my flights are not booked yet. Out of curiosity, were is your tour heading? That is unknown to me at present. A friend is working with Roy Hersh to set up a tour for some of her WA winemaker friends, so it will no doubt be similar to past FTLOP...

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑13:49 Thu 12 Dec 2024 A bottle of Graham 1970 from Andy Milner’s cellar, which we will use to toast fallen friends. We should use this wine for our toast as soon as everyone has arrived.

Pour a glass for "those not present" so that we may also participate in the toast to Andy and other fallen friends.

I'll be back out in the douro in May 2025 also if any of you happen to be there 👌 Welcome, John! I'm currently planning a trip to Portugal in that time frame, but have not yet settled on dates. It will be a private tour, but I usually arrive a day or two early to get adjusted to the time zone and m...

Yes please!

So very sorry to hear this, Andy. Thank you for letting us know, and may the rest of your days be as peaceful and comfortable as possible, and surrounded by friends and family.

I will definitely think of you every time I open a 1970 or 1945 Graham!

Invite received. I have another meeting during that time period, but will join as soon as I can!

“O que estudas português?” is normally spoken as “Oo kek stoodas português?” Honestly! And people say English is a difficult language to master!! Brazilian is much more... sensible? It doesn't just add 'sh' to the ends of words randomly, and leading/trailing vowels are usually still pronounced. You...

What's "fun" is that the only use I've seen (so far) for à is as an abreviation for... "a a". Yes, they shorten 2 x 'a' to just 'à', but only when the two letters are different words.

Portuguese doesn't use them either. Well, almost doesn't. There are some niche uses. Yes, but Portuguese makes up for its lack of apostrophes by having 12 (ish) accented vowels plus an accented consonant for good measure. á, é, í, ó, ú, â, ê, ô, ã, õ, à, and rarely ò (though I haven't seen this one...

I can't be certain that I'll be able to join (middle of the work day, etc.) but I'll give it a try!

Hi Mac, 1985 and 1991 are regular Graham Ports, not Graham's Malvedos. 1985 is also a regular Fonseca Port, not a Fonseca Guimaraens. If your bottles' labels say otherwise, they are likely fake. But I'm guessing you just copied & pasted and ended up with the wrong names. Coincidentally, I just h...