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winesecretary wrote: ↑20:28 Wed 23 Apr 2025 Did I see an O~Port~Unidade 2023?

Edit - no, I didn’t. 2013. My former Latin master, William Preddy, now a senior translator at Loeb Classical editions, would be most severe about my misreading of Roman numerals.

Yes, you did. Just not in whichever picture you've then looked at subsequently

Can now confirm availability (with a Cr45) should the need for a reserve arise.

@ Mike J W - the special occasion should be, you fancying some port. I will say, keep it in the fridge. But, there it will last a week. It _would_ last a week - indeed I'd have said a month - but "will" last a week? Unlikely without huge self restraint, or other defenders opened concurren...

SFE:
Quinta do Vesúvio
Dow’s Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira
Graham’s Quinta dos Malvedos
Dow’s Quinta do Bomfim
Warre’s Quinta da Cavadinha (delayed release)
Cockburn’s Quinta dos Canais (delayed release)

I don’t have a bottle, and there are reserves who do. So I think the fair thing is to relinquish my seat. Phil: you’re on. Appreciate the thinking - doff hat. However, I can't commit with certainty right now - so suggest leave me on reserve as may be able to take spot at last-minute if available th...

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑09:53 Sun 30 Mar 2025 Just to have it on record, could people post what they opened for the Zoom get-together last Thursday?

Warre 2011 unfiltered lbv
San Leonardo 30 year tawny (bottled 2023)

Very unusual bottle - cheers for posting the pics, am assuming you're ok with me adding them to the VPID.

nac wrote: ↑21:00 Sun 30 Mar 2025 Have an original release bottle that I picked up from the BBR broking list in December 1996. Should probably get it drunk soon.

I volunteer to assist - the '65 was my favourite of the last GM vertical, and I have been looking (without success) for another lovely dark UK-stored bottle since.

aye, and happy to zoom host again ofc.

Four of them would be: G48, F55, F66, Ni77. The final selection might be an old great rarity (F27, S35, Cr45, Ni55) or an excellent more easily obtained younger (W70, Ch82, V94); though if I bend the criteria slightly (since it's not a VP, but it is port) I'd add the Taylor 1896 single harvest tawny...

Zoom link for Thursday's Virtual by Zoom now sent by PM to all above who have expressed interest.

Confirming for lunch and dinner on 1st July.

IDJ would also like to join.

Yes please. Will PM with available bottles.

My thanks to Michael for organising the evening, and everyone for their efforts in setup. It was good to do this tasting, in part because the results did not meet (at least my( expectations; the tasting was thus in all honesty more informative rather than being a fabulous tasting. The ports varied, ...

Decanted 7am.

I thought we'd been complete and wasn't expecting any further since the new 50yt category, but apparently TFP have other ideas: Taylor's Very Old 1975 Single Harvest Port

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Rummy wrote: ↑22:07 Sun 09 Mar 2025 I made up that abbreviation, since I did not see it in the thread.

Proposed abbreviation for Gilbert added to the abbreviations thread.

Elsewhere, Gl has been proposed as abbreviation for Gilbert.
Generally I'm less a fan of lower-case l given potential confusion with upper-case I; however we do have precedent such as Dl = Dalva, and minimal confusion potential in this particular case anyway.
So, Gl for Gilbert then?

And now I'm confused. I see that Martin noted he also has GC, but GC doesn't appear on the placemats. Michael - I think GC slipped through the net when you made this list of who should bring what . Could you translate that detail back into the first port? Otherwise I fear some folks will end up bri...

Soup; Pie; Bakewell (custard). Thank you.

M.Charlton wrote: ↑23:36 Fri 21 Feb 2025 Team: please could you post here the number of hours you would expect a 2003 Port to be sat in its decanter prior to the tasting.

Anything 4hr+ should be fine, I would think.

Ah, but they can all be distracted by a nice fillet steak (rare for the dragon, please). Now the tee-total vegan eunuchs, that's another story; your port, your meat aging cabinets, and your progeny are all safe with them - though Boris can't fight for toffee.

Just to confirm, JDAW is bringing Dow, Portal, Portal+, Cockburn, Niepoort Secundum, Roriz, and Sandeman Vau. Some explanation is obviously needed. When it was said that “JDAW is bringing … Sandeman Vau”, you were all — of course automatically and swiftly and unpromptedly — meant to scurry off to y...

Re: 1970 Horizontal, flight 0, Thursday 2 October 2025 Confirmed.

Confirmed.

Confirming. Will msg with bottles.

I agree that 15 is shorter than ideal, so an increase makes sense. Am not sure that hugely long pages are especially ideal either, since navigation can become a pain; personally 35-40 seems about right intuitively while looking at some previous long discussions; so 50 seems like enough to me; howeve...

winesecretary wrote: ↑20:24 Fri 07 Feb 2025 @ idj - Real Compania Velha? Were we that bad in a previous life?

Seriously, 20 really is enough, chaps…

I think you're thinking of Real Vinicola; nothing wrong with some good RCV.
As for 20; you've got a full 14, you're not even at 1.5bts each yet!

I saw the praise for the placemats in the 2000 tasting thread, so looked at them, and didn't get it. Sure, the placemats are generally excellent, but I was expecting a new pattern had been used, or something, but no. I assumed it was simply enthusiasm for the tasting they heralded. Regarding the exa...

Have to agree, lovely selection.

With apologies, but I'm no longer able to join you on this date - I will hope to catch up with Rob (and everyone else) at another time.

If I had two extra bottles of port appear every time someone shouted "Look, a squirrel", I'd (a) be a very happy man, and (b) have employed a squirrel spotter years ago.

I would be up for this.
Will check what I have.

Any chance it could be an oversight by Calem? I.e. the contents do not match the label? If it had been the original label plus different cap, then yes (or forgery), but with new label and cap, with obvious potential reason for label change, it seems to make sense - and assuming a driven cork, brand...

I hadn't seen this more recent release; I had quite a lot of Ca85, but all were the older style labels/capsules (“Bottled in Oporto in 1987 by A. A. Cálem & Filho, S.A.” and "Imported for Grierson Blumenthal Ltd. - London"; capsule with "Porto Calem est 1859" and Rabello imag...

Intriguing. Yes please!

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑22:45 Tue 14 Jan 2025 Michael, the 1927 or 1924 would certainly get you a seat at the table (sorry Phil).

No worries - I didn't think anything post-70 would last long on the list, so I was likely already a goner unless you fancied the J&B

Confirmed.

Yes please. Could offer Justerini 60 (believed Taylor, though not definitive), T63 (which you already have so don't need), T66, T77 or T85.
(am assuming you mean VP and not SHTs btw)

Bottle decanted 5pm.
Had intended just having one glass tonight to see, and starting properly tomorrow evening. Utter failure. Glorious drinking already this evening.

Am not surprised by your 48hr judgement; it has been rare that a Ch82 has made it to the third day for me, but I definitely find it better the first two days - indeed I'd say better the first day, but while happy immediate drinking I would say it is generally better with a 3-4hr decant. Seems to fit...

I'd be happy with VAl and VL respectively.

Still not VP, never mind 3+ vintages of VP, so for me no fixed abbreviation. This page mentions Vista Alegre vintages 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2005, and 2000. Fair. VA. And while at it, this page mentions Quinta de Valle Longo, vintages 2018, 2017, and 2011. My preference is Lg , but Ln should be me...

Still not VP, never mind 3+ vintages of VP, so for me no fixed abbreviation.

That said, if the consensus thinks otherwise, then I would very strongly favour use of VA over the suggested alternatives.

I'm not a Port tong owner, unfortunately, so it's either Durand or potentially using some DIY skills to bodge a useable if clunky tong alternative (I have a vague plan). I realistically don't have enough essential use for tongs - inc old port consumption being an irregularity - to buy, and I'll put...

I agree that with the 1931 (not 1937). I would note that there is at least one other quinta bottling in 1931 - Roriz - and there could be others; but I agree that this is most likely to be Noval, especially since there is a known bottling of Noval 1931 by Justerini.

I don't suppose you recall the appearance or, better still, have photos of the Feuerheerd cork, perchance? I'm afraid not, sorry. Almost less interesting now but, for info, I'm 99% convinced it's NG for the bottler - but this is looking like a wild goose (or even unicorn) chase. The only bottler I ...

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?

Great colour for an 1896. Agree with the "& SONS" on the capsule. Could be "NG" but am less certain, especially with the distortion. I have one photo with similar capsule which is a Feuerheed 1896, but definitely a different bottler, assuming the outer text never rotates rela...

I have a paid Zoom, happy to help where I can.

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