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Here is another striking artwork by my late friend Valentino Monticello. Valentino's work was made entirely from wine labels. This untitled example uses many Vintage Port labels. Learn more about Valentino's life and work at https://ardenfinewines.com/valentino-monticello/ (Please excuse the low res...

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Enjoy!

The attached image is by my late friend Valentino Monticello, who was the sommelier at Harry's Bar for many years. A talented artist and passionate lover of opera, a 1986 commission to create a mural prompted Valentino to experiment with collages comprised of wine labels. Cutting out and arranging t...

The distinguished film director – and former advertising man – Sir Alan Parker passed away recently. I came across the “1977 Alan Parker Agency Showreel”, which included an ad for Cockburn’s Special Reserve Port. Special Reserve was first made in 1969 as a user-friendly style of Port. It is essentia...

I am pleased to give Port Forum members first pick on two bottles of 1977 Graham’s acquired from a private Somerset cellar by Arden Fine Wines. Very damp-stained labels. Ullage into neck. Priced very generously at £95 per bottle + delivery. Currently stored in Brook Street, Mayfair, London W1. Pleas...

I thought that I'd dig out some notes from a Quinta de Vargellas 2005-1967 vertical conducted by Adrian Bridge, Managing Director of Taylor’s, at The Royal Opera House in London, to commemorate the release of the 2005 Quinta de Vargellas a few years ago. Taylor's vintage report for 2000 says, "...

I thought that I'd dig out some notes from a Quinta de Vargellas 2005-1967 vertical conducted by Adrian Bridge, Managing Director of Taylor’s, at The Royal Opera House in London, to commemorate the release of the 2005 Quinta de Vargellas a few years ago. At the 1995 harvest it was decided, exception...

I thought that I'd dig out some notes from a Quinta de Vargellas 2005-1967 vertical conducted by Adrian Bridge, Managing Director of Taylor’s, at The Royal Opera House in London, to commemorate the release of the 2005 Quinta de Vargellas a few years ago. At the 1995 harvest it was decided, exception...

I thought that I'd dig out some notes from a Quinta de Vargellas 2005-1967 vertical conducted by Adrian Bridge, Managing Director of Taylor’s, at The Royal Opera House in London, to commemorate the release of the 2005 Quinta de Vargellas a few years ago. Located in an extremely remote location in th...

I thought that I'd dig out some notes from a Quinta de Vargellas 2005-1967 vertical conducted by Adrian Bridge, Managing Director of Taylor’s, at The Royal Opera House in London, to commemorate the release of the 2005 Quinta de Vargellas a few years ago. Located in an extremely remote location in th...

I thought that I'd dig out some notes from a Quinta de Vargellas 2005-1967 vertical conducted by Adrian Bridge, Managing Director of Taylor’s, at The Royal Opera House in London, to commemorate the release of the 2005 Quinta de Vargellas a few years ago. Located in an extremely remote location in th...

I thought that I'd dig out some notes from a Quinta de Vargellas 2005-1967 vertical conducted by Adrian Bridge, Managing Director of Taylor’s, at The Royal Opera House in London, to commemorate the release of the 2005 Quinta de Vargellas a few years ago. Located in an extremely remote location in th...

I thought that I'd dig out some notes from a Quinta de Vargellas 2005-1967 vertical conducted by Adrian Bridge, Managing Director of Taylor’s, at The Royal Opera House in London, to commemorate the release of the 2005 Quinta de Vargellas a few years ago. Located in an extremely remote location in th...

I thought that I'd dig out some notes from a Quinta de Vargellas 2005-1967 vertical conducted by Adrian Bridge, Managing Director of Taylor’s, at The Royal Opera House in London, to commemorate the release of the 2005 Quinta de Vargellas a few years ago. Located in an extremely remote location in th...

I thought that I'd dig out some notes from a Quinta de Vargellas 2005-1967 vertical conducted by Adrian Bridge, Managing Director of Taylor’s, at The Royal Opera House in London, to commemorate the release of the 2005 Quinta de Vargellas a few years ago. Located in an extremely remote location in th...

A cask sample, tasted at Vila Nova de Gaia on 24 July 2010 with Fernando Oliveira, Master Blender for Barros. Amber tawny, like the sunset over Porto. Beautiful nose of spices – cinnamon, perhaps. Some wood influence on the palate again but this is not quite as fine as the 1963. Like an out of focus...

At the suggestion of Derek Turnbull and Julian Wiseman, I am pleased to introduce myself and my fine wine business to The Port Forum. Arden Fine Wines is the Mayfair-based specialist in fine and rare wines and spirits. I was the winner of the Scuderia Ferrari Club Wine Award 2019 for “outstanding pr...

Hello Port Forum members, I have a bottle of 1965 Fonseca Guimaraens Vintage Port that might go nicely with the Stilton after Christmas lunch... The bottle came from from the cellar of the late British television producer, documentary filmmaker, journalist, and television executive Desmond Wilcox (1...

On behalf of a client, I am offering a 9,000-bottle collection of Port with vintages back to 1847. These bottles are part of an extensive private cellar that was established and owned by a family in the Douro Valley, where the wines still lie. The head of the family passed away some time ago and it ...