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- 18:56 Wed 06 Aug 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Keeping tabs on other types of port.
- Replies: 16
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Re: Keeping tabs on other types of port.
"Colheita" just means harvest (or vintage) in Portugese - it's not just a Port term. Colheita Seleccionada then means something along the lines of "harvest select" or "select vintage" and is probably the equivalent of a German Spaetlese or Auslese.
- 18:07 Fri 25 Jul 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1983 Warre
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4564
Re: 1983 Warre's Vintage Port
I came back to the lowball for a taste. WOW! I hereby swear off standard ruby port. I'll never be able to drink it again. Ahh, yes, hello and welcome to the non-budget world of vintage port. Yeah, well that was 6 months ago. ;) I have since found a couple of rubies that serve well as "in betwe...
- 00:37 Fri 25 Jul 2008
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1983 Warre
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4564
1983 Warre's Vintage Port
I'm cross-posting this from FTLOP in order to help populate the 'W' section of the index. :wink: 1983 Warre's Vintage Port by Glenn E. on February 3rd, 2008, 12:43 pm Fair warning - this is not only my first post of a tasting note, but it is also my first Vintage Port. So I'm a little inexperienced ...
- 20:47 Tue 22 Jul 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Selo de Garantia
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10520
Yeah I had my doubts about it as well, but like I said that's what someone told me. I can't remember who it was, though. /shrug You know what's funny? I'd never noticed the 2 letters or the lower 2 digits. I thought the Selo was just a 6-digit number, which made the 1-number-per-run explanation seem...
- 17:35 Tue 22 Jul 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Selo de Garantia
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10520
I’ve also wondered about how they deal with Ports that have no indication of vintage and are issued perennially (e.g. Tawnies and Rubies). Presumably they are retested annually, but I haven’t seen any information as to whether this results in a new number being issued (which might be quite interest...
- 17:29 Tue 22 Jul 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: How offen do you enjoy port
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7181
- 18:22 Mon 21 Jul 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: How offen do you enjoy port
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7181
I probably average a glass 2-3 times a week. If I have a bottle open I'll have a glass every night, but once the bottle is empty it's sometimes a week or so before I open another. The weather isn't cooperating right now... it's just a little too warm out (and we don't have air conditioning) to be dr...
- 18:08 Sun 20 Jul 2008
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello!! *waves*
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6862
1967 was my birth year! was that a good vintage? Unfortunately not :cry: - there are some 1967 VPs but not many and none of them are particularly special. Don't worry Vicky, I have the same problem with 1964. In a way, it makes it more satisfying to finally track down a bottle and acquire it! Welco...
- 18:05 Sun 20 Jul 2008
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Little Ben's vurtual head wetting - 19th July 2008
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11431
Sadly I did not log on in time to see the notice. :( I did, however, have a very strong urge to open a bottle of Port last night. I can only imagine that it was caused by this international surge of warmth (and toasting with Port) for the newest member of the Port drinking family! Congratulations to...
- 17:58 Sun 20 Jul 2008
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Wednesday October 8, 2008
- Replies: 217
- Views: 90973
- 17:47 Sun 20 Jul 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Selo de Garantia
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10520
- 00:39 Wed 16 Jul 2008
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Old, Odd & Great - Portal restaurant, London - 11 Jul 08
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17201
- 18:50 Thu 10 Jul 2008
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6144
Since you said on FTLOP that you can't see yourself ever opening a bottle from the 1964 vintage, when you manage to drop into the UK and we're around, we will just have to see what we can organise. Maybe we'll get you to taste a port from your birth year yet! Well... I meant just the LAST bottle. I...
- 18:47 Thu 10 Jul 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: On the cellaring of port
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11763
- 23:07 Wed 09 Jul 2008
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: A question for new members...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20428
Some crazy Brit sent me a link and told me to register. :wink: He's holding a couple of bottles of 1964 hostage so I figured I better do what he said or he might drink them! Tell us who he is and we'll get him for you :twisted: No, he shall remain nameless or all the local Port fanatics might storm...
- 22:56 Wed 09 Jul 2008
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: On the cellaring of port
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11763
Re: On the cellaring of port
Vibration is not good over the long term, as it can accelerate seepage through a senile cork, as well as mixing sediment with the liquid: don’t hold ports for many years in a fridge. (Though some wine fridges separate the motor from the cabinet containing the juice: such fridges should not be a pro...
- 22:40 Wed 09 Jul 2008
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6144
Hello!
I've been involved over at ftlop.com for a while but just hadn't gotten around to registering here. Now I have! I was given my first bottle of Port on my 40th birthday and have been drinking and learning ever since. I prefer aged tawnies and colheitas, but I'm starting to like VP as well. I also dri...
- 22:34 Wed 09 Jul 2008
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: A question for new members...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20428