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Madalena is the Portuguese form of Magdalene - or Mary Magdalen, as an Englishman might prefer - a follower of Jesus Christ, who, according to various authorities, was present at both the crucifixion and, more happily, the resurrection. Quinta da Madalena takes its name from this intriguing woman, m...

Food order has gone in. Ian, Will you have to order on the night either because there is no standard food order for you (Will) or your standard food order no longer exists (Ian). Those of you with standard food order starters which no longer exist will have to order on the night (Tony, Mike, Rich)....

I'm in, if and when a decision is taken to firm this up. If my cellar list is up to date, I have Ferreira, Ramos Pinto, Graham, Fonseca, Infantado, Pocas Junior, Burmester, Calem, Borges (to my shame), Taylor, Rebello Valente, Niepoort, Gould Campbell and Kopke Sao Luiz.

A fine TN, not least as reading same led me to demur from bidding on a case of this stuff offered at the point that your note appeared. Thank you; write more.

And where did you acquire such an interesting specimen? I'm assuming it was not through our 'mutual friend'. Quinta do Luis? No. According to my spreadsheet, I purchased it at auction ( Oportunity Leilos ) for EUR 52, I suspect two or three years ago. I know the place. You took a bit of a risk Inde...

Quinta do Infantado is a family-owned operation encompassing forty-six hectares of vines situated on the right bank of the Douro, some four kilometres west of Pinhao in the so-called hollows of the Douro (“Covas do Douro”). Its great claim to port wine fame is the evident fact, agreed upon by variou...

MigSU wrote: ↑13:45 Mon 01 Nov 2021 And where did you acquire such an interesting specimen? I'm assuming it was not through our 'mutual friend'.

Quinta do Luis? No. According to my spreadsheet, I purchased it at auction (Oportunity Leilos) for EUR 52, I suspect two or three years ago.

Sergeant B. is an old sweat. Now long retired from Her Majesty’s service, he nonetheless retains a capacity to send rounds downrange at a rate which would break men a third of his age. Whisky, gin, vodka, still wines and beer are his munitions of choice. Sergeant B.’s shack sits about 1,000 metres f...

I had high hopes for this bottle, purchased recently at auction. Alas, the port gods were not with me on the night. Decanted for three and one-half hours on 25 September 2021, the wine displayed medium amber hues in the glass, reflected handsomely on the rim; largely translucent, a hint of fog was n...

Imbibed after an eight-hour decant, this bottle was much like the last opened from the same lot in December 2020. In the glass, the wine was maroon in colour and semi-opaque with a clear rim. Dark cherry dominated at the nose, suggesting a rather fruit-forward style notwithstanding the additional no...

nac wrote: ↑07:57 Tue 03 Aug 2021 Suggested theme: "A bottle of Port you got for a steal"

Borges, Castelinho, Real Vinicola? Or does it have to be drinkable? At any rate, please count me in.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑17:50 Tue 08 Jun 2021

Will W. wrote: ↑14:49 Tue 08 Jun 2021the abbreviations

Abbreviations: RP, Br, B, SV, Nv, Os, Pç, Pt, ROC.

Duly saved - with thanks.

Please add me to the reserve list. I have (apologies for not knowing the abbreviations) Ramos Pinto, Barros, Burmester, Sandeman Vau, Quinta da Nossa Senhora, Osborne, Pocas Junior, Quinta do Portal and Quinta das Carvalhas.

I wandered onto Quinta do Tedo during a blistering hot day in August 2016; it was my first visit to a Douro vineyard - I had started laying down bottles of port in northern Europe only the previous year - and I had the good fortune to be greeted by Vincent Bouchard, the proprietor, who was most gene...

I've 1908s and 1912s, albeit only colheitas, if such suffices for the waitlist...

The '85 Calem appears frequently at auction in Portugal and can be had for very reasonable tariffs (i.e., circa 35-40 bottle); like Julian, I find it makes for most agreeable drinking. Indeed, I try always to have some on hand in the cellar, to which end I purchased a few bottles only last week. Th...

The '85 Calem appears frequently at auction in Portugal and can be had for very reasonable tariffs (i.e., circa 35-40 bottle); like Julian, I find it makes for most agreeable drinking. Indeed, I try always to have some on hand in the cellar, to which end I purchased a few bottles only last week. The...

Jimmy - I am not in the business of selling port, though you can find some fine 82s and 83s at agreeable prices in the UK. I would suggest that you have a look at winesearcher.com, which you can do without a membership (albeit seeing a smaller selection of retail offers), and give some thought to la...

I have reported elsewhere (here) that I am highly partial to the 1989 Champalimaud; it is found readily in Portugal for a modest tariff and makes a fine cellar defender. The 1995 effort by this same producer is likewise agreeable. In the event, my first tasting of the 2001 Champalimaud constituted a...

A lovely note; and a fine name. Welcome to the Port Forum Altrurian.

Catawiki? I see you're a man of culture. Ha! More like a man who's bored silly when not working. In all seriousness, when I was living in northern Europe I did find that there were a great many wine merchants in the Netherlands using catawiki to sell VPs from second tier producers at favourable pri...

yeah it was and a bit of a challenge to find ports from the year, so when i do find them i have to try and get them. If you are still stuck towards 2024 I bought a case of Delaforce QdCorte and I still have 9 or 10 bottles. Wouldn’t be wowing about them tbh. thanks, i know that it is bad year, just...

Yes, please.

I have long regarded Graham’s tawnies with an indication of age as being engineered deliberately to avoid giving offence. Admittedly, the same cannot be said of this producer’s vintage ports, though I have never really warmed to same, preferring my vintages to evince a dryer style. Or rather, this w...

Pulled from the cellar on 19 March 2021, this exercise constituted my latest effort to acquire a taste for Niepoort vintage ports. Like any port drinker worthy of the faith, I professed undying fealty to Niepoort colheitas some years ago, at my first step on the road to Damascus. It is my understand...