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Naming competition

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This thread is a naming competition. Various Port shippers have decided to bottle old casks, give them a fancy name, and sell them at a fancy price.

The competition is to suggest a fancy name.

If that name is then used by a shipper, that shipper is morally obliged to give a bottle of the lovely juice to the person who named it.
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I’ll go first: Forgotten Forgiven. It was an old cask, left so long that the shipper had, in effect forgotten about it. But the cask itself has forgiven this administrative oversight.

In an oblique font (not italics) to suggest a moving forward past this ancient failure to remember.
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I claim "Old Douro".

I refuse to enter the competition to attach a marketing message.
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Brown sticky stuff
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Forgotten Olde Pipe
F1 | Welsh Corgi | Did Someone Mention Port?
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Great Gramps' pop

or

Not Another One!

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The Novelty's Worn Off
Top Ports in 2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.

2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
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How about "I can't believe it's not dearer" ?
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Rich Old Dowager
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War(re)ts 'n All
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How about 'Unrealistic Investment'?
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Ancient <Name of shipper>
or
<Name of shipper>’s Ancient

E.g., Ancient Warre, or Warre’s Ancient.
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The Bling Bling Juice.
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Old Amber; possibly released as a BOB: "Fine + Rare Old Amber"
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Rare old 1863 port, matured in wood

substitute whatever vintage is required.
Top Ports in 2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.

2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
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Cockburn's Roseola.
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DRT wrote:Cockburn's Roseola.
?
Explain!
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For oligarchs only
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Or 'oligarchum'?
Or 'plutocrat'?
I'm getting carried away. I'm a little feverish.
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Directors’ Ultra Reserve
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Acquisition
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jdaw1 wrote:Acquisition
The winner!
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It is not for us to choose a winner, but many of the suggested names have amused me.
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Ancient YAP

(Yet Another Purchase)
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SEL 1863

(Someone Else's Legacy)
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Fund Manager's Gravy
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Rare old bandwagon
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For your eyes only
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Casa do Douro 1873
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Yes, it is rather nice, but where is the red stuff?
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A cask that was made by farmers João and António 134 years ago, which at the time we said wasn't good enough to command full price, but which we've had in our lodge all these years and which is now marketed as being made by us. And commands full price.
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djewesbury wrote:A cask that was made by farmers João and António 134 years ago, which at the time we said wasn't good enough to command full price, but which we've had in our lodge all these years and which is now marketed as being made by us. And commands full price.
Or. Which we bought as part of the recent takeover and our marketing department thinks we can flog value added using our brand.
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The "Our Tawny is older than your Tawny" Colheita
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