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Re: Latest buy
Posted: 20:15 Sat 30 Dec 2023
by winesecretary
Thanks for the tip. I go to ALL of them. Every trip. You never know when you’re going to find a bottle of 1957 Bual in a backstreet supermarket for 80 euros…. It’s basically part of my annual exercise routine - a week of fifteen miles a day, if all is well carrying increasingly heavy loads in my rucksack as the day goes on. But I haven’t been since 2020 because Covid - I can’t wait to be back! Hope you’re having fun there!
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 12:37 Sat 06 Jan 2024
by rich_n
I had to do a little post-Christmas top up in the VWP sale, particularly in the Quevedo aisle:
- 2 x 2020 Quevedo VP
- 6 x 2021 Quevedo VP
- 3 x Quevedo Crusted (bottled 2020)
While I'm very much looking forward to the VPs, I'm particularly curious about the Quevedo Crusted, which I've not seen available on the shores before. A quick search of the tasting notes suggests that it hasn't been tried by those here either, but I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has tried it but hasn't uploaded notes.
<Edit> Apparently my search abilities failed me because @Alex Bridgeman has indeed uploaded a couple of tasting notes that suggest positive things about crusted Quevedo ports that were released last decade.
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 21:25 Fri 12 Jan 2024
by Justin K
At auction, little money so was intrigued. Anyone know more about this?
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 23:03 Fri 12 Jan 2024
by Alex Bridgeman
I suspect that IVP tawny will be something quite delicious. Any clue as to a bottling date?
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 04:41 Sat 13 Jan 2024
by Andy Velebil
Justin K wrote:At auction, little money so was intrigued. Anyone know more about this?
Can you post a pic of the Selo?
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 13:58 Sat 13 Jan 2024
by Justin K
Any help and if so how do you crack the codes?
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 16:31 Sat 13 Jan 2024
by Andy Velebil
It would have been bottled, or at least labeled, around the mid/late 1990’s.
The IVP became the IVDP in 2003.
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 18:52 Wed 17 Jan 2024
by MigSU
6 x Warre Cavadinha 2006, directly from SFE, at €16 a piece. These are probably drinking nicely right now, but will probably better in 5 or 10 years. I might wait - or not.
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 19:15 Thu 18 Jan 2024
by Alex Bridgeman
That’s a fabulous price Miguel!
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 20:12 Thu 18 Jan 2024
by MigSU
3 x Croft 2011
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 20:13 Thu 18 Jan 2024
by MigSU
Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑19:15 Thu 18 Jan 2024
That’s a fabulous price Miguel!
Yes, I thought so too. I might open one this weekend, and decide on whether to buy some more.
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 00:04 Tue 23 Jan 2024
by Mike J. W.
2 x 1967 Butler, Nephew & Co. VP
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 23:45 Tue 23 Jan 2024
by jdaw1
MigSU wrote: ↑18:52 Wed 17 Jan 20246 x Warre Cavadinha 2006, directly from SFE, at €16 a piece. These are probably drinking nicely right now, but will probably better in 5 or 10 years. I might wait - or not.
Are these available in the UK?
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 23:47 Tue 23 Jan 2024
by MigSU
jdaw1 wrote: ↑23:45 Tue 23 Jan 2024
MigSU wrote: ↑18:52 Wed 17 Jan 20246 x Warre Cavadinha 2006, directly from SFE, at €16 a piece. These are probably drinking nicely right now, but will probably better in 5 or 10 years. I might wait - or not.
Are these available in the UK?
I have no idea, I'm in Portugal. Alex might know.
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 08:59 Wed 24 Jan 2024
by mcoulson
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 09:13 Wed 24 Jan 2024
by MigSU
Yeesh.
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 14:35 Thu 25 Jan 2024
by nac
5 x BBR Own Selection (Warre) 1997 @ £33.50 each inc delivery.
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 14:43 Thu 25 Jan 2024
by nac
jdaw1 wrote: ↑23:45 Tue 23 Jan 2024
MigSU wrote: ↑18:52 Wed 17 Jan 20246 x Warre Cavadinha 2006, directly from SFE, at €16 a piece. These are probably drinking nicely right now, but will probably better in 5 or 10 years. I might wait - or not.
Are these available in the UK?
Plenty available, but at £35-£40 a bottle.
I got a few bottles of the 2005 from Waitrose in late 2020 for £25 each, which felt like pretty good value.
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 16:35 Mon 29 Jan 2024
by gerwin.degraaf
- 1937 Sousa Guedes Colheita (2x)
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 19:36 Sun 04 Feb 2024
by MigSU
6 x Fonseca 2011 from Nickolls & Perks, £324 delivered. Good deal if you ask me.
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 22:47 Tue 13 Feb 2024
by winesecretary
3 bottles of the excellent 2016 Sao Leonardo VP in a tasty half price sale at Vintage Wine and Port.
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 14:15 Fri 29 Mar 2024
by PhilW
Message from Justin K (currently unable to post on forum) that Sainsbury's have Malvedos (some 2012 and 2015) on sale at £21/bottle currently.
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 22:03 Fri 29 Mar 2024
by idj123
PhilW wrote: ↑14:15 Fri 29 Mar 2024
Message from Justin K (currently unable to post on forum) that Sainsbury's have Malvedos (some 2012 and 2015) on sale at £21/bottle currently.
Funnily enough, having been in Sainsbury’s this morning, I was going to post the same (although my Sainsbury’s has both the 2010 and 2012)
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 08:51 Tue 09 Apr 2024
by MigSU
Got 6 x 1992 Warre Otima Colheita, directly from SFE. Bottled in 2022.
Immediately opened one. This is a very good colheita. At €23 per bottle (50cL) it turned out to be a bit of a bargain.
Re: Latest buy
Posted: 11:09 Tue 09 Apr 2024
by nac
A just delivered auction purchase (£24.50 all in)...
- Bottle.JPG (27.27 KiB) Viewed 3942 times
- Label.JPG (32.77 KiB) Viewed 3942 times
It's only a half, and level is just below the neck, but colour doesn't appear to be too bad.
From checking the
Mutuals Public Register it appears that the Wine Society were at Holles Street between August 1929 and October 1940, so it's probably a 1930s bottling.
Anyone seen one before?