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Thomas Prinzie
 
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Default Where to find older port vintages?

Hello all,

My wife and I have been recently bitten by the vintage port bug,
and would like to buy some older vintages of several houses.

Any recommendations for good sources?

Thanks for your help,

Thomas in St Louis
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Ther surely most be a decent wine shop or two in St. Louis. However the
Brown Derby in Springfield MO has a huge stock of fine wines and ships
all over the US where allowed. Their web site is at www.brownderby.com .
They also mail frequent catalogs. Their phone no. is (417) 883-4066.
Their mailing address is 202 South Glenstone, Springfield Missouri
65804. In a recent catalog, they had 1970 Fonseca. They also had the
recent, but rare and expensive, Quinta do Noval Nacional 1997 at
US$899.99 per bottle!. I suspect they can locate many vintages of ports
for you. If you want something very old, you may have to use an auction
house or contact one of the high end wne shops in a major city on the
East or West coast.

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Dale Williams
 
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I know nothing in St Louis (though I've heard of Brown Derby).

But if you're willing to order:
Premier Cru in Emeryville CA tends to have a decent selection of port,
reasonably priced (premiercru.net). K & L , also in Bay area, has some too. D&
M is somewhat of a port specialist I understand, but a little pricier.

Zachy's usually has some older ports, but prices are usually up there.

Check winecommune and other acution sites.

Good luck!
Dale

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In article >,
Thomas Prinzie > wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> My wife and I have been recently bitten by the vintage port bug,
> and would like to buy some older vintages of several houses.
>
> Any recommendations for good sources?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Thomas in St Louis


try winecommune.com. They are an auction site and currently have 178
port auction entries.

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If you like the vintage port have you tried the vintage Madeira's?? I've
had regular Madeira bought from a wine supermarket and thought it was only
ok. But recently I had the privilege of tasting several vintage Madeira's
and they were amazing. I found the 1951 the best out of the lot.

They were from a private wine cellar and I have no idea from where they were
gotten.

Mark
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> My wife and I have been recently bitten by the vintage port bug,
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> Any recommendations for good sources?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Thomas in St Louis



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