Book Offer - Christmas is coming!
Wine books to enjoy and give. Please order using the code for each book and advise a preference at which tasting the books are to be collected.
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Book Title and Description
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Author
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| A | The Wines of Portugal | Richard Mayson | £15 |
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Discover the real Portugal from indigenous vines to each region to what to look for and profiles on leading producers – with great photos! |
(Usually £25)
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| D | Port and the DouroThs Cocktail Guy | Richard Mayson | £14 |
| Vintage information back to 1844 plus where and how the greatest fortified wine is made with stunning photos. |
(Usually £30)
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Port Code
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Vintage Ports
(due to the exceptional prices, maximum THREE of each Port per Member) |
Normal Price
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Club Price
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| E | Cockburn 1985 |
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£12 |
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Established in 1815, its lovely fruity Ports source their grapes from two top quintas (Canais and Tua). |
Merchant: Richard Kihl - £48 |
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| H | Dow 1985 | £69 | |
| The year was so good it was unanimously declared; Dow makes less sweet Ports and has wonderful grapes from Quinta do Bomfim (which some Club members may have visited close to the main street in Pinhão). |
Squelch Wine - £79
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| J | Graham 1983 | £72 | |
| A long lasting ‘muscular’ vintage, “Graham’s is undoubtedly one of the best Port shippers, producing some of the fullest and richest of all Ports,” says Godfrey Spence in The Port Companion. Graham’s star property is Quinta dos Malvedos. |
Four Walls Wine - £81.60
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| K | Warre 1980 | £60 | |
| The oldest British Port shipper founded three years after the Great Fire of London; its Cavadinha estate provide the backbone of its magical vintage Ports. |
Merchant: Wine Trove - £80
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| L | Graham 1980 | £70 | |
| A vintage described by Richard Mayson as “fresh, attractive, fruit-driven… a ‘Cinderella vintage’ overshadowed by 1977”. Drinking magnificently today. |
Merchant: Richard Kihl - £78
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| N | Warre 1977 | £80 | |
| Many regard 1977 as one of the three Port vintages of the century: concentrated, glorious fruit with real depth of character. | Hedonism - £100 |
Book(s) and Port(s) may be ordered via the online tasting application - please identify which choices are required using the code and state the total amount for the book(s) / wines(s).
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