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Old 19th January 2013, 01:26 PM   #8
fernando
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Originally Posted by kronckew
sadly, the plastic cork and the screw top are killing off real corks (and cork farms). i still like my quinta port with a real cork. just finishing off my last bottle of dow's special reserve - with a real cork.
Hear, hear, that's my man .
During my daughter's college years, i used to go to a farm not far from there, where they sold me old Port poured directly from the tank, closed with cork using a hand machine, with a vintage blank label, filled in the moment by the house fine lady, with a vintage ink pen; Vinho do Porto ano de 19..
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