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Re: Vintage Port sold by Spiers & Pond

Posted by Ron Spiers on 12/16/2010, 1:38 pm, in reply to "Vintage Port sold by Spiers & Pond"

I have a copy of The Housekeeper, No 4, Vol 1, dated Jan 1st 1880. On page 21 is a list of the Wines and Spirits they sell, there are 27 Ports. They date from 18 months old to bottled in 1849. Prices are from 25 shillings to 125 shillings a dozen. I could photocopy the page and email it to you.

--Previous Message--
: A co-author and I are writing a book
: on vintage port, and have found in
: Recollections of Old Country Life
: (1894), J K Fowler, a mention: “I
: sold six dozen of the original port
: to Messrs. Spiers & Pond through
: their well-known buyer Mr. William
: Hudson, at a moderate price”.
:
: So S&P were selling port. Please,
: does anybody have copies of The
: Housekeeper? Does it list the
: vintage ports for sale? If so,
: please please contact me, either via
: my ‘public email’
: jdawiseman@gmail.com, or using the
: contact information on
: http://www.jdawiseman.com/author.html
:
: Thank you.
:

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Vintage Port sold by Spiers & Pond - Julian D. A. Wiseman 11/30/2010, 8:44 am

Re: Vintage Port sold by Spiers & Pond - Ron Spiers 12/16/2010, 1:38 pm

Spiers & Pond...interesting name combo - Brad Spiers 7/31/2012, 2:31 pm
Re: Vintage Port sold by Spiers & Pond - Julian D. A. Wiseman 12/22/2010, 8:02 am
Re: Vintage Port sold by Spiers & Pond - Julian D. A. Wiseman 12/22/2010, 8:00 am

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[quote] I have a copy of The Housekeeper, No 4, Vol 1, dated Jan 1st 1880. On page 21 is a list of the Wines and Spirits they sell, there are 27 Ports. They date from 18 months old to bottled in 1849. Prices are from 25 shillings to 125 shillings a dozen. I could photocopy the page and email it to you. --Previous Message-- : A co-author and I are writing a book : on vintage port, and have found in : Recollections of Old Country Life : (1894), J K Fowler, a mention: “I : sold six dozen of the original port : to Messrs. Spiers & Pond through : their well-known buyer Mr. William : Hudson, at a moderate price”. : : So S&P were selling port. Please, : does anybody have copies of The : Housekeeper? Does it list the : vintage ports for sale? If so, : please please contact me, either via : my ‘public email’ : jdawiseman@gmail.com, or using the : contact information on : http://www.jdawiseman.com/author.html : : Thank you. : [/quote]

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