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WineRick, hoping you may know of this one also?

While cleaning my garage I found the bottle I was given about 12 years ago in return for some work.

Of course I opened this one way back then and thoroughly enjoyed it!

Any ideas on it's origins?

Thanks again,
Bill

But WineRick is definitely right about the caramel, it has a caramel aftertaste...

So I opened it and had a taste, of course the cork fell apart so there's some filtering happening... But it's, so far after a couple of sips, actually not too bad... I'll have a decent glass later and report back

Can confirm that hopes should not be raised!! Invalid No 1 was one of many labels for the same port Orlando sold - 'Conto' was another, and if you wanted sacramental (communion) wine, it was sold as 'Altar' wine, usually in 20 litre cans. It was super cheap - judging by the stopper cork and foil ca...

Thanks Mahmoud,

Admittedly, I was hoping it was something like this:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1963-ORLANDO ... 1991242628

Though I imagine if it was a vintage port bottle around the same time, it too would have a date label like the linked one.

Let's put it this way, I think I'm going to open it up and see what kind of genie comes out

Hahaha I had another bottle of something I thought may be worth a bit, turned out to be a very similar story!

I'm starting to think my late grandfather was either a cheapskate or maybe gullible!

Thanks for the thought folks

Ahhh, I wondered if the ml vs oz might be a tell of sorts.

The real question will be whether it's valuable to sell or more valuable to 'enjoy'

Hey all, Im hoping someone might be able to help me with any information regarding this bottle of Orlando No1 Invalid Port, by G Gramp and Sons, that I recently 'inherited'. There's no date on the bottle, but to my untrained eye, it appears to be rather old.... I haven't been able to find any inform...