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- 22:32 Sun 26 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Strawberry Fields Forever (1st July - Spot The Taylor Vertical)
- Replies: 17
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Re: Strawberry Fields Forever (1st July - Spot The Taylor Vertical)
Should we ask somebody such as Glenn to act as co-ordinator? That is, we reveal possibilities to him; he selects from those possibilities to prevent too many overlaps (not necessarily preventing all) and to further such mischief as he thinks would be most amusing. Glenn, by WhatsApp: I'm happy to s...
- 19:21 Sun 26 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Strawberry Fields Forever (1st July - Spot The Taylor Vertical)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 329
Re: Strawberry Fields Forever (1st July - Spot The Taylor Vertical)
- Okay I've just read your blinding techniques, so something of that ilk will be required. Explanation of the blinding technique used for the 1958 horizontal (June 2014). Taking the San Pelligrino bottles as an example, I think it would be best if everyone decanted in the same method. I've found re...
- 18:28 Sun 26 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Strawberry Fields Forever (1st July - Spot The Taylor Vertical)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 329
Re: Strawberry Fields Forever (1st July - Spot The Taylor Vertical)
85 x 2 I can provide one or two ’70s and a few ’85s. Are there any rules about which shippers may or may not be brought? Cliff providing all the Taylors , so presumably non-Cliff people must bring non-Taylors. Are there other constraints? Should we ask somebody such as Glenn to act as co-ordinator?...
- 15:10 Sun 26 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1977's - Tue 11th June 2024
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6120
Re: 1977's - Tue 11th June 2024
There will be fourteen of us, likely all full-capacity drinkers, and 14 × 1¼ = 17½. Table space limits us to 1×A3 + 1×A4, so to about 15 + 6 = 21 glasses. Would it be wrong to have between 18 and 20? Table space is a genuine constraint. It is more efficient if printing onto trimmed /A2 (e.g., Vesuv...
- 09:25 Sun 26 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1977's - Tue 11th June 2024
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6120
- 09:22 Sun 26 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Strawberry Fields Forever (1st July - Spot The Taylor Vertical)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 329
Re: Strawberry Fields Forever (1st July - Spot The Taylor Vertical)
Great theme. Yes please. I’ll bring a ’70, and something else to be decided.
- 23:12 Wed 22 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1977's - Tue 11th June 2024
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6120
Re: 1977's - Tue 11th June 2024
Yes and ‘M’ is on the bottle list but not the placemats as far as I can see. Possibly because we don't know what 'M' is? It might be Morgan (Mg), Martinez (Mz), Martha (Mt), Mackenzie (Mk), Messias (Ms) or possibly something else; Martin? Are you hypothesising Mackenzie 1977 and Martinez 1977 befor...
- 22:58 Wed 22 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
- Replies: 101
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Re: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
I am bringing two extra people, Rachel M. and Kyleigh L., met recently (as in, four hours ago) at a Spanish tasting.
Who is to print the placemats?
Who is to print the placemats?
- 22:48 Tue 21 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
- Replies: 101
- Views: 97018
Re: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
I have a maybe. I might have second maybe.
- 23:35 Mon 20 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1977's - Tue 11th June 2024
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6120
Re: 1977's - Tue 11th June 2024
G77 found and standing.
- 21:37 Sun 19 May 2024
- Forum: Reference
- Topic: Port brand abbreviations
- Replies: 352
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Re: Port brand abbreviations
Given these agreements, and other silence, all added to the first post.
- 21:37 Sun 19 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1977's - Tue 11th June 2024
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6120
- 21:24 Sun 19 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1977's - Tue 11th June 2024
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6120
Re: 1977's - June 11th 2024
In a recent Dr Who episode they returned to June 2024, and behold screen grab. The Time Lords knew that this was going to happen.
Luckily, the stairs at the B&F are Dalek-proof.
Luckily, the stairs at the B&F are Dalek-proof.
- 17:22 Sun 19 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1977's - Tue 11th June 2024
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6120
Re: 1977's - June 11th 2024
@ Julian - is the N actually Ni? I can’t remember my abbreviations. Yes. Done. I suspect that the Offley will also be Offley Boa Vista, OBV77 rather than O77 Done. "Berry's Own Selection" per the actual brand Done. correcting punctuation The text did have a dot, placed as BBR themselves p...
- 13:39 Sun 19 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1977's - Tue 11th June 2024
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6120
Re: 1977's - June 11th 2024
The the placemats have been added to the first post.
- 13:02 Sun 19 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 60/63/66 Horizontal .... 23rd July 2024
- Replies: 27
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- 13:29 Sat 18 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1977's - Tue 11th June 2024
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6120
- 21:52 Fri 17 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1977's - Tue 11th June 2024
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6120
Re: 1977's - June 11th 2024
When it’s about ready, pls make a list of shippers in attendance, so that placemats can be made.
- 19:14 Fri 17 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 60/63/66 Horizontal .... 23rd July 2024
- Replies: 27
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Re: 60/63/66 Horizontal .... 23rd July 2024
Oh, yes please. I have available F60, N63 (Grants of St James’s), G66, F66, W66. Previous events of, approximately, this type: Thu 09 Mar 2017 — {Dow,Graham,Fonseca,Taylor,Warre} × {1980,1983,1985}; Wed 17 June 2015 — The Sweet-Spot Vintages ({’66, ’70, ’77}×{D, G, T, W}), blind; Wed 23 Apr 2014 — 1...
- 23:33 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 2003 Graham
- Replies: 2
- Views: 400
Re: 2003 Graham
G03, dark dark red, 80% opaque. Big and sumptuous, spice mid palate, lots of dark fruit especially blackberries. Liked.
- 23:32 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 2000 Graham
- Replies: 4
- Views: 448
Re: 2000 Graham
G00, opened 22:15, decanted at 09:30. Dark dark red, 80% opaque. Mid weight, loverly dark fruit, great balance. Not super old bones in it, but in a great state right now.
- 23:31 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1997 Graham
- Replies: 2
- Views: 373
Re: 1997 Graham
G97, opened previous day then decanted 08:00. Dark dark dark red, 90% opaque. Palate had mint and dark cherries, with heat. Not in a good balance — more cellar time needed.
- 23:29 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1994 Graham
- Replies: 3
- Views: 449
Re: 1994 Graham
G94: dark dark red, 90% opaque. Light, hollow mid-palate; dark plum fruit, ending pleasingly dark-fruited and sweet. But junior to what it should be.
- 23:28 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1991 Graham
- Replies: 3
- Views: 408
Re: 1991 Graham
G91: glorious red, 40% opaque. Dirty nose. Same dirt showing in palate; weight of the shipper’s SQVP. Nose too wrong.
- 23:27 Thu 16 May 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1985 Graham
- Replies: 5
- Views: 456
Re: 1985 Graham
G85: opened 19:30 previous day, decanted 07:30 that morning. glorious red, 50% opaque. Showed very well, mid weight, with lots of lovely red fruit. Not huge. Junior to the TFP’s big-two 1985s. Nonetheless, I liked this a lot.