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Thought I’d share this as suspect will be of interest to some viewers...

Laithwaites / Sunday Times Wine Club currently have an offer of rare Riojas which includes Paternina Gran Reserva 1964, and some other interesting wines from 70s and 80s.

Any other interest in this?

I think Harry is a potential, but if it's only 3/4 of us then I'll just book a normal table.

memory of another bottle tasted

AHB wrote: ↑

16:58 Sat 19 Sep 2020

Is anyone able to confirm they’re able to join me?

Sorry, not going to be able to do this.

, but hardly unexpected given the

Maybe. If there's a preference for this day, could scrap 28th.

67 Pall Mall are doing a virtual tasting with Blandy’s on Sept 24th.

Further info at https://www.67pallmall.com/events/bland ... e-company/

I’ve still got the Lutyens Room booked at 67 Pall Mall on Monday 28th September and we are allowed to have this with a maximum of six people.

Who wants to come out to play?

Suggest blind and bring whatever you like.

1. NAC
2. MPM
3. JDAW

Discussed at Virtual Tasting #11, where I mentioned that a bottle might be available for sale. Apparently 1,500 bottles were released in 2008 (which would be around the time I purchased from Bordeaux Index). Two bottles were sold on rumauctioneer.com on 14/9/20 for £675 each. My unopened bottle pict...

flash_uk wrote: ↑

00:57 Tue 15 Sep 2020

Invite on way. Does anyone have a clue who sent the invite for 6pm? It is a forward of the invite for our previous virtual tasting, with the date changed.

Not me Guv.

Victim for this evening now selected. Have gone slightly avant garde in celebration of glorious weather.

Yes, would love to, but unfortunately have no 1920s.

In the current Cellar Defenders thread JacobH makes mention of Warre's Otima Colheita.

I was aware of, and have tried, the standard Otima 10 and 20, but had missed the '95 and '06 Colheita releases.

Has anyone tried them?

jdaw1 wrote: ↑

12:43 Sun 13 Sep 2020

If the 2020 Olympics can happen in 2021, then Warre’s birthday can. So I agree.

An excellent point. 2021 it (probably) is then.

@ nac - Thalabert, but of course! I have almost run through my halves of 2014, I have just taken delivery of 36 halves of 2017 purchased EP from TWS... Another excellent non-Port cellar defender (also from The Wine Society) is Chateau Beaumont. Regularly buy a couple of cases of halves, and had a 2...

Six bottles of Quinta de la Rosa 2015. Currently on special offer (£25) at Waitrose Cellar.

@ nac - Thalabert, but of course! I have almost run through my halves of 2014, I have just taken delivery of 36 halves of 2017 purchased EP from TWS... Always eagerly await the EP Rhone offer from TWS, and have ordered Thalabert every year since about 2000 - now just bottles, but magnums as well in...

Shall celebrate this event by opening bottles of 83 Warre and Taylor tonight.

[Just to clarify, meeting up with a couple of friends - ie, not drinking two bottles by myself.]

...if so will open up a separate thread to organise.

Assuming we can't do this as planned for 8+, do any of the planned attendees (up to 6) fancy making use of the booked venue for a general session of Port consumption & witty conversation, etc.?

It's already in diaries so seems a shame not to...

There are two options: (1) Delay the tasting until we are allowed to have 14 people together once again; or (2) Hold the tasting in 2-3 instalments, each instalment of no more than 6 people (all of whom are willing and able to leave when the B&F is required to close at 10pm) In either case, please ...

I suspect the recently announced changes to HMG policy re social gatherings will lead to a further date change, but let's see what happens... Thanks to JDAW for doing the placemats (which I'm sure will need a number of updates - including below). Thought the Dow 50 looked a bit lonely so have added ...

My current Port defender is Justerini & Brooks Directors Tawny. Working through a half case and another nearly finished bottle is in my fridge under VacuVin. Like @winesecretary most of my drinking and cellar is still red. Rhone often comes to the defence of the better bottles, and the current prefe...

Christopher wrote: ↑

09:22 Tue 08 Sep 2020

Sorry for late response
If ok I will bring a CK 47

Perfect. I'll assume the Ck47 for now.

one of S45 or Borges45 as have not tasted these in the last few years. Also have some others Tony Given a choice then S45, as would be interesting to taste alongside the S42. Are you available for the new date? Neil Yes - Mon28 would be ok. Let me know if there is any space Tony - yes, you’ve got a...

JDAW now attending with Mackenzie 1948.