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I confirm I am definitely available.

Yes please. Have 1960 (of dubious origin), 1970, 1977, 1983, 1994, 2007, 2017; plus QdC 01 and 04.

Since I have enough of this to drink a bottle two or three times a year for... well, let's just say, a while, I am currently consuming another. 24 hour decant into a sealed decanter kept cold. 90% opaque dark red juice. Eucalyptus on the nose. Redcurrant front palate. The cheery reappearance of the ...

Can definitely do 25th, definitely can't do 26th.

Regret non-availability due to being in Madeira scouting out stuff. Have fun!

I much regret not being available that week. Please do post lots of tasting notes and reviews.

Have voted

While strongly approving of DRT's 'everyone else take a step back' emoticon, building on the above might I suggest a 'minor houses' tasting on day 1 in two flights (at say 1800 and 2000) for completists - limited to 14-16 persons i.e. one bottle of each; and and a 'major houses' tasting on day 2 wit...

Gosh, that really is uncommon. There's no tasting note for it on the tasting notes database; possibly a candidate for the in-the-works 'ports for which there isn't a tasting note on the tasting notes database' tasting...

All of DRT's points (bottle variation, attendance, free-pour, numbers) on my initial thoughts are entirely valid ones. But I cannot organise, because could not physically contemplate, the tasting he suggests...

I am not a 1970 baby, but am happy to step up to plate to organise this tasting should none of the 1970 babies be available to do so. Initial thoughts. - I suggest we wait for the outcome of nac's visit with AHB to 67 Pall Mall this week before we make a final decision on venue. - There are almost 6...

So: for those of us who classify Vesuvio as a VP, your VP% is 79%, which is much more in line with TPF average stats than the above 65% would otherwise suggest?

The bottle I am bringing is a half-litre; the OJW bottle decanted last night definitely lost at least 25ml in the decanting process. So, rest assured, we remain comfortably (i.e. very slightly) below 1.25 bottles per head.

@ nac - Given how the price of the 04 Nacional has leaped up since release, that sounds like a very good deal indeed!

@nac - question - why so much 12/13/14 Noval? Do you feel it is a house that is on a particular roll in those years, or is there a back story of which I am not aware?

Two bottles between us confirmed. OJW and I look forward to it!

If a couple of late additions might be acceptable- self plus OJW. If acceptable - OJW food order same as my standard, save that steak medium-rare as opposed to medium-well.

A bottle that was not quite right but that still held a little pleasure. Oporto bottled, good level, cork came out cleanly. Very strong burnt rubber tang on the nose, sufficient to make me shy away from the decanter other than for occasional test sampling purposes, for the first couple of days. Left...

This thread above all others is the one that led me to become active in this group, I find it oddly soothing to read and re-read. So I spent some pleasant time over the new year break doing a comprehensive cellar audit. As at 03/01/2020 my cellar comprises the following: Unfortified 57.6%; Fortified...

Tonight: Red Newt Cellars Dry Riesling 2015 from the Finger Lakes. Splendid with a chicken biryani, as rather more going on than its Rhine equivalent. The bottle of Seneca Shores NV Tawny (actually, a blend of 05, 09 and 14, from memory) that I acquired on the same visit to the US I will however sav...

@nac: thanks for the note on the 04 C-C. I am interested and impressed to know the 02 C-C is also still going strong. But, you are right, it's probably the best white wine vintage of the millennium so far, so... @ronnieroots: that Granit 30 is a gem, isn't it? Great rapport qualite/prix Last night: ...

....and I shall be in the country conducting a cellar audit, inter alia so that I may contribute appropriately to the statistics thread a couple of days later...

This widely-reported-upon port hardly needs further encomia but for completeness' sake... Decanted 26 hours before tasting note, but sealed and refrigerated overnight. Still dark red, 90% opaque. Still quite dumb on the nose, but some mint and eucalyptus and the faintest prickle of heat. On the fron...

There are some gems being consumed here! Apart from the ports, a tasting note on the Bonneau du Martray, please... this evening chez winesecretary is featuring a Beronia 1996 Rioja Riserva, which is a little more woody than perfection would require, but went adequately with the partridge. The rest o...

I delight in the fact that 'nothing too OTT' in TPF-world consists of a fine 49-year old VP and a 40-year old tawny... The abovementioned demi of '80 GC was delightfully figgy and ready to go but no particular hurry. I am just embarking on the Dow '80 which ( not news to any here but this is the fir...