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- 10:13 Sun 12 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Tasting - 16 May 2024
- Replies: 96
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Re: Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Tasting - 16 May 2024
Is most certainly is!
- 05:22 Sat 11 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
- Replies: 169
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Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
Julian - I am immensely obliged.
Glenn - thank you, and I am glad we are not needing to rely on your fast cellar access.
Glenn - thank you, and I am glad we are not needing to rely on your fast cellar access.
- 21:23 Fri 10 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
- Replies: 169
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Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
The inevitable has happened and I cannot find my half case of 1985 Graham. 60,80,83 etc I can find but not 85.
I am happy to fork out for anyone else’s bottle of 85 Graham, if they have one to hand that they can bring along.
I am happy to fork out for anyone else’s bottle of 85 Graham, if they have one to hand that they can bring along.
- 15:03 Tue 07 May 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
- Replies: 55
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Re: May 23rd, 2024 - LBV - The Young Turks
Tom, my sincere apologies, I now have to be elsewhere for work on this evening.
- 12:08 Fri 26 Apr 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Tasting - 16 May 2024
- Replies: 96
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Re: Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Tasting - 16 May 2024
Starter: green salad
Main: harissa chicken
Pudding: Welsh rarebit
Thank you
Main: harissa chicken
Pudding: Welsh rarebit
Thank you
- 02:33 Fri 26 Apr 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
- Replies: 169
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Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
Starter: green salad
Main: harissa chicken
Pudding: Welsh rarebit
Main: harissa chicken
Pudding: Welsh rarebit
- 08:19 Thu 18 Apr 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
- Replies: 169
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Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
Confirm, agreed, confirm
- 21:39 Thu 11 Apr 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1970 Sandeman
- Replies: 0
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1970 Sandeman
A bottle from the recent Blenheim Palace clear out. Level into neck. Short cork but excellent seal and came out clean, violets bursting from bottle as I did so. Half hour decant. A lovely clear mature garnet. Liquorice and cranberry on the nose. Strawberries and cream on front palate, cranberry and ...
- 16:15 Tue 09 Apr 2024
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: London in May
- Replies: 17
- Views: 28653
Re: London in May
The Alchemist chain is fine so long as you like house music (and not talking). Your experience may vary.
- 19:42 Mon 08 Apr 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Thursday 11th April - Decanting Experiment plus some drinkers
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4636
Re: Thursday 11th April - Decanting Experiment plus some drinkers
Today has gone well. There is an outside chance we may be done Thursday night, in which case I will turn up with a thirst and a hopeful expression (not with the Judge in tow though).
- 19:31 Mon 08 Apr 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Tues 8th October - Old v New & Undisturbed
- Replies: 20
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- 20:09 Fri 05 Apr 2024
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: Non Festive Drinking
- Replies: 119
- Views: 35205
Re: Non Festive Drinking
A good Gruaud Larose is truly a thing of beauty.
- 20:33 Sun 31 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1977 Warre
- Replies: 0
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1977 Warre
The usual light red, more rose than garnet, of Warre 1977. Both the almond crumb and the raspberry jam of the Bakewell tart were present and correct. Decanted for two hours and consumed over two nights and every glassful good drinking. Better on its own than with anything. Cheese interfered with the...
- 20:00 Wed 27 Mar 2024
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: 1994s, B&F, Tue 26 Mar 2024
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4458
Re: 1994s, B&F, Tue 26 Mar 2024
@Mike J.W. - I'd serve Warre, Dow, Vesuvio, Croft, Crasto, Smith Woodhouse on one night, and Taylor, Fonseca, Graham, Gould Campbell, Ferreira, Noval the next. That way you're pretty much guaranteed to have people holding up two or three wines each night and saying 'now THAT's port'.
- 13:53 Wed 27 Mar 2024
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: 1994s, B&F, Tue 26 Mar 2024
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4458
Re: 1994s, B&F, Tue 26 Mar 2024
Well that's reasonably emphatic.
- 23:22 Mon 25 Mar 2024
- Forum: Other Fortified Wines
- Topic: A Rare Wine on a Rare Date - Carcavelos back to 1906
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4299
Re: A Rare Wine on a Rare Date - Carcavelos back to 1906
Carcavelos is a name that appears on some C18th silver wine labels thus a testament to the UK fondness for it.
- 23:18 Mon 25 Mar 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Thursday 11th April - Decanting Experiment plus some drinkers
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4636
Re: Thursday 11th April - Decanting Experiment plus some drinkers
I remain sorrowful about my inability to attend but it’s bad form to walk out of a court hearing to go to a tappit hen tasting.
- 07:35 Wed 20 Mar 2024
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: London in May
- Replies: 17
- Views: 28653
Re: London in May
Why not go to the Tower of London? Tickets are 35 from historic royal palaces ( hrp.org.uk ). An audio guide is an extra £4. Tell me what it’s like if you do as I’ve lived in London for 29 years and never been. I agree with Martin that the Soane museum is interesting but it’s also more than slightly...
- 22:15 Sat 16 Mar 2024
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1994s, Tue 26 Mar 2024
- Replies: 109
- Views: 35879
Re: 1994s, Tue 26 Mar 2024
My sincere apologies, but I am now no longer going to be able to come to this tasting. I am deluged with work.
- 13:01 Sun 10 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1990 Quinta de la Rosa LBV
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1372
Re: 1990 Quinta de la Rosa LBV
A deep gold. Colour dropped out. Rather odd nose. Smells of turps with a little bit of bleach in the background. No fruit character. On palate, orange. Rather less unpleasant than nose would suggest.
- 12:59 Sun 10 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1307
Re: 1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV
A shimmering mahogany. Dumb spirity nose. Palate a bit lacking. Some prune on the finish. Not right IMHO.
- 12:58 Sun 10 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1978 Quarles Harris LBV
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1226
Re: 1978 Quarles Harris LBV
Brownish. Yellow rim. Prunes on nose. Chocolate and cream on palate. A little tea.
- 12:56 Sun 10 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1982 Warre LBV (unfiltered)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1129
Re: 1982 Warre LBV (unfiltered)
Paler than the 1981. This is very nice port.
- 12:55 Sun 10 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1981 Warre LBV
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1180
Re: 1981 Warre LBV
A beautiful red. Palate packed with rich red fruit and so smooth. The best 1981 port I've ever had.
- 12:53 Sun 10 Mar 2024
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1979 Warre LBV
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1265
Re: 1979 Warre LBV
Beautifully mature deep red. A little dumb on the nose. Beautiful palate. By a margin the best 1979 I have ever had.