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Doggett wrote:please confirm if you are doing this tasting and want to join the after discussion.

Confirmed.

Many thanks also to both Alex for organising, and for Neil for arranging and sharing some ports for this tasting - much appreciated, thank you both.

My opinion is that the need for an abbreviation should arise from the winemaker’s intention to make a distinction between winemaking philosophies. Thus the winemaker clearly intends Croft Vintage Port to be viewed as distinct and different from Croft Quinta da Roeda Vintage Port; or Fonseca to be v...

jdaw1 wrote: ↑

19:46 Wed 28 Oct 2020

Mrs W. has a pro Zoom.

She does, but how did you know that?! Oh, you mean your wife...

Hi Brian; could you give us an idea of your rough location? Also it would be helpful to know the level of the wine in the bottle (i.e. with bottles stood upright, is the level of the wine above or below the join of the main bottle body and the neck, and by roughly how much. Cheers (and welcome to TP...

Thanks for the heads-up Simon, I will be up for it (and post-zoom zoom if others are too)

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I'd love another 6 bottles please if you have enough to spare. No rush at all.

My notes indicate that when I was at the Yeatman in 2011 the price for a 50ml pour of Scion was EUR 100. In 2015 it was still available in the Taylor's lodge next to the Yeatman, I *think* for the same price, possibly slightly more. And while we're on the topic, you can currently buy a glass of the...

Sounds good.

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22:23 Fri 09 Oct 2020

AHB wrote: ↑

20:08 Fri 09 Oct 2020

The price is EUR 350, for one of the 350 bottles released to celebrate the 350th anniversary of Warre.

I think there may be a pattern to this!

Nope. Can’t see it.

Apparently you have to read their press release 350 times to reveal it.

I agree it's definitely your image, cropped. It hasn't come from the VPID because it's still in my (long overdue) update, so it can only have come from TPF assuming you didn't post it anywhere else. I don't know who/how images are loaded onto/by wine-searcher. I suspect someone who owns a bottle or ...

No details yet for QdlR on the 14th? They might be cutting it fine to have time to sell "tickets" and ensure the wines are delivered in time unless they start soon...

I find the Durand to work extremely well on (generally older) fragile corks where identification is not an issue. For unknowns I prefer to use tongs where possible, otherwise using other corkscrews rather than pushing in, since the external face of the cork is not always clean.

FG was mentioned mischievously, precisely because it’s so awkward. Based on usual practice and the above picture, we should have a separate abbreviations for Fonseca Guimaraens and the various Guimaraens SQVPs. Potentially also for a straight Guimaraens VP, if such a thing was ever produced. Indeed...

Given a list of attendees, I’ll do my traditional thing. it seems that I will be attending. I think that no tasting mats are required. but how will you know which is yours, and which is Wolfgang's port(s)? BTW - I plan on opening a bottle for tonight/tomorrow, so would be up for joining via zoom, i...

A decision is needed, and I think it should be the following. As yet, there is no need for a new abbreviation for Quinta do Javali Maria Luísa. It might be that, in time, one becomes appropriate, but with the information we have now, not yet. I'm not aware of any urgency for a decision, however if ...

Sorry Alex, no chance for me to get to London atm, work too busy.

Reminder: Jv = Quinta do Javali. Is Maria Luísa different juice, or merely more verbose branding? I believe it is the designation for their special vines, which would suggest JvML If so, then I agree with the abbreviation. But I think more research is warranted before adding to the list for somethi...

jdaw1 wrote: ↑

21:04 Wed 16 Sep 2020

Reminder: Jv = Quinta do Javali. Is Maria Luísa different juice, or merely more verbose branding?

I believe it is the designation for their special vines, which would suggest JvML

One previous thread of interest might be this one.
It's an interesting topic worthy of revisit; I'll try and summarise my thoughts when I have more time.

Unfortunately I'm no longer able to join you this evening.

Either of ROCo or ROCv would work for me. I prefer the latter as lead letter of next syllable, but accept the former allows better differentiation.

As Neil, I have the interest but not the '20. Closest I get is an unknown '22 in very good condition; I could rub away the lower part of the final digit and claim it as a "believed '20" but should probably save it for a couple of years instead.