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Latest version of the food order v4 submitted, including last minute guest changes requested.

flash_uk wrote: ↑

12:47 Tue 19 Nov 2019

I've booked into The Cricketers.

As have I.

Updated and hopefully final version of the food order v3 now submitted, to include changes for non-available items, believed all now ok with B&F. Is the link correct? Thank you, no it was not - I'd failed to update the version on this link. However, one of our guests has just requested a change, so...

Updated and hopefully final version of the food order v3 now submitted, to include changes for non-available items, believed all now ok with B&F.

Food order submitted. Potential menu confusion seems to be either a caching issue, or B&F website needs update, or both. Charles linked the correct menu, so ribeyes and mac and cheese still available. Our order is therefore mostly fine, but three items not available - Tony's and Axel's starters (per...

jdaw1 wrote: ↑

10:53 Mon 18 Nov 2019

uncle tom wrote: ↑

10:13 Mon 18 Nov 2019

Did I taste the NN60? I don't recall doing so - but I do recall spending most of the evening standing for want of space!

But I struggle to believe that a glass of Nacional was left within reach of Tom Archer, yet went untouched.

Perhaps it wasn't untouched; who was sat next to him?

Phil could I change my starter to Burrata please. Done. Please could I change my order to be: - no starter - homemade burger with cheese, fries, pickle etc - burger to be cooked medium rare Done. There is an even bigger probem with that menu - No Welsh rarebit! Fortuntly I think there may be a some...

jdaw1 wrote: ↑

12:23 Sun 17 Nov 2019

uncle tom wrote: ↑

10:28 Sun 17 Nov 2019

I've never had the NN60 - sounds like I've not missed much..

Yes you have. You attended your fiftieth birthday event, at The Bowler, at which there was NN60.

G'day Derek!

Draft of the food order . Will be submitted on Monday, please advise of any changes required before then. n.b. I note that the current menu has moved on, and no longer has ribeye (for which I will state that substitution with Sirloin is fine if needed), and neither the Goats' cheese salad nor truffl...

I'm in.

I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to make the 9th Dec in London, so please open up my space to a reserve; thanks.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑

16:13 Tue 12 Nov 2019

The draft of the placemats has been updated.

Thanks Julian. I can't help but notice that if the columns alternated direction then the 60s, 63s and 70s would also all be next to each other...

The choice between AH or vintner has a number of factors: at AH, the buyer collects or arranges delivery, so that may be simpler for selling to a non-local vintner, depending whether a local vintner will offer you a decent price; however if a local vintner will offer a good price that will almost al...

A request has come from AHB, which I paraphrase here. He was guillotining a page of decanter labels , and wanted thin grey lines between them to guide his chopping. I have two sources of reluctance, on which comment is invited. <snip ...> Please comment. I agree with the second point, though unders...

All attendees should now have an email confirming the bottles they are bringing and costs. If anyone hasn't received it, please let me know by PM. Sophia has also confirmed that she will be bringing the QdlR '63 and '70, which should give us an excellent and interesting comparison between the QdlR a...

It's more than a bit confusing when different people give quite different scores. For any wine critic's scores to be useful to you, you really need to watch their scores regularly and compare your own preferences to their notes. Yes, their notes, not their scores. The number is just a relative meas...

Did I promise anything for this? What gaps are there? I do have a 27 - not sure of the condition. Maybe a few other vintages. Have PM'd you. I now have all costs etc sorted for the current bottle line-up, so once I've exchanged emails with Tony in case there are any further bottles we might be able...

I have also just noticed a bottle of Niepoort '57 colheita at Charterhouse auctions next week; I can't see the bottling date, but from labelling it looks more recent, which would make it slightly more valuable also. Their estimate is 60-100 (hammer, so subtract ~20% fees for what the seller might re...

I think you may do a little better than jdaw's estimate, though not hugely unless you are just lucky. Bottles of the same wine in similar condition have sold at auction for between £120 and £220 over the last couple of years (noting prices were inflated during 2017 for '57s due to anniversaries), wh...

That sounds like good advice. One potential reason for seep may simply be the temperature differences the bottle has been through, and whether it was upright or lying down, while going to/from and at the auction house. I would suggest keeping it upright in your cellar for a couple of days, then lie ...

Hi, just an update to all, to let everyone know that I haven't forgotten about this tasting; I'm currently waiting on Tom in order to finalise costs, but I know Tom is very busy with the fireworks currently so it may be next week before I start asking for monies and chasing food orders. My bottle of...

Much thanks due to all for last night's tasting, with additional guests Paul and a surprise showing by Chris D. Particular thanks to JDAW for organising during my recent absence leading up to the tasting, and for preparing a most unexpected gift of the book of the evening - my very own special editi...

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AHB wrote: ↑

22:22 Tue 15 Oct 2019

Phil - do you want the spot?

Yes please.