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If M&S is to be as long as three big characters, why not “M&S” (which has precedent )? Hadn't realised that "&" was in use. M&S would be fine I think. Am less keen on use of & (we normally drop it elsewhere e.g. BB&R, W&S etc). Appreciate MS is less clear vs Ms, so MAS or MSp preferred by me (but p...

What is or was the relationship between BN and Tp (if a stand-alone abbreviation, my preference)? George Thienpont . Also, a purchase by Gerwin . And by Axel . Perhaps this is simply BN70 bottled by Thienpont, in which case not meriting an abbreviation? Bottler, so this is BN . Disagree. That same ...

Welcome to TPF, and thanks for sharing the image and story. As far as I can tell, I can see no immediate connection between the Osborn brothers (no 'e' on the end) who were active in Porto in at least the mid 19th century with the Osborne family producing sherry since 1772, though they could of cour...

Confirmed, works for me.

Tentative yes please from me; will confirm either way asap.

Tasted at a friend's recent birthday, and not a wine I'd had the chance to taste before. Guessed to be a lesser-house '97 when initially tasted blind, this port seems to appear older than its true age. Believed to have been well stored, the wine is perhaps ~50% opaque, medium red with a brown edge; ...

Perhaps you need to buy a Quinta? Assuming you sold none whatsoever of the resulting production, while there would be a substantial reduction in the average age of your bottles (including current port stocks) in year 1, from year 2 onwards there would be an inexorable annual increase. Only provided...

Will send list of available bottles, costs and condition by email.

Can you link the source of the table - in case of any helpful surrounding text describing the criteria used to include a year in the table)? I suspect, given the obvious anomalies, it might simply be "whichever years I thought should be" per some individual? Perhaps it's intended as "years VP (ignor...

Either possible, 25th preferred

nac wrote:Warre vertical?

Potentially including some different shippers for the same vintage.

I'd be happy to organise this one if it was of interest...

I would love to do a full Warre vertical.

PhilW wrote:Reading on tapatalk - can't see the poll.
I agree that if having a lesser tasting and a greater tasting, the lesser should come first.

n.b. Still haven't voted as on Tapa; my pref would be <previous week> for lesser tasting, if that were one of the options.

Yes please!

Reading on tapatalk - can't see the poll.
I agree that if having a lesser tasting and a greater tasting, the lesser should come first.

Some thoughts on the thoughts above. Please try and give comments against the tentative conclusions I have outlined in bold . Good job trying to drive this forward Mike, and useful to summarise the starting point and options. In regard to tiers, there are obviously a number of ways to break things ...

That was a good early reminder! Ok then... At the of the start of 2020, my cellar comprises the following (2019 values in brackets for comparison): Port by type: 84% Vintage/SQVP (80%) 9% LBV/Crusted (10%) 7% Tawny/colheita/white (10%) Vintage port by shipper: The producers with highest representati...

As one of the 1970 vintage babies, have a vested interest in this. As such, AHB and I are going to look at 67 Pall Mall (of which I'm a shareholder) as a possible venue for hosting a 1970 tasting. 67 Pall Mall sounds like an interesting option (and an interesting place to visit); If not suitable fo...

Xmas eve/day we had a Croft '55 (following our tradition of a vintage Croft at Christmas) plus a good Riesling and a lovely Crement de Loire.

Have just taken out a Rebello Valente '63 for new year, along with a Pol Roger NV brut.

After a few relatively wine-free days, service resumes later today with some Musar loving friends coming for dinner. As such, the following have been pulled from the cellar in readiness: 1995 Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millenaires 1989 Chateau Musar White 1989 Chateau Musar Red (the "standard" cab...

WOTN scoring

I could use a good photo of the Canais '91 label if possible please?

The lettering is not as crisp as I would expect given the technology available in 77and the colours don’t seem right. I’m no expert, which is why I turned here for some advice. I keep meticulous records and I know from where this was purchased, which led me to thinking - how often are VP’s forged a...

I’d like to know what others think. I tend to prefer a single pattern on a set of placemats - or at least a coherent one; so: - outline or solid wording, with pattern filling in circles and clear background - outline or solid wording, with clear circles and pattern filled background - pattern-fille...

I hope everyone attending enjoyed this as much as I did. Having Sophia, Philip and Kit join us meant we were able to hear more of the history and in particular for this tasting the interaction between QdlR and the RV port production, which was excellent. Per the voting just posted above, WOTN was cl...