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Another fascinating tasting took place at The Crusting Pipe on January 26th, which featured 9 different LBvs thanks to the generosity of Alex K who was the surprise appearance of the night. We had an academically interesting vertical of Taylor 1965, 1967, 1969 and 1979. The conclusion I came to was ...

I find it fascinating to see that the effect of phyloxera, in the 1860s, set the industry back barely 20 years in volume terms and with a huge rate of recovery. Given how many moratorios are still visible in the Douro it is fascinating to speculate what happened to generate such a quick and substant...

Giles Wigoder has confirmed that he will be with us tonight and will be bringing a Taylor 1969

Updated draft of the placemats . ”“SAW, ”“” , ”“â—Š, ”“•; +♥, +♣, +♦, +â™ . Please check carefully. JDAW - With the absence of SAW, my bottle has reverted back to being a Taylor 1967. Jacob - if you are happy and able to print, that would be most appreciated. All - I will be arriving around 7...

clawhit wrote:6 x Fonseca 1985

Good choice!

While in Cornwall over a long weekend I spent a few minutes browsing in a particularly good second hand bookshop that I know. I bought a copy of ‟A Handbook of Wine” by William J Todd, published by Jonathan Cape of Eleven Gower Street, London in 1922. William J Todd died in 1941, which means that t...

jdaw1 wrote:Forgot to ask: do people have a strong preference between bridge order (♣, ♦, ♥, â™ ) and Yogi’s Whist order (♦, â™ , ♥, ♣)?

My preference is ♥, ♣, ♦, ♠ but this is not a strong preference.

[I'm very happy with a Warre 1999 but would prefer something older than the 2004 Infantado, if that's possible - even if in half bottle. No problems; will dig out a couple of halves rather than the Infantado. Also, CHR would like to bring a +1 who was supposed to come to the ‟are we wasting our mon...

First draft of the placemats . People = AHB, DRT, JGH, RLC, RAYC, CHR, SAW, GW. Does Giles Widoger have any extra initials? Everybody right-handed? Ports = AHB, DRT, JGH, RLC, RAYC, CHR, SAW, GW, ♣, ♦, ♥, ♠. No decanter labels. No pre-pour sheets. No placenames. Please check carefully. Plac...

Looking through my cellar it turns out I have some more LBVs from the 90s but most are in halves. If RAYC is bringing the Smith Woodhouse 1995, would it be acceptable if I bring a 1999 Warre and CHR brings a 2004 Quinta do Infantado to increase the number of younger LBVs? My preference would be to ...

Mount them and frame them in a montage with a letter from Oscar and some photos of the vinyards around Sao Joao de Pesquera?

The largest :tpf: tasting yet was the 1970 Horizontal in January 2009 , weighing in at 35 bottles. The updated draft of placemats has 32 bottles: four more and we can set a new record. Surely we can’t refuse an opportunity like that. We need: Fonseca 2007, 2003, 1994, 1983, 1975 (yes, I know), 1955...

jdaw1 wrote:Placemats? Please could I be instructed on this matter. Who, what, etc.

While placemats would be very welcome, full details will be difficult. Perhaps spaces for glasses denoted by people rather than by wines? The people are listed in this post on this thread.

Thanks.

Could I bring a guest to this tasting? Shaun (SAW) attended the 'Cold Turkey' event at The Bell and thoroughly enjoyed it, so he wants to get a bit more involved. He will no doubt need to adopt if this is acceptable. Shaun is most welcome. I believe that DRT said he had some LBVs available for adop...

I bought a case of Dow 1985 at retail (from Farr Vintners) last year and paid £420 for a case (duty paid) which had been in their storage facilities since shipping - so perfect conditions. I would expect to buy this at auction for about £340, which would translate to a net price to the seller after ...

i agree with the sentiment, but i wouldn't even begin to guess how the logistics would work for those people not in the immediate area. Do you ask th em to send a check? Clearly, you can't send cash in the mail. What if the check bounces and you're hit with a 20$ bank surcharge fee? How about payme...

A place holder for offered vintages... Edit 18th January: We have offered so far: Fonseca: 1960,1963,1966,1970,1977,1980,1985,1992,1997,2000 Fonseca Guimaraens: 1942 (poss),1962 (poss),1965,1968,1972,1976,1978,1984,1986,1988,1991,1996 A vague plan is emerging to focus on the FG and intersperse them...

And technical information that is only available in printed form can be scanned and made available in PDF format. JDAW and I were exchanging PMs earlier today and a brainwave struck me. Wouldn't it be wonderful if one of the Port Producers created a Wikipedia style community on their website where n...

This has been an extremely interesting thread to read. I know that we are relatively few on The Port Forum and a larger number of FTLOP but still small when compared to the overall market for port - but we are the passionate ambassadors for the product and heavily promote the purchase of port. It wo...

I would suggest 12 hours for all except the following:
1960 - 6 to 8 hours
1994 - 24 to 36 hours
2007 - 24 to 48 hours

And depending on how many of you are drinking that night, you might want to take home a sample bottle or two and post a tasting note on the port the following evening.

So far, I have been lucky with the offlines that I have organised and with one exception have always been able to fill any spaces left by last minute non-attendees. I have considered how to accommodate last minute drop-outs and came up with the following thoughts: (1) Where I am laying out a conside...

First draft of placemats . to tease DRT and JDAW1 into making this the most complete vertical ever achieved! So far, we are rubbish and will be going thirsty. I laughed out loud when I saw the draft placemat for the Fonseca Guimaraens vertical - with 1 bottle of Guimaraens and 4 bottles of Fonseca ...

I'm still available!

I read this thread with a lot of amusement. While I thoroughly agree with the sentiment of what is written, I do so love Julian's style. I find it unbelievable that I cannot go to a major producer's website and easily find details of old wines, recent tasting notes for them (or not so recent) and ha...

jdaw1 wrote:

SCP-DFF wrote:site

Standards fall further: cite.

How's the black eye?

At least, that's what I would receive for a comment such as this!