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by DRT
15:48 Mon 20 Aug 2007
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: The micro Quinta...
Replies: 20
Views: 8932

I look forward to tasting Archer's Long Vintage 2010 sometime in 2025 :wink:

Derek
by DRT
15:22 Mon 20 Aug 2007
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: What is the . . .
Replies: 15
Views: 6416

The F-Plan is the shorthand name for

"The Port Forum Offline Number 2 - A Fonseca Vertical from 1920 to 2000 to be held at Conky's House, St Helens, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom on 1 September 2007. Planned start time 18:00"

F-Plan is just easier to remember :D

Derek
by DRT
15:11 Mon 20 Aug 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
Replies: 282
Views: 156197

Re: Decanting time and everything else

I'm intrigued by decanting the 2000 two days beforehand. I've had a few 2000s and they've always tasted impossibly fruity, so this may be just the thing - so I'm not disputing that one. That's the spirit of adventure we need on this type of occassion 88) I begin to wonder whether your version of de...
by DRT
13:40 Mon 20 Aug 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
Replies: 282
Views: 156197

Derek T. wrote:I will endeavour to follow your standard
by DRT
09:25 Mon 20 Aug 2007
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Help!!!!!
Replies: 17
Views: 6970

See here for closure on The Tiles issue

Derek
by DRT
09:24 Mon 20 Aug 2007
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: The Story of the Tiles
Replies: 1
Views: 1751

The Story of the Tiles

OK, the straw has broken the camels back with Alan's latest criticism and I will finally have to explain "The Tiles" :x Jo and I moved into our current home in November 2001. Not even 6 years ago. As is normal in such a situation we prioritised the decorating schedule in a way that would p...
by DRT
08:04 Mon 20 Aug 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
Replies: 282
Views: 156197

jdaw, Life is short and there are some things that end up at the bottom of one's list of priorities for no particular reason other than there are more important things to do on a particular day. Using nothing more than my fingers as an abacus and my previous experience of trying to obtain clear pict...
by DRT
23:50 Sun 19 Aug 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
Replies: 282
Views: 156197

Re: Decanting times

1920 : Once upon a time I had a Taylor 1927 that we started immediately after opening. It peaked at 15 minutes (not a very high peak, alas) and within the hour was sugary water. I see no harm in a zero-hour plan for the F20. If it needs more, well, we’ll have the whole evening. The only reason I pl...
by DRT
23:28 Sun 19 Aug 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
Replies: 282
Views: 156197

Decanting Times Here is my plan for decanting the wines. All wines will be decanted and then returned almost immediately to their original bottle and kept as close to cellar temperature as can be achieved until the arrive at Conky's. The bottles will only be stoppered for 1-2hrs during transportati...
by DRT
23:15 Sun 19 Aug 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
Replies: 282
Views: 156197

jdaw, Excellent, although I think I could live without the psychedelic version! Please deduct £10 from the price of the F63 as I quoted the wrong price, which has now been corrected by Tom. We will sort out the adjustment to contributions on the night. Are you planning to bring the mats and labels w...
by DRT
22:52 Sun 19 Aug 2007
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Help!!!!!
Replies: 17
Views: 6970

These are the 114 brave soldiers who returned safely from their torment at the nibbling mouths of the Silverfish Axis of Evil. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1012/1174187009_e306f42bcc.jpg None of their containers survived the ordeal and all were ruthlessly incinerated in my patio fire this evening ...
by DRT
10:02 Sun 19 Aug 2007
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Help!!!!!
Replies: 17
Views: 6970

Thanks, Tom - the job of removing all the bottles and throwing away the cases today will now be less stressfull :D

Derek
by DRT
09:23 Sun 19 Aug 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
Replies: 282
Views: 156197

Perhaps the best solution is for you to bring them with you, provided you will have access to the necessary printing facilities before you depart for the UK. I will test the colour printer next week. I think it is a colour laser printer rather than the ink/bubble-jet type so it may be fit for purpos...
by DRT
09:16 Sun 19 Aug 2007
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Getting in the spirit to go back to Portugal
Replies: 4
Views: 4639

Fred, Some impressive wines :D What a pity about your NN83. This certainly sounds like a flawed bottle as I would not expect a Nacional of this age to be showing such maturity, especially given that the provenance is as good as it could possibly be having been bought directly from the producer. Perh...
by DRT
09:08 Sun 19 Aug 2007
Forum: Beer, Spirits, Cigars, and Pork Pies
Topic: Broken Spur
Replies: 1
Views: 3285

Is it essential to have a plant growing through the middle of it? If so. please explain how this is achieved :lol:

Derek
by DRT
08:51 Sun 19 Aug 2007
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Favourites icon
Replies: 61
Views: 30353

Re: More barrel icons

Uncle Tom: if you send me a text file, 16 by 16, with letters meaning colours that you define (e.g., R = Ruby), then I can make and post your design. Alan (and other non Technical Anoraks), I'm only guessing here but I think the earlier quote from jdaw above means that favicons are drawings rather ...
by DRT
08:36 Sun 19 Aug 2007
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Help!!!!!
Replies: 17
Views: 6970

Stevie, That could be it. The colour is different (and more metalic) and the legs and antenna are much thinner than those of the specimin in the picture but the general body configuration is the same. I would assume that there are lots of different variations of these critters so I think this is wha...
by DRT
20:41 Sat 18 Aug 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
Replies: 282
Views: 156197

I don't have a personal DJ and have no plans to get one so it will be casual dress for me. For the next 2 weeks I will have access to an A3 colour printer. The final final final list is: Fonseca 1920 Fonseca 1963 Fonseca 1966 Fonseca 1970 Fonseca 1975 Fonseca 1977 Fonseca 1980 Fonseca 1983 Fonseca 1...
by DRT
18:41 Sat 18 Aug 2007
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Help!!!!!
Replies: 17
Views: 6970

I had the same thought, these could be portugues bugs. Global warming has definately not hit my sisters cellar.

Derek
by DRT
15:32 Sat 18 Aug 2007
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Help!!!!!
Replies: 17
Views: 6970

I can confirm that only one of the F-Plan bottles was in this case and the cork is intact.

Derek
by DRT
12:01 Sat 18 Aug 2007
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Help!!!!!
Replies: 17
Views: 6970

I've done some digging around on the net and the closest match I can find is (b) in the following image although the ones in my case are slightly fatter than this drawing. Now that I have seen them in daylight (which they do not like!) the colour is almost identical to the coat of a Weimaraner Has a...
by DRT
10:24 Sat 18 Aug 2007
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Help!!!!!
Replies: 17
Views: 6970

Help!!!!!

Around one third of my port collection is stored in a proper underground cellar under my sisters shop. I went down this morning to retrieve 3 of the bottles required for The F-Plan Offline and was horrified with what I found when I opened the case in which one of them was stored. The case is an OWC ...
by DRT
10:04 Sat 18 Aug 2007
Forum: Other Wines
Topic: Ideas Please
Replies: 2
Views: 3136

Thanks, Andy I'm also looking for any suggestions on how to make it fun for them. In previous conversations with AHB he told me that he has run port tastings for non-portoholics where he gets them to taste the wines blind and then pt them in order of least to most expensive or identify which style o...
by DRT
00:20 Sat 18 Aug 2007
Forum: Other Wines
Topic: Ideas Please
Replies: 2
Views: 3136

Ideas Please

My Mother is one of a group of dedicated individuals who have spent the past 25 years running a fund raising group. Suffice to say she is very good at it and has a medal awarded by the Pope to prove it :shock: Anyone interested in knowing more of this part of the story please PM me. As part of the p...
by DRT
23:46 Fri 17 Aug 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
Replies: 282
Views: 156197

The F Plan is now a certainty. The wines have been secured from each supplier and cash is begining to change hands. We now need to turn our attention to less important matters, in order of priority: 1. Glasses : we need lots of these. I have around 12 proper port glasses. KillerB has a few and Conky...