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From magnum; decanted off very little, sludgy sediment. Pale auburn in colour, with a rose rim. Floral honey on the nose, pleasant but not strong. Dusty sweet redcurrant jelly on the tongue, with the tannins showing through as a gentle dusty persistence. Floral and rose-water flavours in the mouth, ...

I'm in.

Does the fact that Chris is game mean that we can shoot him on August 12?

Can we reserve a couple of spots for guests who would not normally attend our offlines? Last year the fact we did this meant that Rute and Joao were able to join us.

The last two seats at the offline have now been taken, by a London based friend of Gustavo and our occasional port companion Nicos Neocleous.

The venue for the tasting is The Bowler, 32 Bowling Green Lane, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 0BJ, +44 20 7837 8340. We have a reservation from 18:30. I suggest that we aim to arrive for a 7pm start. We'll start with dinner and follow that with the offline, no doubt we will drink some of the ports with t...

KillerB wrote:

g-man wrote:very sad to not have met up with you guysm, but I was very lucky to have caught a plane back to the states before volcano faweofiqicffecv erupted again.

Were you in town? I had no idea, I would have travelled down.

We were, you would have, we would have been 5.

Next time.

Mature red in colour, showing the red / brown mix of maturity. Similar nose to the Warre 1970 shown alongside, but not as well developed; slightly hot, with All Spice and cherries. Slightly sweet entry, then full of dry cherries. Quite harsh on the sides of the tongue; joy, but with ripe cherry frui...

Russet brown, with a very light centre and a pale rim; looking as though it will be in its tertiary phase. Alcoholic on the nose, with a hint of rubber. Toffees all over the entry, then sweet redcurrant and some dryness on the edge of the tongue. Spicy acidity and lots of honey flavours on the palat...

Dark red, very young, opaque centre and deeply coloured rim. Loud blackcurrants all over the nose. Big, sweet and fruity in the mouth; so full of fruit that the peppery tannins are almost hidden. Sweet, deep blackcurrants on the aftertaste; long and lingering but not big in flavour. Soft and approac...

Please do create them, anything which saves me time and effort is appreciated. Please also feel free to copy the already posted W70 note.

DRT wrote:JDAW: Head for Marylebone - I'm chasing the Clipper in a canoe!

JDAW now in Marylebone. Reserve bottle of T35 brought in case first was corked now being decanted.

Early news reports on the candidates are now being received, as follows: Warre 1970 Decanted for 7.5 hours. Mature red in colour, clearly comfortably middle aged. Lovely warm nose, full of spicy redcurrants and cinnamon. Delightful entry, very balanced. Some aggression from a combination of acid, ta...

Did any of the electorate attempt to vote after 22:00? And, if so, were they refused the right to vote? If either of the above questions result in a "Yes" or a "No" then I object and demand a second ballot. The Presiding Officer and Returning Officer have consulted the electoral...

That’s unusually good estimating: or were the clues particularly helpful? (And which is ‟Ck”? If Cockburn, the standard abbreviation is plain ‟C”.) Meanwhile, the BBC reports that the choice of the electorate is not to choose. Or maybe the Blues. Or maybe a re-taste later. There were no clues, so...

The candidates have now revealed their true nature. The electorate guessed them to be:

Wine 1 - unknown shipper from '92; T70; F70 - was actually W70
Wine 2 - Ck64, Ck64, Mz55 - was actually T35
Wine 3 - G83, W83, W83 - was actually D83
Wine 4 - Roeda 97, Pocas 05, Vau 05 - was actually Roeda 97

Votes have been counted. Wine number 1 has been declared the representative for The Crusting Pipe by a majority of 4 votes.

Candidate number 2 has been described as "not repulsive enough to represent the Worker's Revolutionary Party, but is eccentric enough to be the Monster Raving Loony" of these wines.

Candidate number 4 clearly lacks experience, but is expressing potential for the future.

A late candidate has just arrived, fortunately before the polls close at 10pm.

Candidate number 3 is young and well rounded, but will probably do better at the next election.

Candidate number 1 is extremely persistent.

The three candidates have been presented to their electorate, and debate continues.

Did we once have a layout for 3 bottles that held glass circles and tasting notes on the same landscape sheet of A4? If this works, please could we do the same for tomorrow night? Thanks.

I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiments that you have written here. I hate the Sothebys e-catalogue and it is easily the least friendly for potential buyers - not infrequently do I decide that I do not have the time to browse and see if there is anything I am interested in. Web presence does seem...

But a country’s borrowing is somebody else’s saving. Country issuing bond = borrower. Entity purchasing bond = saver. Hmm, perhaps, but not the way that I would have expressed it. Many of the bond purchasers will be banks leveraging their capital bases to the extent permitted by their local regulat...

Latest update on arrangements: Attending: 1) THRA - the demi-centenarian 2) AHB 3) Oscar Quevedo 4) DRT 5) Chris Doty 6) RLC 7) KillerB 8) Keytohiway (DBM) 9) JDAW 10) Giles Wigoder 11) * spare seat 12) Gustavo Devesas 13) Raul Alex 14) * spare seat * - due to a withdrawl, there is a vacancy should ...