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A Tuke Holdworth vertical was requested at a recent tasting; on discussion we had a reasonable amount of interest but very few bottles between us; not really enough. Rather than expanding the tasting with additional Brands or just additional good VPs, the preference was to save the bottles for other...

Most definitely, yes please. Have '60 and '70.

Opened 21:45. Bottle top covered with a coffee filter, to keep out insects. Sound like you need to bury the bodies, not leave them in your cellar. Obviously there should also be a "Bottle top covered with muslin" bottle for comparison, also. Sadly no chance for last-minute attendance this...

Massive thanks to Neil for putting this together, and the tenacity to make is still happen after a number of rescheduling issues, and to Neil and Tony for supplying the hard ports. A thoroughly enjoyable evening, and great that Tiago was able to join us as well (and that Harry could stay! Hurrah!).

I’d also avoid F80, but only because it’s not a great wine. Perhaps it’s one for you to buy and try so you can make up your own mind. The last bottle of F80 I had was delicious, but looking back at my tasting notes of 1980 vintage port, my top two highest rated bottles of 1980 vintage port are both...

nac wrote: ↑16:27 Mon 20 Feb 2023 Sorry - forgot to add the 1977 Cockburn Special Release that TC offered up. Now fixed.

I believe the Ck77 special is from JDAW not TC?

Food order please:
- Starter: Grilled flatbread with lemon and coriander houmous
- Main: Sirloin steak - medium rare - please please bearnaise sauce, fries
Thanks.

How many of these are there now? Is it just these five: Graham’s Stone Terraces; Taylor’s QdVVV; Qd Noval Nacional; Niepoort Bioma (& friends); and Croft Sērikos? You're also missing at least Vesuvio Capela, and the Warre Vinha Velhas (only one release to date, in 2020 for the 350th anniversary...

PhilW wrote: ↑16:56 Thu 05 Jan 2023I will be unlikely to be able to make this tasting as well; please move me to reserve.

Still unlikely (as I note I'm in main list).

I'm talking to Zak about having 2 (or more) machines running tomorrow night. The tentative plan is that Zak can broadcast via YouTube but we can have people joining remotely on a Teams / Zoom / WhatsApp / Other link with one per person per PC around the table. That should give both a clear view of ...

From the Summary table in the book (v1, I don't have access to v2 while at work) we have: - Produced and sold: D, F, G, N, RP, T (note table not distinguishing SQVP from VP, although chapters ofc do). - Produced, probably sold: GB - Perhaps: BN - Unlikely: OBV From the tasting notes section of TPF w...

Ch82: Opened 07:30, decanted 14:00, quality sample check result: "oh yes"

ok; I will bring Ch82.
Julian will bring F85.
Initial post updated for revealed ports and AHB non-availability.

A possible alternative to random deliciousness, partiuclarly if it turns out there are only two of us. There are a couple of head-to-heads I've been wanting to try: - (PW's) best of the 80s : Ch82 vs F85 - (PW's) best of the 77s : Ni77 vs F77 I may have had the latter alongside each other, though do...

I'm in. Will bring "something delicious to share" unless told otherwise.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑00:20 Wed 04 Jan 2023 Too complicated for me. Added anyway.

Warre Private cellar tasting has been confirmed to be going ahead, so as indicated I will be unlikely to be able to make this tasting as well; please move me to reserve.

Yes, and have RV77 mage available, but... will depend on whether the postponed Warre Private cellar tasting goes ahead on Feb 23rd, as I'm unlikely to make both; the Warre tasting has been multiply-postponed, and the current date might or might not be provisional (sign-ups unclear in thread etc).

So you want a three-level hierarchy of directions (down then across then down), by dividing into pairs of rows. I think a two-level hierarchy would be more intuitive for most users. I think most people would understand "four A6 pages on an A4 sheet" which is all I was looking for; you're ...

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑09:42 Wed 14 Dec 2022 and at the White Horse Inn at 23.59.

(S)He's going to have to drive really fast to avoid pumpkins.

Generalised form: Page is divided into CxR "cells" with T tasting notes per cell. i.e. C = Number of columns per sheet R = Number of rows per sheet (n.b. rows of cells, not tasting note rows) T = Number of tasting notes per cell For 8 tasting notes per page, your preference is 2,1,4; mine ...

jdaw1 wrote:What ordering do you prefer?

1 3
2 4
5 7
6 8

I'm considering it as A6 book, and then parameter tastingNotesPerA6Page, in this case =2. Previous example was =3.

No flaw in your intention, just a difference of preference. Mine is for A6 book (=A5 open as two-page with centre vertical fold, or A6 folded). Yours provides capability for sub-A6, but at the cost of less optimal A6 book.

Please critique or approve. Tentative approval. A suggestion; when folded, I would expect we will fold at mid of long side first, then the other, such that the created A6-book has the fold at spine, not bottom. Having done this, with the current arrangement we would have 1,2,3 on left, and 5,6,7 on...

jdaw1 wrote: ↑20:22 Fri 09 Dec 2022 Paperwork: TNs + vote recorders + decanting notes + accounts + cork display.

Perhaps... booklet-form tasting notes?

I will start getting the usual food order together tomorrow unless anyone has an issue: Smoked salmon 14oz fillet steak + chips Vanilla ice cream and gravy Stollen slices A selection of British cheeses + biscuits That sounds absolutely wonderful Thank you Tom! Agreed. I ate far too much of the deli...