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I crossed the Spain-Portugal border yesterday and spent the whole day cycling south through Braganca, Mirandela and Vila Flor in horrible rain storms, though there looked like there may be sunshine to the South. Am posting this from Pocinho, where there has definitely been substantial rain overnight...

Ah yes - and they go quite some way back too - at least to 1982 from memory

For 2000, 2003 and 2007 (maybe others, but those I know) both a Cockburn's and a Quinta dos Canais were made. Also Martinez in each of those years. Might be interesting to line up and taste. There are a few older ones, too. Taylor and Taylor’s Quinta de Vargellas 1970 (albeit the latter was a bit o...

It has been interesting watching this from Spain over the last couple of weeks, where the referendum and it's implications for Spanish domestic politics suddenly caught a lot of national media attention, as well as following the impassioned social media debates of London-based Scots who have not act...

On reflection, I think saying 'is a Tappit Hen 2.1L or 2.25L?' is only an extension of saying 'is a bottle 70cL or 75cL?' Has AHB tried filling one of his empty tappit hens with water to the original fill line to determine the actual capacity? I must admit that whenever I've done this with a port m...

Apologies - i haven't been checking the board while on sabbatical so didn't see the questions coming my way. And double apologies - particularly to Glenn - as rain / bike breakages in the Pyrenees means that I am so far behind schedule that I have had to change my flight back and will now miss this ...

Please put me down for this if there is still space - not sure what I'll bring yet - has anyone tried the Taylor 1964 release yet?

jdaw1 wrote:First post amended to add letters. Somebody please check.

In B, c, f and h you have the pairing listed the wrong way round - the 63 was the first port of the pair.

First post amended to add letters. Somebody please check. Two conclusions. • Whoever did the mess-up should recuse himself from such activities in the future. • We should be less ambitious about our ability to self-blind. The more complicated the required self-blinding, the more steps must be done ...

Due to the mis-pairing, the relative 60-63 scores that were initially taken for each pairing were unfortunately compromised. But there were some interesting scores from the WOTN voting (ex-scores from WS1 and Kevin). Scoring was the usual 6 point system (with no more than 3 points per port no less t...

I think this was the line-up (note that the As and Es are not matching shippers, which was how it was revealed on the night): A roman -> W60 A italic -> D60 B roman -> F63 B italic -> F60 C roman -> S63 C italic -> S60 D roman -> T63 D italic -> T60 E roman -> D63 E italic -> W63 F roman -> G63 F i...

We're en route with port - eta 6.45 - 6.50. Stay calm if you're the only one there!

CMWB (right-handed) will also be attending, and using a spare set of placemats if too late to change!

I'm also happy to print, and may be easier given the decanting at mine.

Are we saving corks and doing a cork display?

In view of number of people: - is it worth 2 flights of 7 ports with second flight being poured by a couple of volunteers while others eat? Or fitting the fourteen 66 VPs onto 1 A3 sheet? - asking TBH to put the air conditioning on to full? (will also help if ports will sit in glass for a long time,...

Tom, How do you fancy one last hangover? Perhaps your uncle could also join the fun? What you have presented to us looks like a very nice tasting of mature Vintage Port. If we saved the duplicates we would have 14 different Ports, which is just enough for 14 strong men in one sitting. We could even...

A very interesting and well-picked little selection for drinking - however, I suspect its re-sale value will be far lower than the potential enjoyment it could bring, so slightly unfortunate that port no longer agrees with you! 1 x Dow's Vintage Port 1981 Presumably this one is "Late Bottled Vi...

I like this port - even for drinking in the short to mid-term (though perhaps the 98 is more ready right now). Plus it still seems to be available at such a crazy price in the UK - must be one of the best QPR ports in my cellar.

Axel, Dirk, Tom and I are doing the decanting at my flat - Tom has sourced generic clean wine bottles and we have adequate bodies to ensure that port ends up in pairs that are blind to everyone but which have a safe audit trail to ensure identification at the end. So no need to worry!

jdaw1 wrote:What does “Blind pairs” mean? Possibilities:
• Pairs identified as pairs, but without further information?

This one, i believe, save that we have additional information through knowing the universe of pairs.

Please confirm shippers and ordering thereof. • Who? People? • Please inspect carefully (carefully!) to verify everything. Shippers should be A1, A2, B1, B2 etc. x 8 pairs. See Tom's earlier post upthread. Not sure about people - in Tom's court - but could be: 1. EDN 2. THRA 3. THRA + 1 [RLC?] 4. R...

jdaw1 wrote:

flash_uk wrote:And me - did you want advanced announcement of what people are planning to bring, or blind?

Our host has announced (FG78 and Ch85), so I will as well: G80 (as I don’t have many 8s to hand).

Don't forget that you have a good number of "8s" in my wine fridge!

Tom will refresh the plan / first post this afternoon!

jdaw1 wrote:

SushiNorth wrote:I'm now trying to make sense of the tastings occurring in London during this time period.

Multiple plans have gone very awry.

...but this event is still on - I'd give Tom a pm / email.