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- 12:30 Sun 25 Sep 2022
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 83@40 2023 - May 25th
- Replies: 115
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83@40 2023 - May 25th
A while since I last hosted a London event, so I thought I'd take charge of this one. Date: Thursday, May 25th Theme: The 1983 vintage at 40, a horizontal Location: Boot & Flogger - booking now confirmed I have 16 different '83s available (with other people's wines also noted): Berry Brothers Ow...
- 18:23 Sat 24 Sep 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Vintage 2022
- Replies: 40
- Views: 8037
Re: Vintage 2022
Interesting report on the vintage - likening it to '48 is a bit of a tease - I wonder if there will be a limited number of very good VPs made? Which, curiously, also happened in 1922..
- 22:36 Thu 22 Sep 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Cellar diary
- Replies: 87
- Views: 22133
Re: Cellar diary
Wow consistent are the weight of empty bottles of the same type? Empty bottles seem to be more constant in weight back in the sixties than they are today. Reason? - because (I think) with new bottle making technology they could; before realising that this new found ability didn't make them any mone...
- 19:16 Mon 19 Sep 2022
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1997 Niepoort
- Replies: 1
- Views: 439
Re: 1997 Niepoort
I popped one a little over year ago - moderate VA, but nothing like enough to render the bottle undrinkable. I noted that without that, it would be a monster of a wine, but not the brooding type that says 'come back in half a century' - it was readily approachable.
- 13:22 Sun 18 Sep 2022
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1932 Gonzalez Byass Garrafeira
- Replies: 0
- Views: 552
1932 Gonzalez Byass Garrafeira
Bottled 1935, decanted 1970 - Decanted again yesterday on the occasion of my uncle's 90th birthday. This, I think, the first time I've ever popped a garrafeira, and the only one I've ever come across one at auction that was not made by Niepoort. A moderately light, aromatic, balanced and most elegan...
- 16:32 Wed 14 Sep 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Cellar diary
- Replies: 87
- Views: 22133
Re: Cellar diary
Another case inspected, this time a Gould Campbell '85, the remaining eleven bottles after the case was originally opened for the Nov '15 '85 horizontal, with the bottles first weighed soon after. Levels good, all in neck, and ordered according to visual level. Two of the bottles had stained selos, ...
- 21:18 Sun 11 Sep 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: An Evening of Port with the Symington's, Tuesday 28th November at BBR and Friday1st December 2023 at 67 Pall Mall
- Replies: 24
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Re: An Evening of Port with the Symington's, Thursday 1st December 2022
They might well sell the places on this, but it seems badly over-priced, and the selection of ports on offer looks scattergun and lacking a theme.
- Not for me.
- Not for me.
- 12:41 Sat 10 Sep 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Cellar diary
- Replies: 87
- Views: 22133
Re: Cellar diary
That’s an interesting question. Might have problems with strength, though? Particularly with uneven loading or the like? I wonder about PVC piping as an alternative? The only way to work out strength would be to trial a range of wall thicknesses. A rigid frame or tie straps to stop the tubes from f...
- 17:04 Fri 09 Sep 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Cellar diary
- Replies: 87
- Views: 22133
Re: Cellar diary
I am just wondering why you don’t weigh them as soon as you have them physically to give you a base measurement. Starting at 18 years seems like it may miss being able to spot a trend of loss at an earlier point. Or is that being completely silly? From a practical stance, although I am now up to 37...
- 11:58 Fri 09 Sep 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Cellar diary
- Replies: 87
- Views: 22133
Re: Cellar diary
I've always been a bit of a 'systems guy' - working out solutions and then refining them. My working assumption with weighing young bottles was that an interval of at least six years, and preferably a little more, would usually flag up those bottles with corks that were likely to be early candidates...
- 15:44 Sun 04 Sep 2022
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Thu 15 December 2022 - The Port Forum's 15th Xmas Tasting
- Replies: 82
- Views: 26307
Re: Thu 15 December 2022 - The Port Forum's 15th Xmas Tasting
By pure coincidence, the date coincides with what would have been my late father's 100th birthday. With that in mind, I shall be providing a 1922. My father's preferred tipples were beer, and in restaurants 'a good fruity Hock' My knowledge of German wines is very limited - if anyone has a suitable ...
- 15:23 Fri 26 Aug 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Cellar diary
- Replies: 87
- Views: 22133
Re: Cellar diary
I have only ever had a single bottle sealed with a t-stopper that was a leaker. In your neck of the woods, I suspect there's very little secondary market trade in T-stoppered bottles. In the UK, small stashes of assorted, and sometimes interesting older bottles turn up quite often in house clearanc...
- 21:48 Thu 25 Aug 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Cellar diary
- Replies: 87
- Views: 22133
Re: Cellar diary
So.. what is the general perception of the difference between a T-stopper and a driven cork? That one is for the short term and the other for keeps? Well, I don't have a huge number of T-stoppered bottles that have been weighed more than once so their ullage rate can be calculated; but a couple of r...
- 07:32 Mon 15 Aug 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Cellar diary
- Replies: 87
- Views: 22133
Re: Cellar diary
What is a L.R.S.? A super-sized screwdriver, typically 18" long with a blade half an inch wide. There are a few currently on eBay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-LNER-RAILWAY-Long-SCREWDRIVER-TOOL-/394192992684?hash=item5bc7bbb9ac%3Ag%3AltUAAOSw-api79kJ&nma=true&si=phB2b1xmUEmv3%252...
- 16:53 Sun 14 Aug 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Cellar diary
- Replies: 87
- Views: 22133
Re: Cellar diary
Winter is not a great time to be fussing around in the cellar, but in the heat of summer it is delightfully cool. Recent tasks have included inspecting a clutch of centenarian bottles and some nearly that old, all previously weighed and inspected at least five years ago. Highest ullage rate was reco...
- 07:36 Fri 12 Aug 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Vintage 2022
- Replies: 40
- Views: 8037
Re: Vintage 2022
Wasn't either 2001 or 2002 pretty bad? Not as bad as '93 for sure, but still pretty poor. I've little personal experience of 2002 so far, but the notes from others are good. Every 2001 I've tried has been very solid, and I know one significant producer who argues with passion that it should have be...
- 18:00 Thu 11 Aug 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Vintage 2022
- Replies: 40
- Views: 8037
Re: Vintage 2022
"a difficult year where we made some very nice wines" - Difficult usually meaning poor yields or erratic ripening, rather than rubbish quality It's almost impossible to make bad Port these days, unless you really want to. There's been quite a seismic change on that front. We've not had a ...
- 11:11 Thu 04 Aug 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Vintage 2022
- Replies: 40
- Views: 8037
Vintage 2022
I picked up a snippet in the Telegraph that reported that Pinhao in Portugal saw the mercury hit 47C on July 14th. Now, IIRC, there is more than one place called Pinhao in Portugal, but assuming it is 'our' Pinhao, could this be a harbinger of a potentially good vintage? - Or is the heat a bit too e...
- 11:06 Thu 04 Aug 2022
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: TPF awards ceremony - 7th February 2023 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IMamF9i1Rw
- Replies: 135
- Views: 332369
Re: TPF awards ceremony
Count me in
- 18:47 Sun 31 Jul 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Decanting method experimentation
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7863
Re: Decanting method experimentation
Totally agree about the use of gauze - but I would be wary of items marketed as 'sterile' There are three basic levels of cleanliness recognised by brewers, which are pertinent here: Level one is clean - which means no dirt - this is the standard required in brewing for equipment where the contents ...
- 17:35 Thu 28 Jul 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Filtration
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9781
Re: Filtration
My method, which works very well and very quickly is to use a funnel - and whilst I use an antique one at home, cheap 3" diameter plastic ones will also work just fine, and these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154692044778?hash=item24045d47ea:g:JcAAAOSwtYdhilkH 8 ply BP type 13 gauze swabs (non-me...
- 11:24 Sat 09 Jul 2022
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Monday 25th July - Bring a Port from 1960–1970
- Replies: 72
- Views: 21185
- 19:17 Sun 19 Jun 2022
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: São João 2022
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1074
São João 2022
I'm making a short trip down to Porto this week - 22nd to 25th
- Anyone else on parade?
- Anyone else on parade?
- 21:40 Sat 11 Jun 2022
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Emergency - June 12th
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1826
Re: Emergency - June 12th
Indeed, but the time of discovery represents the least possible length of reign, so is the valid metric for determination.Her Majesty’s father died during the night, at an unknown time. So the exact time of her accession is unknown.
- 19:31 Sat 11 Jun 2022
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Emergency - June 12th
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1826
Re: Emergency - June 12th
Due to poor numbers, and Network Rail putting my entire line on bus replacement tomorrow, the event is cancelled.
However, at 3.02 p.m. - the exact time Her Majesty's reign will break the record - please raise a glass to her!
However, at 3.02 p.m. - the exact time Her Majesty's reign will break the record - please raise a glass to her!