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Edit: of course adding the Nacional puts about an extra £70pp onto the cost assuming purchased at retail! I don't have NN97, but I believe one of the regulars here does...... Tom - i am more than happy to put your name on one of my bottles for the future, but below was Doty's TN from the BBR event ...

Hi guys - I presume Dirk is committed to my tasting as it is an official trade dinner organised via his UK importer Raymond Reynolds. I'll check on Monday but sorry if this 86s your 66 ... Unless you guys fancy doing the 66 alongside my tasting and attending the dinner? R No worries - I think it ha...

These tastings have been one of the true highlights in terms of events i have been to over the last two years, so would love to register interest. However, i have twice benefitted from you generosity so feel free to overlook me if needed to ensure that WS1, AHB, DRT, THRA, BHMR etc. get their chance...

uncle tom wrote:Dirk has this diaried for the 23rd.

- Where is the other event taking place?

Shall I call TBH?

TBH is still booked under the name of "The Port Forum" - I assume for this event.

I am not a fan of the VP's Dirk's father Rolf made. I thought Dirk had always claimed the 1987 as his own (& first....), and one he was rather proud of. Mayson notes that there are volatility issues with the 87, but my experience with it has been much better than 91/94/97 (haven't had the 85 en...

There is a slight problem in that, having heard nothing further about it for a while, a few of us took up an invitation to another event. Can we postpone this theme given the confusion that has arisen around dates, partly as a result of my own meddling with the 91/92 vs 60vs63 tastings? Surely this...

AHB wrote:a Dow and a Bomfim being made in the same year

This definitely happened in 70, 77 and 80. Possibly earlier too.

Axel P wrote:Is this still on? Shall I bring something?

Axel

Just spoke to THRA - still on and he has promised to come up with the definitive theme soon....!

Do we need a re-count on this one to see who is still in and who is now out for this one?

But i don't think i've ever said that i believe this is a worthwhile endeavour in terms of money / effort. That said, i've also never attempted to become an importer/distributor when frustrated by the lack of local availability of a particular wine i like! Perhaps that type of big idea, together wi...

I agree with Derek 100%. It's not melodramatic in any way, just reality. Well i call both of you out for being ridiculous then! Perhaps 2014: the RAYC and g-man blend? I think this is a mischaracterisation of my position upthread. I've given advice to jdaw on the way i think he would need to do it ...

By PM someone has suggested that I explain my dislike for this idea. Here goes... I think the idea of a group of amateurs thinking that they can improve on what producers with hundreds of years of experience behind them can produce is somewhat arrogant and insulting to those who have shown us great...

Should we have a poll? Any poll? A question of this nature must be decided by the members of Obviously you should explain your vote, thereby perhaps persuading others to vote as you did. Apologies if i have missed the point of this thread, but is this a poll to see whether a "poll" option...

1994 is a quite outstanding Port year. It is one of the three great declared vintages of the past three decades (alongside 2000 and 2011), and it will most likely outrank 1963 and 1966. It will certainly better 1970... Fighting talk - not sure whether a genuine belief or stated with a view to promo...

Incidentally, Richard M suggested anyone with cases of Ni94 may want to check them, so perhaps this is not a one-off. If they are in bond, i wouldn't even bother checking them - just sell... As i think CMAG previously observed, it is telling that the 94, 85 and 97 are not mentioned in the list of V...

Attentive students of :tpf: will already know that the 2014 harvest will be of excellent vintage quality . Attentive students of :tpf: will also know that 1963 Avery was a blend made by the wine merchant Avery’s, being one part Taylor to two parts Fonseca to three parts Sandeman. Put these together...

It is a seriously bad idea. Not even Baldrick could have come up with a less cunning plan than this one. Do you not admire the audacity of John Avery in concocting a rough and ready "house" blend of three of the top producers' efforts from, what was at the time, one of the finest vintages...

jdaw1 wrote:

RAYC wrote:Placemats at the Square....?

They do say the Square. Cache problems?

Apologies - i was not clear. My query was whether this was the type of establishment to allow placemats and a row of 12 glasses, or whether we would be doing the wines in pair by pair.

jdaw1 wrote:

Chris Doty wrote:attendance from my sister and various non-TPF friends/colleagues

Given the attendance of your sister and others, please post or send whatever names or initials or other identifiers should appear on the placemats.

Placemats at the Square....?

I guess all english based persons might be able to confuse this, event if they have a reputation. Again: Niepoort did not produce a Vintage nor a Colheita in 33. The bottle confirms, it is a Garrafeira. Did you miss the posts above yours, where this had already been acknowledged by english based pe...

although one of the bottles does have the paper seal (that the 'selo'-right?) something like this? selo.jpg If so, that would seem to pour cold water on the theory that people - even in Oporto - paid much attention to any agreement that Oporto-bottled VP had to conform to the 3 year bottling rule f...

WS1 and I were each at a loose end. 45 mins on the train out of Euston and I was in Tring for a meal of Vega Sicilia 1970 stew, schupfnudlen (a speciality gnocchi-like dish from WS1's home region) and broccoli. Also some wines and port.....

Updates to follow

Chris Doty wrote:Farr had been offering a case of this wine for <$100 per. That is now gone, ,

To my knowledge, members of this board have been responsible for the disappearance of at least 33 of those bottles!

I think we are still missing an addition to the 63 Avery thread by Gerwin

Cant be Vintage - NIepoort didnt produce neither Vintage nor Colheita in 33. Garrafeira or I missed something out? Axel Well, this is an interesting question. "Vintage" "Colheita" and "Garrafeira" do not appear on the label. The bottling date however, is three years af...

Not sure what really the Avery 1963 vintage port consist of. John Avery probaly took the secret into his grave. From a second hand source, which contains enough detail to make it credible (and is consistent with what Broadbent has to say on the wine): Update from Avery's Wine. In 1963 Avery's made ...