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All the 'ports' I have tried from outside Portugal have been ghastly aberrations. Discuss. I've tried a few of the Australian ones, not tried the SA ones at all yet, though I do have one I received as a present. So far I have not found the rubies to be anywhere near the standard of true ports, but ...

DRT wrote:Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Don't think it can be - don't Presidential candidates have to be US-born? Otherwise Arnie would probably have been president years ago.

jdaw1 wrote:

Paris wrote:Just to let you know, your port is with us … along with some maple syrup stuff.

Ahhh, I have deciphered your quote on second reading; Initially I thought this was a kinky reference to a well-known heiress. I am now both enlightened and deflated, though looking forward to Jun 3rd.

Looks great - not only can you pin things to it that you need to remember, the board itself will be a reminder of many tastes, occasions and the people you shared them with each time you look at it.

Sainsbury have their occasional 25% off deal running again at the moment for any 6 bottles of wine/port/etc.
No additional specific bottle offers of note to give combined reduction, but I did grab a couple more g98crusted along with some wine.

Did anyone taste this at the day with David Guimaraens? Was that yesterday? Who went? Review please. There was a tasting on Wed with David Guimaraens at which the different aged varietal components of were to be present (was it T94 plus each individual component separately aged in bottle? I forget ...

I have put myself on a self-imposed alcohol ban for the next 5 weeks and will therefore be unable to attend this event. I will happily pay someone the cost of a Croft Roeda if anyone has one to hand. If not I will arrange to have one at the tasting in my absence. If no attendees have one handy, I h...

Are we definitely going blind on this? I'm interested to see how they taste, and differ, and will be more interested in "so the '58 Dow is like this, the '58 Warre is like that..." than in guessing which is which. If we do do it blind, could people still please bring the bottles, as some w...

djewesbury wrote:Phil and I expressed our admiration for the manly demeanour in your new avatar.

What?!! Where?!

Do people have an opinion about my new avatar? http://www.theportforum.com/download/file.php?avatar=10_1399848209.png Someone has talent; very well captured, especially around the eyes and cheeks (though something strikes me as not quite right about the mouth). ...and I much, much, much prefer to o...

DRT wrote:Anyhoo - back to Martinez - do we have an industry guest?

We happen to know people who might have access to old Martinez.

In progress; will PM you.

Hi Oliver, and welcome to :tpf: Where are you from? I guess our opinions of the waiter might vary depending on where the restaurant is located. Regarding your questions: 1. Beaumont Cape Vintage 2008 would appear ( here ) to be a South African fortified wine made in the style of port (but cannot off...

perhaps the Delaforce from Wolfgang, if that would be acceptable, please? Would be OK, but after speaking to uncle Tom I think variety of port will not be a problem. ... So all in hand and do not worry. Thank you; I leave this in your capable hands. I do not know whether it will be possible for me ...

OK for me thx. Are you missing any bottles still? I'm currently planning to buy '75, '82 and '87 retail, unless someone has them already and hasn't mentioned it yet. Other known vintages within '22 to '90 which we do not have are '31, '45, '50, '53 and '78, but these were neither available from amo...

This tasting is now confirmed for 26th Nov. The line-up is looking good, I am currently expecting this to be: 1922, 1927, 1934, 1948, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1973 (crusted), 1975, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989 (crusted) From the contributors' comments, we seem to have excellent provenance on mo...

Logistics: I'm unlikely to be in London again before this date; I could potentially obtain another '58 from elsewhere, but could not then easily arrange for it to be at TBH in advance - I could decant on the day and bring, but that doesn't help with keeping things blind. In order to keep to the plan...

PhilW wrote:Tentative, pending approval; would need to adopt.

Permission granted, attendance confirmed.

When I stay overnight in London for the tastings, I mostly use Travelodge; as I'm spending very little time in the room, I'll just go for the cheapest available within ~20min tube ride. Some can be quite noisy (where traffic/trains are immediately outside, such as Aldgate East; My preferred are Beth...

I won't be able to make this one, sorry.

Tentative, pending approval; would need to adopt.

Our local paper this week mentions an event where a visiting chef will be creating a dish "going back to his routes"; I suspect it is too much to hope that this is some reference to a previous career as a lorry driver...

djewesbury wrote:

PhilW, [url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=8323#p75206]here[/url], wrote: […] last seen in it's prime at the Bell, in a photo amongst all it's friends; I'm hoping it found a well-cared for resting home with a new pub-owner.

Damn, sackcloth everywhere.

given up all hope that I left it at a tasting Do you recall using it at a tasting? When did you last see it? And, since then, at what tastings have you decanted? Yes, I don't know and I don't know. I share your pain. I would like to think it's keeping our sadly departed company, last seen in its pr...

Just a guess, but the label on this bottle of Dow coming up soon at Charterhouse is probably not a genuine Symington label.

I was less keen on the '75 which seemed quite harsh to me, though I suspect might well have improved with more time post-decant. The '81 and '82 were both enjoyable - the '82 had a little less fruit, while the '81 was slightly fuller with more richness and complexity, almost like an '83 VP and was m...