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Quite dark in colour, smell very spicy with lots of fruit. Taste also full-bodied, spicy and warm very full flavour. Extremely nice falvour to me, but had a sour edge which I did not like. Discussion queried whether this was VA, and may be worth trying another to see. Without the sour edge would be ...

In addition to the reviews posted in the tasting thread, I thought it might be worth commenting here on my following night follow-up additional tasting I was lucky enough to be able to do with samples of the remains from Thurs excellent night. To briefly summarise my previous conclusions from Thu: T...

[/quote]A small observation, which is in no way intended as a criticism: RAYC doesn't seem to have grasped the fundamental basis of the ‟bring a bottle of vintage port to the tasting” :roll:[/quote] Indeed, and he generously brought some spare tasting bottles and gave me a few to share the leftover...

AHB wrote:Phil W has asked me to post his wish to attend this offline.

Thanks Alex I would certainly like to attend. I've checked calendar and can definitely make the 10th, but if it's the 17th I might have to pass, unless I can juggle some commitments.

Phil.

AHB wrote:

JacobH wrote:What time are people planning on getting to the Crusting Pipe?

I can probably be there any time between 6 and 7. What time are others arriving? If closer to 6 than 7, I shall try to be earlier rather than later.

I was planning to be there around 6:15/20.

Phil.

Phil - what initials do you go by? In small groups we tend to label things with initials. Please post yours. JDAW. I usually just use PW - sorry couldnt reply quicker, have been away on long weekend. Thanks to rayc and jdaw1 for sorting the placemats, am looking forward to meeting everyone. Phil.

ok, as I've not attended an event before, nevermind organise one, just wanted to check if there is anything else to be done. I have previously booked the table, in the board room and confirmed TCP will supply the glasses and ordered the rib-eyes for those who have stated they wanted them. Hopefully ...

At the risk of being 'Mr Reserve' at the moment (Oct, Dec) could I be added as a reserve for this also, in case (unlikely though it may be) a place becomes available?

Thanks,

PhilW.

jdaw1 wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:I have lists of bottles from RAYC (+guest), from AHB, and from PhilW. Others: please send me a list of what you can bring.

Phil: your list has gone, ahem, missing. Please resend.

Re-sent.

Have placed pre-order request for 3x rib-eye this afternoon, pending confirmation.

Phil.

They also asked me if I wanted to pre-order rib-eye steaks for everyone as has been done previously - while that sounds wonderful to me, I didn't know if people would want that? Yes please for me; they are delicious steaks. Jacob will be a no-no. The others will most likely say yes, but I should le...

I'd like to be added to the waitlist too please, just in case.
Thanks,

Phil.

Partly-corked Grahams 83.

Drunk recently as part of my search for a new 'favourite' 80s VP . Unfortunately partly corked, so difficult to make any real valid judgement. Compared to the 77 Grahams tried previously extremely favourably, this was surprising dry (not the sweet stickier taste I expected) with a very closed intens...

TCP booking confirmed, in the Board Room since there is 6 of us including Ray's guest; confirmed they will supply glasses etc. They also asked me if I wanted to pre-order rib-eye steaks for everyone as has been done previously - while that sounds wonderful to me, I didn't know if people would want t...

To DRT/JacobH, A scanned version of "Oporto Old and New" is available free online from from the internet archive here , either viewable online in browser or downloadable as 20M pdf, if that might meet either of your needs (I realise it may not if higher-quality scans of the illustrations a...

Just thought I'd share this oddity, seen on ebay, here ... Anyone actually tried any of this stuff? Almost didnt post this in the 'Port Conversations' forum, since despite the label a bit of searching implies it might be australian-made, not from oporto... interesting though (and wow, what an awful ...

As part of my search, I tried some Grahams 83 at the weekend; I had high hopes for this as viable candidate port, since while I prefer the Warre 77 to Graham 77, the G77 is also extremely good imo, with a much sweeter sticky style and lovely flavour. Sadly, the bottle of Graham 83 I opened was partl...

Very interesting read Jacob, thanks for posting it; coincidentally enough I had been discussing the same issue with my wife on Saturday, arguing back forth over the amount of difference different glasses could make to the actual taste (rather than the smell), and the difficulty of doing a suitable d...

Looks like 23rd would be the best for all, so suggest we fix on that date. Overall preference sounds like it would be to go blind so will amend for that, but suggest we take jdaw up on his suggestion of messaging him with our intended bottle prior to the event to check for duplicates. Should we expa...

PhilW: if you have an upper price limit, please do specify it. The rules might then require that each port be available in the UK cheaper than PhilW’s stated maximum. Price: I'm happy for there to be no limit price-wise, since (i) specifying 80's restricts this fairly well, (ii) other people will h...

given people's replies I've added the Thursdays as an option too.

Phil.

Jacob, thanks for the info. From reading through old threads I'd assumed TCP as from recent tastings, plus I checked their menu and the steak looked enticing, assuming we also eat?! Good to know about the double pre-decant (makes sense) and that they supply glasses for us for informal. Have posted f...

Hi, As a newcomer, I've posted a thread here in the port conversations forum, discussing my search for a new 'default favourite' house VP to replace my current staple, Warres77, as supplies reduce. After some discussion, I've been encourage to post here to try and sort an informal tasting along thes...

PhilW: there seems to be some enthusiasm for the try-and-see idea. Please start a thread in Organising Tastings and Get-togethers , suggesting which dates can work for you. Please give a useful title to the thread, perhaps ‟PhilW’s New House Port”. Others will say which of those dates they can mak...