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Is that the £5,000 bottle that turned out to be a bit if a disappointment - ouch

Derek

Older bottles tend to only get opened when I am with other port appreciaters so that they don't get wasted. I can testify that it is possible not to waste a bottle of old port without other port appreciaters in attendance :roll: :lol: Derek PS: AHB, do I have to mention the words "Quinta do No...

I haven't watched the video - I'm still in shock that Conky has come up with something usefull

Derek

Here is the lists of possibilities for ? Croft Croft (Lord Lucan :shock: or was it Lichfield :lol: ) Fonseca Graham's Taylor Here are some alternatives that might fit in better with what others are offering: Dow's 1970 Royal Oporto 1970 Smith Woodhouse 1977 Gould Campbell 1983 Happy to take request...

I think that the purpose of posting a question or observation here or anywhere else should be to stimulate debate in the place where you post it. Not everyone will be a member of all sites so I think it's important to have separate debates, albeit with referencial links.

Derek

It will be 2 ports from me for the same reason as AHB.

Perhaps a couple of 75's

Japanese goes particularly well with the Taylor 27

Derek

Tom,

Even if KillerB doesn't invite you personally you can come as my date for the evening

I do hope you can make it, the more the merrier in my book.

Derek

I've got all my dads johny Mathis and jack Jones vinyl albums. Are these as cool as anything mentioned above?

I think they should stay separate.

Derek

I would go for changind the name of the beer and spirits section to Anything else that you put in your mouth

OK - but Mr Google seems to think Oi Bug-a-lugs is natural useage, so should we all have Vintage Port in signatures?

Great stuff, these are the things we need to know. So, should everyone put Vintage Port in their signature to ensure it appears at least once in every post? Another question is - do you get a premium "hit" if these key words or phrases are found on the home page? If so, perhaps we need to ...

OK - serious question The above examples prove that google is registering these commonly occuring phrases when it crawls over the site. Our objective is to ensure google picks up "Vintage Port" and/or other phrases as many times as it takes to bump us up the pecking order. Does anyone know...

Oi Bug-a-lugs gets #1

The following search puts us in slot number 1 on google...........

"vintage port"+"meaningless drivel"



derek

...and gunpowder




Note to jdaw: do I get a gold star?

Are you off anywhere nice or staying at home?

Luc,

Don't start thinking about the Jamaican bob-sleigh team, you'll never get to sleep

Are we set on the 19th? I need to know so that I can arrange meetings etc

18th would be better for me if AHB doesn't manage to blag tickets to the Rounders match but if 19th suits others then I can probably make that happen.

Derek

Can I suggest that Admin copy this thread to Meaningless Drivel and delete everything apart from Alan's TN's and relevent comments from the copy of the thread that is left here in the TN section?

Derek

Has Cliff Richard sung a song to entertain the rain-soaked masses yet?

That's always my favourite bit of wimbledon

AHB,

I have been putting descriptors in the title - "Vintage Port" or "LBV" etc

On scores, I would say do whatever you like but keep them to the end of the note in the format or formats shown by jdaw above.

Derek

In that case, I'm with you on this. However, I wonder if the logic behind them not doing this has more to do with marketing. If we take a stellar year, like 1994, would they have shifted all their blend VP at the same price they achieved if there had been a little brother SQVP at 1/3rd of the price ...

Cant argue. But its not a cheap alternative, is it. It can be, I bought a 6 pack of the 1987 for less than £20 per bottle. The 87 is, I'm told, a truely great VP so at this price I consider it a steal. If you compare that with any declared Taylor's VP you will find a price gap of ast least £30 per ...