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I suppose the answer depends on how much of the Vargellas juice goes into the full vintage blend. It may be that there isn't enough left of a high enough quality to make a viable release of the SQVP in a declared year. On the basic question, my answer would be yes, I'd like to see more of the SQVP a...

OK - I can live with that, but please tell me Cruz 20 Yr Old isn't waiting for me round the next corner

I have just crossed the 400 posts mark and have been assigned Taylor's 10 Yr Old Tawny - not happy, it's rubbish

Derek

Conky wrote:Could be genetic, as in, in your familys jeans.!

jdaw1 - please note apostrophe crime and issue appropriate sentence

Dere'k

I don't think we strayed too far away from the topic - we are doing this on the 12th aren't we?

Conky wrote:Right then. Que the bringing me down to Earth with a large bang...

Alan

No one likes a smart-a**e

Derek

Funny story: My dear old Mum, who has lived a very sheltered life, tried to convince me a few weeks ago that a smart-ass was an intelligent donkey!

Actually, it's

Nah, nah-nah-naaah, nah, nah naaah, nah-nah
nah-nah, nah, nah, nah-nah-nah-naaaah
It was on on the 12th nah, nah, nah-nah
nah-nah-nah, nah, nah, nah-nah, naaaaah

Incidentally, Jimmy's my uncle

I may be losing the plot slightly here. Hmmmm :roll: I agree that aged Tawny's, particularly 20 yrs and over, will have had far more exposure to air than your average bottle aged wine but what about the young uns? A 50 year old VP with a dodgy cork will have had hundreds of times more oxygen than y...

12th July is some sort of meaningful day in Scotland. It is either the opening of the Grouse shooting season or the day when men with orange sashes walk through the streets of lanarkshire towns beating drums and blowing flutes in celebration of the life and times of a Dutchman named Billy Either way...

That confuses me when you consider old VP's. They have aged in the bottle and gained oxidisation through exposure to air through the cork (or so we are told :? ). Why is it then that when you pop open a leaker or a very old VP it is unlikely to last more than a few hours before falling apart - where...

KillerB's TN on Dow's 10 yr old made me think of this again.

Why is it that Tawny ports seem to have much more staying power after they are opened than the red ports do? Is it just the extra oxidisation they get during the ageing process or is something else causing this?

Derek

An interesting point and I have often wondered why....so I will post a new thread in the main forum

So, where is it brewed in The Netherlands, is it a pretty little village that has somehow avoided acid rain for the past 40 years?

OK - I don't really get this port plus something else thing but will play along for fun. I have some Laithwaite's Private Cellar's Bordox - will that do? Enough of that - Port - where are we going with the port? Are we talking something off the wall, classics, a vertical or horizontal theme? Give me...

Just wanted to be sure, you never know with those pretending Portugues things, they turn up when you least expect them to

A little bird tells me it's Miss Lady Roots apologies for the incorrect assumption above

Derek

KillerB,

Can you please clarify - is it other things from Portugal that are pretending ? If so, what are they pretending to be?

Derek

In another thread .... and who would let me play with his explosives You can play for free - Saturday mornings in October, when I train all-comers in the gentle art of painting the sky! (the training sesions always end with a bang.. :D ) Could you please post more details? Are kids welcome (and I do...

How's this.....

Oi! I was just being friendly

....and I have a rule that says "never hit on a girl who's husband is on the same forum"

I look forward to meeting you and your other half in London, Lady Roots

Derek

I have had it reported to me that St Helens is to the north of the Rivers Thames and Severn. That being the case I doubt I will be able to make it. Believe it or not, its easier for me to get a pass for a trip to Seattle than it is to get a pass to travel to St Helens! Alex Alex, I know for a fact ...

Doh!

I see that we now have our first female member (excluding Her Royal Highness, The Creator).

So here is a big warm welcome to Lady Roots

Derek

I have a need to be in London quite often in the coming few weeks so I think I can say I'm in. Crusting Pipe does me fine

What's the theme?

Derek

Rich, Rare and Red by Ben Howkins - mainly focused on the history of the wine rather than specific wines and vintages like some of the others listed above.

Derek