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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...

I wondered if you still have the objection to LBVs and crusted ports that you expressed back then. I still feel the same way about young LBV, but I thoroughly enjoy the older unfiltered LBVs (>25yr old); I've had some old crusted which I would rate as highly as VP, younger crusted (such as the G98c...

flash_uk wrote:Phil - do you have a preferred source for Ch85 with best prices or do you pick up at auction?

That case was bought in-bond at retail, at a good price.

A recent discussion brought me back to this thread, which I started on joining TPF. Interesting to see how things have changed; Rather than a single replacement "house port", I now effectively have three: Cá85, F83 and Ch85, plus the old favourite W77 though I have that less often. The Mg9...

Curious to know how the 1985 Churchill's shows. Just had it in a small line up of 1985's, including a Grahams, and it was the WOTN---shocked all of us. I have a soft spot for Ch85 - When I first joined :tpf: I was at that time looking for a new port from the 80s to be my new house port , and after ...

Would you buy a copy of Windows 8?

Glenn E. wrote:Do we need a clue? Or have I killed the thread?

It is an ex-question; it has ceased to be; it has...
oh, ok; er.. how about "do you feel valued?"

Yes. But could it be named “Selling Port”, as it is about selling. We could compromise on “Selling or Buying Port”, in that order, but this section really isn’t for “I need a 1904 Sandeman. Who has?” I would also agree, this is not about buying; "Port for sale", "Port to sell?" ...

Maybe, depending on the motivation. On the positive side: - it might encourage those thinking of posting, seeing other similar posts with responses. - if the poster reads such previous posts, they might have all the info they need, and then not post. On the negative side: - if the poster reads such ...

"Whitwhams Wines Limited, Altrincham, Cheshire" was the best fit I could find also, seems to be a reasonable assumption.
(n.b. no apostrophe, and seems to have become "Whitwhams Wines" instead of "Whitwham and Company wines" sometime in the 60's)

Have checked; I have one bottle of G70, but the label is heavily damaged; It is English bottled by "?????????????s Wine Limited, ?????????????ire". Can you post a picture so that the sleuths can guess? Pic here (click for large version): http://www.hallarn.com/vpid/thumbs/labels/IMG_1326....

Have checked; I have one bottle of G70, but the label is heavily damaged; It is English bottled by "?????????????s Wine Limited, ?????????????ire".

P.

I'm in, subject to date. Will check my G70 (good choice; I had previously considered W70 for the same purpose - if there are a similar number of shippers for G70 this could be very interesting).

There have been several previous discussions on possibilities of EB vs OB, and of a shipper-verizontal; both are imo excellent ideas, and I would be up fo either / both, dates permitting.

A bottle of your own P?