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Tasted at the Crusting Pipe on 3 April 2011, a pre- FG warm-up session. Links: Review of the evening as a whole 2009 cask sample [RLC to confirm naming permitted] 1995 Vesuvio 1991 Quinta de la Rosa 1988 Dow Quinta do Bomfim 1985 Martinez 1985 Taylor 1978 Taylor Vargellas 1970 Ramos Pinto 1970 Royal...

Tasted at the Crusting Pipe on 3 April 2011, a pre- FG warm-up session. Links: Review of the evening as a whole 2009 cask sample [RLC to confirm naming permitted] 1995 Vesuvio 1991 Quinta de la Rosa 1988 Dow Quinta do Bomfim 1985 Martinez 1985 Taylor 1978 Taylor Vargellas 1970 Ramos Pinto 1970 Royal...

Tasted at the Crusting Pipe on 3 April 2011, a pre- FG warm-up session. Links: Review of the evening as a whole 2009 cask sample [RLC to confirm naming permitted] 1995 Vesuvio 1991 Quinta de la Rosa 1988 Dow Quinta do Bomfim 1985 Martinez 1985 Taylor 1978 Taylor Vargellas 1970 Ramos Pinto 1970 Royal...

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At the Crusting Pipe on 3 April 2011, a pre- FG warm-up session. Links: Review of the evening as a whole 2009 cask sample [RLC to confirm naming permitted] 1995 Vesuvio 1991 Quinta de la Rosa 1988 Dow Quinta do Bomfim 1985 Martinez 1985 Taylor 1978 Taylor Vargellas 1970 Ramos Pinto 1970 Royal Oporto...

I aim to arrive between 6.00 and 6.30

worry not - printing went smoothly (approx 6 - 7 minutes)

+THRA
+RLC

Booking moved to tunnel.

DRT wrote:No doubt you will all be devastated to know that the F75 will not appear in the line-up. Sorry.

Well...at least that's a defense to the charge that things may have got a little carried away...!

The '55 is a fabulous addition though.

DRT wrote:Consider it done. When do you need the email by?

I think it would be tempting fate to print before Sunday afternoon! Therefore, any time before 4.30/5.00 p.m. on Sunday (both for this tasting and the FG/F tasting).

jdaw1 wrote:Who is to print?

Can do, but internet cache problems mean i require .pdf version by email.

Chris - as mentioned somewhere up-thread, let me know if you would like to put a pre-order in for the rib-eye on the bone. Deadline for confirmation with TCP is tomorrow morning.

All - assuming we stay at 6, I think that means we can squeeze into the board room.

Glenn, a merchant that may be able to help fill some gaps is winenose.nl . He has Niepoort, Romaneira, Osborne and Van Zeller in stock (as well as Burmester, but you have that already). I never ordered from him, but heard his service is good. It's a mail order company, so he'll probably ship to whe...

Here's a 100 yards of Cheesecloth for under $60. Need more than that? Buy two... http://www.atlantafixture.com/ItemDetail.aspx?ItemGuid=ae102f10-aba1-45dd-9d88-27b8e5e4177d&S=1 Thanks - watch if you do go for that 100yd roll though - according to the salesperson the stock they have is bleached....

Ha - no, was querying the counting - I make 29.

Thank you Julian and Chris.

But - 35?

jdaw1 wrote:Updated draft of placemats.

• +1966;
• +2000.
• Please check carefully.

That means we have thirty-five vintage ports, making this the largest-equal tasting.

From the TNs on here, I would say the '47 is not to be sniffed at! And - alongside the Nacional - in illustrious company in being picked over the '48. I could be wrong - and perhaps someone who was also at the (London) Decanter tasting in November could correct me if so - but I seem to recall the Sy...

Reused...? That may be why i am finding decanting with muslin such an expensinve proposition!

How would you clean it - just a quick rinse/soak in soapless water?

I can certainly source a G'70 as had been looking to acquire one to hold in my cellar anyway. Would we want a mini G'70 - G'85 line-up if we were going down this route? Davy's have the '83, and i seem to remember Jacob acquiring a G'75 as well, though that might have been polished off by now...! I'm...

Thanks Jacob - that's a lot better than what i have been paying for small squares of the stuff.

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The theme is "Bring a bottle of Vintage Port wrapped in foil". Have people published what they are bringing? And will we be able to have a G70 versus G80 comparison? Would make the silver foil redundant, but personally I am easy whether this is a "guess the bottle" tasting or so...

we have precisely £7 remaining in the team fund. Drastic times called for drastic measures, and i took the liberty of putting the £7 on Oxford to win by a margin of 2&1/2 lengths or more at 5/2. Doesn't get us to a F66, but might at least buy us each a half pint of Timothy Taylor from the pub a...

For posterity, a few photos belatedly added-- 1) Some serious analysis, proving this was not just a knees-up: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5563772823_c2daa6ac20_b.jpg IMG_0981 by Coombrob , on Flickr 2) Chaos on the table, but stickers worked well: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/55643503...

Boardroom and rib-eye steaks booked. Tunnels currently available if more decide to join.

I'm quite happy to accept the principle that use of the term over the ages is sufficient to excuse the name (and use of it) from modern standards of punctuation. Their use of "Glaziers' Hall" v "Glaziers Hall" (and, indeed, "Glaziers' Trust" v "Glaziers Trust"...