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From a 1989 to 2004 vertical tasting held at Qd Vesuvio in Oct 06

1997 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port
Dark colour with a nice delicate nose. Beautifully smooth and fleshy. Tannins not agressive. Very long and sweet finish.

From a 1989 to 2004 vertical tasting held at Qd Vesuvio in Oct 06 1996 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port dark and browning like the 95. Better nose but the same basic smell. Nice flesh with good levels of black fruits. Finish is dry on the palate but the cheeks are left watering. A decent length on th...

From a 1989 to 2004 vertical tasting held at Qd Vesuvio in Oct 06

1995 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port
Dark, browning, with an unatractive nose. Good weight but hot and very dry. Not good.

Look guys, we are all geeks, that's a given. So at least one of you has to be a photography expert who has experience of taking close-up pictures in artificial light. I don't need to know what it is that you normally photograph, I just need some tips on which settings to use to enable me to show you...

AHB (can we call you Al-B?),

The site is being crawled over by Yahoo, Google etc. this process seems to generate multiple Guest users. 5 of us were logged on last night and watched this happen in real time - quite spooky

Derek

My office is about half a mile from the worst affected area in Sheffield. Last night's journey home was an adventure never to be repeated. Jo works in Chesterfield and took 7 hours to travel the 6 miles home last night. During the numerous phone conversations we had it became increasingly clear that...

i told you it wasn't a tree

The breaks on 3 and 4 were just as pronounced as on 5 but were in a slightly different direction so are hidden behind the bone in the x-ray. they all needed lumps of titanium to hold them together. Aparently my entire hand will shatter into small fragments if I do it again whilst the pins are still ...

I had to give up my sporting lifestyle about 2 years ago due to a skiing accident. I broke my hand when a death defying stunt jump went badly wrong. The xray below shows the fractured 3rd, 4th and 5th metacarpals, the bones that run through your hand from your wrist to your fingers. http://farm2.sta...

I can ask him to paint one on your house if you want?

Derek

Perhaps if we changed the name of this area from Meaningless Drivel to Verbal Diarrhoea we would all remember how to spell it?

Derek

From a 1989 to 2004 vertical held at Qd Vesuvio in Oct 06

1994 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port
Very dark with a huge fruity nose. Beautifully smooth and thick with chocolate and blackcurrant. Fabulous long finish that leaves the cheeks watering.

Ok guys, brace yourself - you are about to witness a new paradigm in note taking: Dow's 1977 - Fairy liquid, sour Quarles Harris 1977 - Mmmm, that's nice, burnt, like cinder toffee and crunchie's Smith Woodhouse 1977 - I don't mind that one actually, warm and smooth Warres 1980 - Oh! I like that one...

From a 1989 to 2004 Vertical held at Qd Vesuvio in Oct 06

1992 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port
Dark and bright with a spicy nose. Entry is very smooth and thick. There is nothing wrong with this wine. Does not have the aggressive tanin of the 91. Beautiful for drinking now.

From a 1989 to 2004 Vertical held at Qd Vesuvio in Oct 06

1991 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port
Fruity nose - nice dark red colour. Very tanic with good black fruit tastes. Slightly hot but a long and dry finish. This has a long way to go.

From a 1989 to 2004 Vertical held at Qd Vesuvio in Oct 06

1990 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port
Similar colour to the 89 (dark brownish red) - nice thick fleshy mouthfeel but very hot initial burst. A burnt sugar taste dominates. Finish is longer than the 89.

From a 1989 to 2004 Vertical held at Qd Vesuvio in Oct 06

1989 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port
Brownish dark red colour, hot entry of burnt sugar. Left a minty tingle on the tongue. Quite light weight with no big tanins to hold it together for the long term.

That describes all Offlines ever held. This one includes Debbie's TN's - a unique slant on the world of port

This thread will be used to post a review of the night I spent in Alan and Debbie's house. Before I start, can I please have permission to post Debbie's TN's?

Derek

Conky wrote:its murder trying getting a gallon of it up the stairs last thing at night when your trying to be quiet!

Alan

Alan, build a downstairs loo so that you can leave most of it behind before you climb the stairs

Derek

Yes, those were the ones. The Warre's surprises me, although I have to confess I have not had it and I am only going on general reputation. Vesuvio I have had once, at the Quinta. I will post a TN for that and the others in the vertical but interesting to note in the context of this thread that my T...

We now have 66 guests - there aren't 66 people in the world interested in port at the same point in time.

Batten down the hatches, load the guns, launch the lifeboats - incoming Porn

I witnessed this at a new site we launched at work. My bet goes to google hits building up it's indices. Everyone post the words VINTAGE PORT 500 times simultaneously now

Derek

I noticed the same phenomenon on another site we all know of yesterday. Are there some gremlins at work here? Are all the guests coming from the same IP address? Could it be google's spiders crawling all over the site?

Derek

How much of this thread should be heaved overboard to Meaningless Drivel ? (Clue: “none† is not the correct answer.) Unfortunately it isn't possible to heave parts of a thread from one place to another. So, when a thread goes off topic we either live with it or delete the whole lot. My vote goes t...