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Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑09:42 Wed 14 Dec 2022 and at the White Horse Inn at 23.59.

(S)He's going to have to drive really fast to avoid pumpkins.

Generalised form: Page is divided into CxR "cells" with T tasting notes per cell. i.e. C = Number of columns per sheet R = Number of rows per sheet (n.b. rows of cells, not tasting note rows) T = Number of tasting notes per cell For 8 tasting notes per page, your preference is 2,1,4; mine ...

jdaw1 wrote:What ordering do you prefer?

1 3
2 4
5 7
6 8

I'm considering it as A6 book, and then parameter tastingNotesPerA6Page, in this case =2. Previous example was =3.

No flaw in your intention, just a difference of preference. Mine is for A6 book (=A5 open as two-page with centre vertical fold, or A6 folded). Yours provides capability for sub-A6, but at the cost of less optimal A6 book.

Please critique or approve. Tentative approval. A suggestion; when folded, I would expect we will fold at mid of long side first, then the other, such that the created A6-book has the fold at spine, not bottom. Having done this, with the current arrangement we would have 1,2,3 on left, and 5,6,7 on...

jdaw1 wrote: ↑20:22 Fri 09 Dec 2022 Paperwork: TNs + vote recorders + decanting notes + accounts + cork display.

Perhaps... booklet-form tasting notes?

I will start getting the usual food order together tomorrow unless anyone has an issue: Smoked salmon 14oz fillet steak + chips Vanilla ice cream and gravy Stollen slices A selection of British cheeses + biscuits That sounds absolutely wonderful Thank you Tom! Agreed. I ate far too much of the deli...

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑08:48 Thu 08 Dec 2022Does anyone strongly desire sticky glass labels or would a couple of chalk pens suffice?

Chalk pen(s) works for me

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑08:48 Thu 08 Dec 2022Does anyone want tasting note sheets?

Tasting note sheets and voting sheets would make sense imo.

However, if anyone would need to drop out if the rail strike goes ahead, please let me know. On the assumption that the strike will go ahead, I've now also booked into the Cricketers on the assumption I'll be travelling by car; I would therefore also now be looking to share taxis if possible. Is Os...

Is this some weird "less is more"-type scale? 80/100 for a 20yo, 77/100 for a Bomfim single quinta VP...but 84 for some run of the mill tawny, and 86 for a ruby reserve (hey, it's organic!). The scoring does seem to be utterly bizarre, especially since their "worthy of a special occa...

Thanks to George for suggesting and organising this, and everyone else who helped. While there were no real star wines in this tasting, it was interesting to compare the two vineyards across a range of ages. The '91s and '95s were certainly the best of the wines on the night; there was some debate a...

Glasses

Can be there early to help with setup/pouring, probably from 5.15ish+

jdaw1 wrote:Phil?

Unlikely at this point, I'm afraid.

nac wrote:Definitely no VA issues with this one - it's just underwhelming. Maybe it'll be better this evening?

Your optimism is inspiring!

Thanks to Simon for highlighting the strike change; I am now staying over, so will not have to rush off quite as soon.

For food please:
- starter: Grilled flatbread with lemon and coriander houmous
- main: Sirloin medium-rare, fries, green beans (happy to share) and please, please béarnaise sauce

That sounds like a nice event; unfortunately not a date I can make, but it's an interesting pair of years to compare; and I've been very impressed by the W97 in particular recently. On a cheeky note, I hope they bring enough bottles of D77

Could I please suggest aiming for an early, or at least a prompt, start? As there is currently another train strike planned for the following day, staying over after the tasting is no longer practicable, and I and perhaps others will therefore have to leave early to ensure we can get home before the...

A different link sent to me earlier from tracking.controlport.co.uk seems to indicate that there has been no progress on my order since the original email was received last March. But since I cannot log into Academie du Vin Library I cannot check it from there. FWIW I was in the same position when ...

reports of corked port bottles stopped appearing when bottles approached their 40th year - the same time that the wine fully saturates the cork. There are a very few exceptions, but these can put down either to the bottle being mis-identified as corked, or late released bottles that were re-corked ...

idj123 wrote:Am assuming that this is still going ahead? I can’t match a RV31 but will try and dig out a Cr55, which I found again the other day.

Am still intending to be there.
Am also thinking to bring a '55, one that I don't believe TPF has tasted previously which I hope will be interesting to try.

@GEAG - I think it might be difficult to find the TV87. There was only a single confirmed sighting for the TV vertical next year, and I suspect it might be being held back for that tasting. How about the 2005 instead? That’s readily available. A&M have half a dozen TV87 listed at £78/bt inc, de...

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winesecretary wrote: ↑22:00 Wed 15 Apr 2020 ...
I have added in a request for some TVs. I have TV1991 and nac has TV2001. The TV1987 and TV1995 would be appreciated if anyone has them.
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Charles has previously offered:

CPR 1 wrote: ↑18:14 Sun 25 Sep 2022 I could bring TV, and TVV 1995 if that would help

Perhaps I could adopt the TV1995 from Charles?

I'm not sure about the relative production quantities, but I would agree in general regarding quality. There are a few exceptions; F85 and T85 are both excellent, and the Ch85 has been very good drinking for the last decade though may not have the same longevity, and personally I would add Ch82 in t...

nac wrote:Please reconfirm availability where you haven't already done so.

Confirmed for 23/02