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- 12:05 Sat 05 Aug 2023
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Tour of Berry’s historic London shop and cellars
- Replies: 1
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Re: Tour of Berry’s historic London shop and cellars
Excellent plan; I've booked myself on the same session.
- 21:24 Fri 04 Aug 2023
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1985 Warre
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1985 Warre
Audouzed for 6hr, decanted, drinking the first evening at D+2h onward. Decent, but still quite green/stemmy, something I associate with QH, not normally Warre, albeit Warre underneath. The second evening, D+24h on, now much better integrated this evening, more big dark, very intense plums and some b...
- 19:49 Wed 26 Jul 2023
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
- Replies: 114
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Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
Thought I had requested a place but seem to have been bumped, possibly as I did say ‘hoped’. Anyway, please add me to any further reserve requests, many thanks. You are not alone. But note: I think that there might have been a snafu, and some acceptances were listed out of order. I will re-do my ad...
- 12:34 Wed 19 Jul 2023
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Xmas 2023 - The Unknown Shipper & His Peculiar Friends
- Replies: 57
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- 21:46 Wed 28 Jun 2023
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1994 Quevedo colheita
- Replies: 1
- Views: 567
1994 Quevedo colheita
Colheitas seem to me to generally taste perhaps 10 years younger than their XX year old tawnies (such as 30yr Colheita vs 20 year tawny), probably due to the small amounts of older components in the mix. The Q94c is interesting to me as it tastes younger than I expect, perhaps 17yt equiv, but is soo...
- 20:41 Mon 26 Jun 2023
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Unusual Shaped Port Bottle
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13748
Re: Unusual Shaped Port Bottle
There was a bottle with a flat side at auction in April, with the cap clearly showing it was port - was this the one you opened? If not then there is another one or there at least.
- 15:56 Fri 23 Jun 2023
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Whitwham's Bottler.
- Replies: 14
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Re: Whitwham's Bottler.
Interesting - thank you. The bottle and labels match well to all the other Croft 1945 I've seen, which usually have a red wax capsule with "CROFT T&C OPORTO", the though wax is often mostly missing. I wonder whether Whitwhams recorked this, or perhaps just put their seal on over the to...
- 10:36 Fri 23 Jun 2023
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Whitwham's Bottler.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8966
Re: Whitwham's Bottler.
Mike - I should have asked - could you post a couple of pics of your bottle? (full bottle, and capsule from top/side) I've only ever seen one version of Cr45, with a distinctive bottle shape, bottled in Oporto with the T+C (Thomson and Croft) stamp on the red wax, so am curious as to what your bottl...
- 14:14 Thu 22 Jun 2023
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Whitwham's Bottler.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8966
Re: Whitwham's Bottler.
I've had very mixed experience with Whitwhams, but I suspect this may be somewhat self-selecting, since looking back at my records I can find only one port actually bottled by them, while there are several which have been recorked by them, and others where a Whitwhams generic label has been applied ...
- 19:34 Mon 19 Jun 2023
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: NV Graham Six Grapes
- Replies: 1
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Re: NV Graham Six Grapes
But... what about the other bottle? (which also appears to be open)
Surely you didn't miss the opportunity to do a bottle variation comparison?
Surely you didn't miss the opportunity to do a bottle variation comparison?
- 14:18 Wed 14 Jun 2023
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Tue 29th Oct 2019 - Phil's Birthday
- Replies: 8
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Re: Tue 29th Oct 2019 - Phil's Birthday
Interesting that you just necro'd this thread, as I was thinking about this tasting after yesterday's session where I again, against the crowd, liked the N55 very much, indeed my winner of the second flight despite the W55 being top notch. I must really like N55 for some reason...
- 18:06 Mon 12 Jun 2023
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 2017 Dow
- Replies: 10
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Re: 2017 Dow
Or... you could drop by Hedonism and buy a stash of D2017 halves at £38/bt.
- 19:14 Sat 10 Jun 2023
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1955 Horizontal 13th June
- Replies: 44
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Re: 1955 Horizontal 13th June
I will be doing the same with the Thienpont.jdaw1 wrote:Then the Cockburn will be opened Monday evening, decanted Tuesday morning.
- 12:23 Thu 08 Jun 2023
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1955 Horizontal 13th June
- Replies: 44
- Views: 46297
Re: 1955 Horizontal 13th June
Starter please: Grilled pitta, lemon and coriander houmous.
- 10:20 Mon 05 Jun 2023
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1966s, Tue 12 Sep 2023
- Replies: 118
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Re: 1966s, Tue 12 Sep 2023
I can no longer make this date due to family commitments that have arisen.
- 16:27 Fri 02 Jun 2023
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: On the posting of tasting notes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1811
Re: On the posting of tasting notes
I thoroughly agree that the posting of tasting notes should be encouraged. I think I should however challenge the veracity of: It used to be that most of a tasting’s attendees would post tasting notes. Gradually, it became fewer. And then, at about the start of the pandemic, we gave up. While it mig...
- 12:35 Tue 23 May 2023
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 2021 Graham Stone Terraces
- Replies: 0
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2021 Graham Stone Terraces
A small group of us were lucky enough to taste the 2021 Graham Stone Terraces while standing on Stone Terraces themselves at Malvedos on a lovely day during a visit to the property which fortuitously happened to the day of the release. The port was extremely fresh, full of layers and layers of soft ...
- 14:53 Fri 12 May 2023
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Ferreira Vertical Sept 2023
- Replies: 39
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Re: Ferreira Vertical Sept 2023
Looking at dates which might work for this tasting - how would the first week of October fit into people's diaries? That is, week commencing Monday 2nd October? That gives us a 2 week gap from the 1966 horizontal. Or the week before half term, that would be week commencing Monday 16th October. If w...
- 09:24 Wed 10 May 2023
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
- Replies: 114
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Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
That makes fourteen (please check whether correctly done — if fifteen, the fourteenth will be waitlisted). You’ve missed Phil, Simon and Harry (who wasn’t sure so said make first on waitlist if full). I suspect we were not included because all three of us qualified our availability ("yes, prob...
- 13:27 Tue 09 May 2023
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Time for a TN sort?
- Replies: 448
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Re: Time for a TN sort?
Some of the "jump to" links don't work - D, L, X, Y & Z. LXYZ don't have any associated notes (so possibly might expect to jump to the nearest letter?), but D does. You're correct that L, X, Y Z don't work as there is no tasting note starting with those letters. Ideally I would sugges...
- 17:18 Fri 05 May 2023
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1955 Horizontal 13th June
- Replies: 44
- Views: 46297
Re: 1955 Horizontal 13th June
I would love to join you. In terms of 55s not listed I could provide either or both of Offley Boa Vista '55 (though I think Charles has that covered) and Theinpont '55 (unknown shipper, most likely Butler Nephew; I would tong to find out, if opening that one).
- 09:05 Fri 05 May 2023
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1994s, Tue 26 Mar 2024
- Replies: 109
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Re: 1994s, Tue 26 Mar 2024
Yes please.
Currently to hand qLR and RO, and in storage F, G, W, V.
Also Q94c and G94c, though either or both might be drunk this summer.
Currently to hand qLR and RO, and in storage F, G, W, V.
Also Q94c and G94c, though either or both might be drunk this summer.
- 09:04 Fri 05 May 2023
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
- Replies: 114
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Re: Graham (or Malvedos) vertical, Tue 14 May 2024
yes please - I think; tend to try and go away one week in May avoiding travelling on bank holiday weekends, so will have to see how plans go.
- 09:03 Fri 05 May 2023
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: 1966s, Tue 12 Sep 2023
- Replies: 118
- Views: 770666
Re: 1966s, Tue 12 Sep 2023
Yes please. F, S or W.
- 08:30 Wed 03 May 2023
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Croft vertical, Tue 07 Nov 2023
- Replies: 138
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Re: Croft vertical, Tue 14 Nov 2023
Have 55, 60, 70. Will PM costs. Without your proposal I would have suggested <=87 or <=94 depending on whether we have any further older vintages; but I certainly have no problem with (either of) your proposal(s).