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Dark red, very young, opaque centre and deeply coloured rim. Loud blackcurrants all over the nose. Big, sweet and fruity in the mouth; so full of fruit that the peppery tannins are almost hidden. Sweet, deep blackcurrants on the aftertaste; long and lingering but not big in flavour. Soft and approac...

Please do create them, anything which saves me time and effort is appreciated. Please also feel free to copy the already posted W70 note.

DRT wrote:JDAW: Head for Marylebone - I'm chasing the Clipper in a canoe!

JDAW now in Marylebone. Reserve bottle of T35 brought in case first was corked now being decanted.

Early news reports on the candidates are now being received, as follows: Warre 1970 Decanted for 7.5 hours. Mature red in colour, clearly comfortably middle aged. Lovely warm nose, full of spicy redcurrants and cinnamon. Delightful entry, very balanced. Some aggression from a combination of acid, ta...

Did any of the electorate attempt to vote after 22:00? And, if so, were they refused the right to vote? If either of the above questions result in a "Yes" or a "No" then I object and demand a second ballot. The Presiding Officer and Returning Officer have consulted the electoral...

That’s unusually good estimating: or were the clues particularly helpful? (And which is ‟Ck”? If Cockburn, the standard abbreviation is plain ‟C”.) Meanwhile, the BBC reports that the choice of the electorate is not to choose. Or maybe the Blues. Or maybe a re-taste later. There were no clues, so...

The candidates have now revealed their true nature. The electorate guessed them to be:

Wine 1 - unknown shipper from '92; T70; F70 - was actually W70
Wine 2 - Ck64, Ck64, Mz55 - was actually T35
Wine 3 - G83, W83, W83 - was actually D83
Wine 4 - Roeda 97, Pocas 05, Vau 05 - was actually Roeda 97

Votes have been counted. Wine number 1 has been declared the representative for The Crusting Pipe by a majority of 4 votes.

Candidate number 2 has been described as "not repulsive enough to represent the Worker's Revolutionary Party, but is eccentric enough to be the Monster Raving Loony" of these wines.

Candidate number 4 clearly lacks experience, but is expressing potential for the future.

A late candidate has just arrived, fortunately before the polls close at 10pm.

Candidate number 3 is young and well rounded, but will probably do better at the next election.

Candidate number 1 is extremely persistent.

The three candidates have been presented to their electorate, and debate continues.

Did we once have a layout for 3 bottles that held glass circles and tasting notes on the same landscape sheet of A4? If this works, please could we do the same for tomorrow night? Thanks.

I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiments that you have written here. I hate the Sothebys e-catalogue and it is easily the least friendly for potential buyers - not infrequently do I decide that I do not have the time to browse and see if there is anything I am interested in. Web presence does seem...

But a country’s borrowing is somebody else’s saving. Country issuing bond = borrower. Entity purchasing bond = saver. Hmm, perhaps, but not the way that I would have expressed it. Many of the bond purchasers will be banks leveraging their capital bases to the extent permitted by their local regulat...

Latest update on arrangements: Attending: 1) THRA - the demi-centenarian 2) AHB 3) Oscar Quevedo 4) DRT 5) Chris Doty 6) RLC 7) KillerB 8) Keytohiway (DBM) 9) JDAW 10) Giles Wigoder 11) * spare seat 12) Gustavo Devesas 13) Raul Alex 14) * spare seat * - due to a withdrawl, there is a vacancy should ...

Ports: we need a policy decision. Is this a near-complete 1960; or is this a one-bottle-each 1960? This is a school night. We have a reservation from 6½pm. So, unless there is a manifest consensus to the contrary, and that consensus materialises by the end of this week, I declare this to be a one-b...

Chris Doty wrote:Sounds good. Would it be possible to kick the start time back to 7pm? My boss suffers from separation anxiety.

7pm is fine. Tell me what you want to eat and it can be waiting for you when you arrive.

DRT wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:A venue is also needed. The Bowler?

Works for me.

Happy to try the Bowler. Could you contact them and make the reservation? And post the details?

Of course, this all assumes that Irish airspace is open... Seriously, if you do decide to take the $50 Ryanair flight there are very good train services from Gatwick, Stansted and Luton airports costing in the order of $30 each way. Once in London the tube will cost about $6 each way. If you need to...

g-man wrote:how bout a quick flight over to dublin

If you can make a quick flight to London, I'll spring you a bottle! It's only an hour's flight and I used to be in the office before 9am when I was doing the trip.

Placemats would be most welcome. Thank you. Attendees will be Mark, Chris Doty and me. Venue will be The Crusting Pipe at 6:30pm on Thursday May 6. Each person attending will bring a bottle of vintage port (which also permits single quinta and second label vintage ports) which will be presented blin...

Not at the moment since Tom will be offering some bottles for adoption. I'll try and check with Tom tomorrow.