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Looks like England are going to hand the final test to South Africa. Chasing 382, Hales, Cook and Compton are all out, 18-3. Weather might be the only hope. A 2-1 win to England might reflect more accurately the balance of the teams in this series than a 2-0 win. I would agree. South Africa are not...

Looks like England are going to hand the final test to South Africa. Chasing 382, Hales, Cook and Compton are all out, 18-3. Weather might be the only hope.

I'm also in the process of searching for racking for my new cellar. The example Simon linked to is probably the best I've seen in terms of density/price ratio. Trying to increase density above this means very sharp price increases. For example I did like these , however for the 25% improvement in bo...

jdaw1 wrote:The firm still exists

Not quite. The link says the company is dissolved. Also, it was incorporated in 1954, well after the port samples your handwriting refers to, were dispatched.

http://www.jdawiseman.com/2016/19100617_MerchantTaylors.png Bowen McKechnie? I would say yes McKechnie - especially as that is a surname that is not uncommon, whereas other potential interpretations produce surnames I've never heard of. Bowen? Looks right, more common as a surname than a first name...

Doggett wrote:Shouldn't we reserve a spot for Tom? Others will know better, but I believe he is back at the end of March, so if he is not able to come then we have ample time to draft up another for the spot.

Simon

Good thinking. Place added.

Top post updated to include everyone so far.

I think it would be good to transport bottles for this one to the B&F in good time (like 4-6 weeks in advance). As we get closer to the date we can confirm who should bring what and get all that going.

jdaw1 wrote:Presumably Mrs J will be even more tired than you, so won’t want to share the bottle. Like buses, you wait for ages then two splendid results come along at once.

Am I missing something, or is this response over two years late?

PopulusTremula wrote:Due to arrive in London the following day, the pain of missing this tasting is rather intensely felt!

Ah, shocker!
No chance to change flights?

DRT wrote:"Yes"

Correct
Your turn.

Would anyone be interested to have one quiz at a time resurrected?

My food order: Crab toast with chilli, fennel and avocado Chargrilled sirloin steak 220g (black and blue) with hand-cut chips and grilled tomato Peas and beans with mint lemon and butter Did you really want that order, or was it just easier to cut and paste my order (amending the steak cooking styl...

According to the Office for National Statistics in 2014 there were 245142 male deaths of which 3682 were due to prostate cancer; 3682/245142 is almost exactly 1.5%. We already established that the figure quoted was not a percentage of all male deaths, but of males in the UK. Nevertheless, 3,682 != ...

With the calendar starting to fill up, I thought I'd float the prospect of a 66 horizontal marking the 50th birthday of the 66 vintage. I have plucked a date out of the air that is sufficiently far away to hopefully mean our diaries are not already booked. Please confirm if interested and if the dat...

This post to hold details as they develop. 50 years ago, the 1966 vintage was born. Happy birthday '66 vintage - to celebrate, we shall be drinking you. When: 6½pm on Thursday 19th May 2016 Theme: The 1966 vintage. Venue: The Red Room, The Boot & Flogger , 10-20 Redcross Way, London SE1 1TA, te...

"The crude mortality rate shows that there are 35 prostate cancer deaths for every 100,000 males in the UK." That is not 2%. It is 0.035%. Am I missing something? There are 35 prostate deaths per year per every 100,000 males in the UK. Not per 100,000 males who died in the UK per year. Th...

Magnificent. My food order:
Crab toast with chilli, fennel and avocado
Chargrilled sirloin steak 220g (rare) with hand-cut chips and grilled tomato
Peas and beans with mint lemon and butter

Which offering would folks prefer from Cr63, GC70 and T77?

Count me in. As things stand I could do all three dates with a slight preference for the 8th.

The accounts page looks good to me. Presumably with 4 people at the test tasting, it was not put to use?

Final session in Cape Town, bad light and rain look like bringing it to a close as a draw. What a bizarre final few sessions of a test. Credit to Amla and Bavuma - they really did dig SA out of a hole and a loss in this one.

40% opacity, brown-red. Spicy nose. Smooth, soft entry, with a fantastic mix of fruit, spice and chocolate flavours. This was a real surprise on the night for me, excellent port.

80% opacity, dark red. Pepper nose. Full, tannic, fruit and pepper. Very enjoyable.

70% opacity, dark red, little cloudy. Nose of leather. Very dry in the mouth.

80% opacity, deep red. Lively fruit nose. In the mouth great balance, fruit and a tannic edge. This is fabulous port.

35% opacity, red brown. Tobacco on the nose. Palate, a bit dirty, thin, some acidity, no backbone. Not great all round.