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by uncle tom
14:20 Sat 06 May 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 1993s @30 - Tue 10th October 2023
Replies: 50
Views: 63805

Re: 1993s @30 - Tue 10th October 2023

If you want to throw the theme wide open, I have two 10yr tawnies that were bottled in 1993
by uncle tom
14:17 Sat 06 May 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 1994s, Tue 26 Mar 2024
Replies: 109
Views: 20212

Re: 1994s, Tue 26 Mar 2024

Stick me down - have most shippers
by uncle tom
14:14 Sat 06 May 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 1955 Horizontal 13th June
Replies: 44
Views: 39219

Re: 1955 Horizontal 13th June

Doesn't feel that long since I last went to a 55, so I'll let this one be enjoyed by others. Can supply bottles however Available to spare I have: Butler Nephew Cockburn Dow Fonseca Gonzalez Byass Graham Mackenzie Martinez Noval Offley Taylor If you want to be indulgent, I can also supply the Taylor...
by uncle tom
18:24 Sun 23 Apr 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Wed 3rd May 2023: Port Fit For a King’s Coronation
Replies: 27
Views: 45425

Re: Wed 3rd May 2023: Port Fit For a King’s Coronation

A tasting on my 63rd birthday - why not?

Will also allow me to bring down a first load of 83's and drop them off..
by uncle tom
10:40 Wed 05 Apr 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 83@40 2023 - May 25th
Replies: 115
Views: 89562

Re: 83@40 2023 - May 25th

Consensus seems to be in favour of including the NN.

Could attendees volunteer bottles for inclusion please. I will then endeavour to fill the gaps.
by uncle tom
11:37 Tue 28 Mar 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Cavadinha, Tue 28th March 2023, B&F
Replies: 66
Views: 42238

Re: Cavadinha, Tue 28th March 2023, B&F

86 and 02 decanted - both looking good and both corks extracted in one piece, so no jail time demanded..
by uncle tom
09:57 Tue 14 Mar 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Ferreira Vertical Sept 2023
Replies: 39
Views: 38340

Re: Ferreira vertical sept 2023

Stick me down please.

Don't have many vintages, but can supply:

1978
1977
1970
1960
1945
by uncle tom
11:11 Mon 13 Mar 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Anyone interested in a Six Grapes Tasting?
Replies: 21
Views: 11821

Re: Anyone interested in a Six Grapes Tasting?

Does anyone have an old bottle?
Yes - I don't know exactly how old, but I have a Graham's Six Grapes of some antiquity (it has a driven cork)
by uncle tom
07:07 Sun 12 Mar 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: 2020 Declarations
Replies: 74
Views: 33808

Re: 2020 Declarations

Can't be long before we'll need a 2021 thread started. After a rush of declarations in the middle of the last decade, we've now had a rather long wait for a classic vintage. The early indications on both '21 and '22 suggest that both years worked well for some producers, but not all - so are we goin...
by uncle tom
05:34 Sat 11 Mar 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 83@40 2023 - May 25th
Replies: 115
Views: 89562

Re: 83@40 2023 - May 25th

Are you looking for contributions towards the line-up? I can comfortably bring down up to eight bottles on the day, more is a bit of a struggle, unless we have an intermediate event that I can use to drop bottles off. Big question to decide is whether to include the Nacional or not. Whilst the tast...
by uncle tom
14:43 Fri 10 Mar 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 83@40 2023 - May 25th
Replies: 115
Views: 89562

Re: 83@40 2023 - May 25th

Booking now confirmed for Thursday May 25th.
by uncle tom
13:02 Tue 28 Feb 2023
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: 83@40 2023 - May 25th
Replies: 115
Views: 89562

Re: 83@40 2023 - Date TBA

Need to fix a date for this - Tues May 16th - Thurs May 18th or Tues May 23rd - Thurs May 25th looks promising.

Any dates in those windows difficult for anyone?
by uncle tom
14:54 Thu 23 Feb 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: The 1980s & quality
Replies: 33
Views: 22270

Re: The 1980s & quality

F80 in my book is an OK VP, but far from typical for a Fonseca and trades for well above its worth.

W80 is typically 10% cheaper, and 100% better.
by uncle tom
05:15 Sun 19 Feb 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: The Warre 2006 LBV mystery
Replies: 7
Views: 2576

Re: The Warre 2006 LBV mystery

What airline carries it? I know Lufthansa has Graham's TWAIOA and LBV Lufthansa used to, but they seem to skip around the producers - they were heavily into Niepoort for a while, and I think they served me Taylor once. Thai has always had Warre, and IIRC it was also on board Turkish and EVA when I ...
by uncle tom
06:22 Thu 16 Feb 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: The Warre 2006 LBV mystery
Replies: 7
Views: 2576

The Warre 2006 LBV mystery

Warre have two LBV offerings - the blue foil bottle aged variety that we tend to see most of, and a young red foil offering with T stopper that seems to be mostly, but not exclusively, sold to airlines. I surmise that the blue foil variant is by far the biggest seller, but I don't know that for a fa...
by uncle tom
10:43 Mon 23 Jan 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Bottling dates on LBVs (& others)
Replies: 13
Views: 2911

Re: Bottling dates on LBVs (& others)

Although the rules say 4th year after harvest as the earliest bottling date, which I would assume is Jan 1st, nothing ever seems to get to market before the second half of that year. Niepoort is usually quick off the blocks but most of the others drag their feet - as of today, only 4 of the 75 LBVs ...
by uncle tom
10:55 Sun 22 Jan 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: O-PORT-UNIDADE II
Replies: 8
Views: 2856

Re: O-PORT-UNIDADE II

I’m really pleased to see this project still continuing! Need to make sure I get hold of a bottle of the new one.
If you missed out on getting the first edition Jacob, I have three dozen in bond (in cases of three) - could spare a case..
by uncle tom
10:49 Sun 22 Jan 2023
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Please help me find a 1964 Dow
Replies: 7
Views: 2134

Re: Please help me find a 1964 Dow Bomfim

I had just assumed it was a Bomfim because, well, 1964 wasn't a good year. Not a bad year either - all my encounters have been good. The producers were so signed up to declare '63 after the '63 harvest, I don't think they gave '64 a chance. I've never seen a D64 offered, but I do have the extremely...
by uncle tom
00:45 Sat 17 Dec 2022
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Thu 15 December 2022 - The Port Forum's 15th Xmas Tasting
Replies: 82
Views: 21445

Re: Thu 15 December 2022 - The Port Forum's 15th Xmas Tasting

Well we had a great night and (smug attack..) was very pleased to see my bottle, revealed as Tuke Holdsworth '22, get one of the best WOTN scores ever. But the clean up has been a chore.. - the liquid chalk used to mark the glasses does not wash off easily as I expected, but worse, the pub's water s...
by uncle tom
18:04 Thu 15 Dec 2022
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Thu 15 December 2022 - The Port Forum's 15th Xmas Tasting
Replies: 82
Views: 21445

Re: Thu 15 December 2022 - The Port Forum's 15th Xmas Tasting

12 decanters washed and ready, decanter chains packed. Have hammer, funnels, gauzes
by uncle tom
17:38 Thu 15 Dec 2022
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Thu 15 December 2022 - The Port Forum's 15th Xmas Tasting
Replies: 82
Views: 21445

Re: Thu 15 December 2022 - The Port Forum's 15th Xmas Tasting

Rather disappointing, my local cheese shop was closed today so my planned cheese hasn’t happened
I invested forty quid at a cheese shop in Buntingford yesterday - curiously run by another T Archer - so no worries

Four cheeses, 100% English
by uncle tom
16:48 Thu 15 Dec 2022
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Thu 15 December 2022 - The Port Forum's 15th Xmas Tasting
Replies: 82
Views: 21445

Re: Thu 15 December 2022 - The Port Forum's 15th Xmas Tasting

Take care guys - we've had a tiny bit of a thaw this afternoon, but it's now freezing again - there's some really slippery ice around.