I look forward to tasting Archer's Long Vintage 2010 sometime in 2025
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- 15:48 Mon 20 Aug 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: The micro Quinta...
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- 15:22 Mon 20 Aug 2007
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: What is the . . .
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- 15:11 Mon 20 Aug 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
- Replies: 282
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Re: Decanting time and everything else
I'm intrigued by decanting the 2000 two days beforehand. I've had a few 2000s and they've always tasted impossibly fruity, so this may be just the thing - so I'm not disputing that one. That's the spirit of adventure we need on this type of occassion 88) I begin to wonder whether your version of de...
- 13:40 Mon 20 Aug 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
- Replies: 282
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- 09:25 Mon 20 Aug 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Help!!!!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6971
- 09:24 Mon 20 Aug 2007
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: The Story of the Tiles
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1751
The Story of the Tiles
OK, the straw has broken the camels back with Alan's latest criticism and I will finally have to explain "The Tiles" :x Jo and I moved into our current home in November 2001. Not even 6 years ago. As is normal in such a situation we prioritised the decorating schedule in a way that would p...
- 08:04 Mon 20 Aug 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
- Replies: 282
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jdaw, Life is short and there are some things that end up at the bottom of one's list of priorities for no particular reason other than there are more important things to do on a particular day. Using nothing more than my fingers as an abacus and my previous experience of trying to obtain clear pict...
- 23:50 Sun 19 Aug 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
- Replies: 282
- Views: 156232
Re: Decanting times
1920 : Once upon a time I had a Taylor 1927 that we started immediately after opening. It peaked at 15 minutes (not a very high peak, alas) and within the hour was sugary water. I see no harm in a zero-hour plan for the F20. If it needs more, well, we’ll have the whole evening. The only reason I pl...
- 23:28 Sun 19 Aug 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
- Replies: 282
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Decanting Times Here is my plan for decanting the wines. All wines will be decanted and then returned almost immediately to their original bottle and kept as close to cellar temperature as can be achieved until the arrive at Conky's. The bottles will only be stoppered for 1-2hrs during transportati...
- 23:15 Sun 19 Aug 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
- Replies: 282
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jdaw, Excellent, although I think I could live without the psychedelic version! Please deduct £10 from the price of the F63 as I quoted the wrong price, which has now been corrected by Tom. We will sort out the adjustment to contributions on the night. Are you planning to bring the mats and labels w...
- 22:52 Sun 19 Aug 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Help!!!!!
- Replies: 17
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These are the 114 brave soldiers who returned safely from their torment at the nibbling mouths of the Silverfish Axis of Evil. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1012/1174187009_e306f42bcc.jpg None of their containers survived the ordeal and all were ruthlessly incinerated in my patio fire this evening ...
- 10:02 Sun 19 Aug 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Help!!!!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6971
- 09:23 Sun 19 Aug 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
- Replies: 282
- Views: 156232
Perhaps the best solution is for you to bring them with you, provided you will have access to the necessary printing facilities before you depart for the UK. I will test the colour printer next week. I think it is a colour laser printer rather than the ink/bubble-jet type so it may be fit for purpos...
- 09:16 Sun 19 Aug 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Getting in the spirit to go back to Portugal
- Replies: 4
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Fred, Some impressive wines :D What a pity about your NN83. This certainly sounds like a flawed bottle as I would not expect a Nacional of this age to be showing such maturity, especially given that the provenance is as good as it could possibly be having been bought directly from the producer. Perh...
- 09:08 Sun 19 Aug 2007
- Forum: Beer, Spirits, Cigars, and Pork Pies
- Topic: Broken Spur
- Replies: 1
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- 08:51 Sun 19 Aug 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Favourites icon
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Re: More barrel icons
Uncle Tom: if you send me a text file, 16 by 16, with letters meaning colours that you define (e.g., R = Ruby), then I can make and post your design. Alan (and other non Technical Anoraks), I'm only guessing here but I think the earlier quote from jdaw above means that favicons are drawings rather ...
- 08:36 Sun 19 Aug 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Help!!!!!
- Replies: 17
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Stevie, That could be it. The colour is different (and more metalic) and the legs and antenna are much thinner than those of the specimin in the picture but the general body configuration is the same. I would assume that there are lots of different variations of these critters so I think this is wha...
- 20:41 Sat 18 Aug 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
- Replies: 282
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I don't have a personal DJ and have no plans to get one so it will be casual dress for me. For the next 2 weeks I will have access to an A3 colour printer. The final final final list is: Fonseca 1920 Fonseca 1963 Fonseca 1966 Fonseca 1970 Fonseca 1975 Fonseca 1977 Fonseca 1980 Fonseca 1983 Fonseca 1...
- 18:41 Sat 18 Aug 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Help!!!!!
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- 15:32 Sat 18 Aug 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Help!!!!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6971
- 12:01 Sat 18 Aug 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Help!!!!!
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I've done some digging around on the net and the closest match I can find is (b) in the following image although the ones in my case are slightly fatter than this drawing. Now that I have seen them in daylight (which they do not like!) the colour is almost identical to the coat of a Weimaraner Has a...
- 10:24 Sat 18 Aug 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Help!!!!!
- Replies: 17
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Help!!!!!
Around one third of my port collection is stored in a proper underground cellar under my sisters shop. I went down this morning to retrieve 3 of the bottles required for The F-Plan Offline and was horrified with what I found when I opened the case in which one of them was stored. The case is an OWC ...
- 10:04 Sat 18 Aug 2007
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: Ideas Please
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3136
Thanks, Andy I'm also looking for any suggestions on how to make it fun for them. In previous conversations with AHB he told me that he has run port tastings for non-portoholics where he gets them to taste the wines blind and then pt them in order of least to most expensive or identify which style o...
- 00:20 Sat 18 Aug 2007
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: Ideas Please
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3136
Ideas Please
My Mother is one of a group of dedicated individuals who have spent the past 25 years running a fund raising group. Suffice to say she is very good at it and has a medal awarded by the Pope to prove it :shock: Anyone interested in knowing more of this part of the story please PM me. As part of the p...
- 23:46 Fri 17 Aug 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: The Port Forum Offline #2 - 1st Sep 2007
- Replies: 282
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The F Plan is now a certainty. The wines have been secured from each supplier and cash is begining to change hands. We now need to turn our attention to less important matters, in order of priority: 1. Glasses : we need lots of these. I have around 12 proper port glasses. KillerB has a few and Conky...