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Yes, this was very pleasant and relaxing drinking with the G70 edging out the S70 but both lovely and popped and poured on the night. The observant of you might ask why these Ports given we had them at the tasting earlier this month (and three S70s to boot). Well, the S70 was because it was to hand ...

Yes, well done Julian- a herculean effort.

G77 opened for the purposes of my brother-in-law's 40th and found to be riddled with VA-very disappointing and only a couple of years after similar with D77 at his birthday.

Reactivating this topic as it would seem that my dreams of having a wine cellar under my new extension have been scattered to the four winds; the cost would double the cost of the two storey extension! The only reason that I was looking into the extension and agreed to the extension with Mrs J was m...

flash_uk wrote: ↑12:44 Fri 20 Jan 2017 Would it be worth inquiring with Dirk or Oscar if there is a BFT-like event in another location that they know of, where we could attend? A day trip to Copenhagen/Paris/Porto might be fun! And probably much less effort than organising a one-off in London.

Now that sounds like an idea...

I'm still in.

I now can't seem to readily see the latest post on my mobile (not a problem on other devices), only by drilling into the topic-anyone give me a quick idiot's guide? In the top left hand corner of the screen you should have a symbol made of three horizontal lines. Click that and then select "Ne...

Food order:
Truffle Mac & cheese
Sirloin Steak (Medium-Rare) with hand cut chips and a side order of creamed spinach

Thanks.

Phil - you need to clear the browser cache. I had the same issue until Derek suggested clearing the cache. Yes, thanks Mike, otherwise I would have continued to experience withdrawal symptoms! One thing however, I now can't seem to readily see the latest post on my mobile (not a problem on other de...

OK in the top post I have provisionally allocated bottles for folks to bring (bold and italics initials). Some people have multiple bottles available - please drop me a PM if there are any issues with the bottles I've allocated to you, or if you can't spare multiple bottles. Given the uneven balanc...

Christopher Gee (CMAG) would like to be waitlisted please. JDAW, can you add to the reserve list please? Jorgen has been writing that I want to participate in the Gould Campbell tasting. I just want to say that I am Sten Ivarsson, Malmö Regards Sten Sten, you're already on the reserve list (as JB V...

I've just received Tanner's latest newsletter through the post. Included with it was a flysheet giving details of their winter sale. Currently they are offering Churchill 2008 LBV @ £14 per bottle (inclusive of VAT). It's actually better than that-their email says £12.50 a bottle and this is reflec...

I haven't even paused to reconsider- I'm simply hitting the 'yes' button

Weird thing is I was thinking just earlier of posting for an update of where we were on this tasting.

It would be a real shame if all of Ben's (and Danny's) hard work in establishing the BFT were to be allowed to fall away and so hopefully this is merely a hiatus and others can assume the mantle next year. I'm still ok for this tasting by the way.

Is the date fixed yet? Need to arrange air transport. Who is in charge of the tasing? To whom do I send bottles if needed? Axel The date needs to included in the title thread but has been set for Tuesday 10 October 2017. Bottle allocations will be determined in due course and for my sins, I am the ...

AHB wrote:CMAG has just enquired whether there might be a space at the table for him.

I don't believe so as with the addition of Julian's guests we are back to our usual maximum of 14 (even without Mrs W) but as organiser, I'll leave it to Charles to provide the final say.

Given the about two drop-outs (and unless there are any reserves in waiting), we should now lose the two THs but I would still like to retain the SW.

And I should have said that (amongst others) I have T80 and F83. So it looks as though we've pretty much got all covered

I suspect that Alex's (AHB) variations in decanting times were more down to circumstances than anything else-; I had to decant the G70 12 hours beforehand for the tasting we had last week but that was becuase I had to take into work with me before going on to the tasting. It didn't stop it being the...

Yes Mike, count me in-date works for me.

Wilco. Done. Thanks. Have you booked B&F or would you prefer I did? Done: Red Room, from 4½pm. Was going to but didn't have the opportunity yesterday-thanks for taking the initiative. By my reckoning a maximum of 224 glasses will be required (assuming we're able to include the 45, 55 and 60)

I'm happy to reach out and find an industry guest. Would a member of the Symington family be appropriate? Once we have a confirmed date I can start conversations... Date has been set for Tuesday 10 October 2017. Johnny Symington was mentioned first time around and so Alex perhaps you could extend t...

I could list Ports from the 19th century but hopefully more realistically, the following (two from the same house and two from the same year):

Ni70 (slightly surprising that I don't believe I have tasted this)
Ni55
F27
Ck27

Twenty?! This has not been perfectly managed. Let's start by moving Mrs W. To the waitlist. Bye bye my love. And some others: perhaps the unconfirmed? Or the late joiners? I was merely picking up from where it had been left which it appeared was 18 people. Twenty?! or even twenty-two, since I think...

Just to add to my post above I would suggest (based upon bottles currently in people's possession) that the tasting should comprise vintages 1924-1994 (Inc) which has a nice symetry about it. Also means that we have 8 months to track down a 45, 55 and 60 (plus a putative 42).