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Glenn E. wrote: ↑20:26 Mon 13 May 2024 What time are we starting? Boot and Flogger is a 5 min walk from my hotel.

Alex, should I bring your bottle to this evening or bring it on Wednesday?

Please bring it on Tuesday.


Charles - do you want some of your Ferreira 1977s that I have at home?

Borges 10YO Boal. Deep brown honey colour. Fresh sweet soft tropical fruit on the nose. As anticipated, the balance on the palate is better than on the 5YO with the acidity and burnt honey playing together nicely. There is plenty of fragrant and bitter citrus on the big aftertaste and even a little ...

Borges Boal 1986, bottled 2021. A warm, rich amber colour. Fragrant nose bringing together orange and honey. The sweet orange dominates the palate, but with a lightness of touch that is quite charming. Orange and marmalade dominate the aftertaste giving a long and rather tasty finish. Very nice. 90/...

Blandy 1968 Sercial, bottled 2017. Delicious; balanced with the fruit dominating and enough acidity to keep the wine fresh and full of life. Lovely, full of flavour without being dominated by the acidity. 92/100. Tasted 07-May-2024.

Bottled 2023. Sweet and flavoursome with sweet fruit. Very pleasant. 89/100. Tasted 08-May-2024.

Bottled 2023. Tasted 07-May-2024. Fresher and brighter than the Blandy 1991 Malmsey. Packed full of wonderful bitter-sweet orange marmalade. Irresistible. 92/100.

I've just seen the pictures - now I am feeling rather thirsty!

Mature copper-red colour, 60% opaque. Bright nose with rounded mature fruit; very expressive with a little sous-bois. Gentle, mature fruit on the palate. Mid-weight and slow to reveal what it has to show but the wine steadily builds up to be a wonderful mouthful of a berry-juice reduction. The after...

Raby Castle - aerial view 2.png Rabi was a settlement built by the Vikings in what is now County Durham during the time of King Cnut in the early 11th century. The castle was built in the 14th century by the Neville family, who held it until it was confiscated by the Crown after the unsuccessful Ri...

I currently have Kopke 50YO Tawny and Kopke 50YO White, although both are at risk of being drunk.

Everything else I had, has been drunk.

M.Charlton wrote: ↑11:16 Fri 03 May 2024 Now SFE have released, it’s time to get a date in the diary for this! How about 1 October 2024?

good for me too.

Sorry, I can’t make it to London on Tuesday evening.

I've just spoken with the B&F and there is defiantly no Bearnaise sauce available That's a real shame, they've been fine with it for a long time as long as we ordered in advance. Ah well - thanks for trying; I've updated above to have peppercorn instead. Maybe we'll persuade them to bring it ba...

mcoulson wrote: ↑07:06 Thu 25 Apr 2024

PhilW wrote: ↑20:30 Wed 24 Apr 2024 For me please:

Starter: Smoked salmon
Main: Steak (Medium-rare), chips, green beans, and Bearnaise sauce (please!)

Arh but which steak ?? there are two to choose from ....

Presumably both.

Sorry peeps, if you didn’t request a copy first time round, I don’t have any left.

If you did request a copy first time round, my records indicate that everything requested was successfully delivered…

I’ll have smoked salmon starter (with the chilli dressing on the side), and a main of slow roasted belly pork with fries instead of sweet potato mash and a side of roasted carrots.

For this tasting I’d like Ham Hock terrine as a starter, a rib-eye medium rare with a bearnaise sauce (if possible) thin chips as the side and roasted carrots with pea pesto as a side dish.

This can also be my default food order — but the default should be no starter.

For this tasting I’d like Ham Hock terrine as a starter, a rib-eye medium rare with a bearnaise sauce (if possible) thin chips as the side and roasted carrots with pea pesto as a side dish.

This can also be my default food order — but the default should be no starter.

Did anyone else taste the Quinta da Pedra Alta 2022 VP? I was very impressed - a proper tasting note will get posted, but I’m curious to know if anyone else tried it.

There are strong rumours that Quinta do Noval will declare a 2022 vintage, although since they haven’t done so yet, they are not on the list.

There were also Churchill Gricha and Pedra Alta 2022 at the BFT today.

mcoulson wrote: ↑08:20 Fri 19 Apr 2024 Have you got any of your original hard copies left ?

I don’t think so, but I’ll check.

It might be worth asking at the SFE stand on Tuesday.

My advice is the same as Andy’s.

If you have fixed times for arrival or departure, book you taxi a week ahead or so. Your host at the Quinta you’re visiting or hotel in Régua / Pinhão will be able to help you.

Ride apps haven’t arrived in the Douro yet.

The link Mike posted is to the edition which came out in 2022. I don’t think there’s a third edition out yet.

All confirmed