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- 23:33 Wed 19 Aug 2015
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Apostrophe crimes
- Replies: 2072
- Views: 693460
Re: Apostrophe crimes
Is ‘double-magnum’ a compound noun, so hyphenated, or should it be an adjective and a noun, so non-hyphenatedly ‘double magnum’? Compare: • We drank three double-magnums. • We drank three double magnums. I prefer the hyphen, but am willing to concede to a contrary consensus. I guess if you drink th...
- 18:41 Wed 19 Aug 2015
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: A cricket fixture
- Replies: 49
- Views: 24050
Re: A cricket fixture
Will someone (Daniel?) film this historic match and thus preserve it for posterity?
- 18:38 Wed 19 Aug 2015
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: 2012 Le Poiane Valpolicella Ripasso
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2673
Re: 2012 Le Polane Valpolicella Ripasso
I'm delighted to hear that you try more Italian wines.
PS: I think the wine is called "Le Poiane": http://www.bolla.com/specialselections/lepoiane.html
PS: I think the wine is called "Le Poiane": http://www.bolla.com/specialselections/lepoiane.html
- 22:49 Mon 10 Aug 2015
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: A reason to get up early
- Replies: 595
- Views: 202269
Re: A reason to get up early
Astronauts sample salad grown on ISS:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stati ... ady_to_eat
I wonder if grapes would grow in space...
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stati ... ady_to_eat
I wonder if grapes would grow in space...
- 17:47 Sat 08 Aug 2015
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: L'Intendant, Bordeaux
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4457
Re: L'Intendant, Bordeaux
That's a nice little collection you bought there. Perhaps you should ask them if they also ship their wines abroad.
Did you also visit the Badie (http://www.badie.com) wine shop in Bordeaux?
Did you also visit the Badie (http://www.badie.com) wine shop in Bordeaux?
- 13:22 Sat 08 Aug 2015
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: L'Intendant, Bordeaux
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4457
Re: L'Intendant, Bordeaux
This surely is a great wine-shop. What did you buy there?
Btw, here is their website: http://www.intendant.com/eng
Btw, here is their website: http://www.intendant.com/eng
- 22:55 Sat 01 Aug 2015
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: What Her Majesty will be drinking in Germany
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4800
Re: What Her Majesty will be drinking in Germany
In their current e-mail-newsletter the Wegeler Estates announced that the Queen was served their 2009 Wegeler Geheimrat »J« Riesling Sekt brut at the state banquet in Berlin: http://www.wegeler.com/nc/en/wine-details/wein/sekt-geheimrat-j-riesling-sekt-ba-brut-2009-ba-brut-750.html?tx_cagtsf%5Bback%...
- 22:13 Mon 27 Jul 2015
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Recommend me a 1976 port?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7676
Re: Recommend me a 1976 port?
There is also a 1976 Niepoort Colheita: http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/de/ports ... .html#1976
It was bottled in 2004. You can get it for 75 Euros on the German market (shipping costs to the UK are quite low, so this should not be a problem).
It was bottled in 2004. You can get it for 75 Euros on the German market (shipping costs to the UK are quite low, so this should not be a problem).
- 16:46 Mon 27 Jul 2015
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Theft at BBR
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6502
Re: Theft at BBR
At BBR's homepage, you can take a virtual tour of the warehouse:
http://www.bbr.com/virtual-tour-warehouse
I guess the thieves were quite grateful for this planning tool.
http://www.bbr.com/virtual-tour-warehouse
I guess the thieves were quite grateful for this planning tool.
- 17:41 Fri 17 Jul 2015
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: BBR port walk - 2015
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9811
Re: BBR port walk - 2015
I liked it too.LGTrotter wrote:I thought that it was a very nice glass. Accept.jdaw1 wrote:You will be offered a glass of sparkles. Decline.DaveRL wrote:Learning points from last year.
But I understand that it distracts from the main reason to go to the PortWalk.
- 13:09 Mon 13 Jul 2015
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 2007 Quinta da Romaneira LBV
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2365
Re: 2007 Quinta da Romaneira LBV
The technical sheet says it was bottled in 2012:
http://www.quintadaromaneira.pt/files/t ... 07-ing.pdf
A local shop has this LBV so I'm tempted to get some (hence the research here on TPF and on the Romaneira website).
http://www.quintadaromaneira.pt/files/t ... 07-ing.pdf
A local shop has this LBV so I'm tempted to get some (hence the research here on TPF and on the Romaneira website).
- 20:04 Mon 06 Jul 2015
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: What Her Majesty will be drinking in Germany
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4800
Re: What Her Majesty will be drinking in Germany
Further research shows that Her Majesty had a Stigler Freiburg Schlossberg Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) Weisherbst (Blanc de Noir) Beerenauslese with her dessert at the state banquet in Berlin. The vintage is not disclosed in this press article: http://www.badische-zeitung.de/ihringen/was-sagt-der-win...
- 20:07 Tue 23 Jun 2015
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: What Her Majesty will be drinking in Germany
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4800
What Her Majesty will be drinking in Germany
I thought it would be fun to do some research on what Her Majesty will be drinking during her state visit to Germany. So far only little information can be found. But this is definitely one she will try with her lunch in Frankfurt on Thursday: 1953 Kloster Eberbach Assmannshäuser Höllenberg Spätburg...
- 14:17 Sun 14 Jun 2015
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: 2008 Vintage Port Declarations
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9788
Re: 2008 Vintage Port Declarations
Rozès also declared a VP in 2008:
http://www.rozes.com.pt/index.php?optio ... Itemid=231
See my TN here:
http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8039
http://www.rozes.com.pt/index.php?optio ... Itemid=231
See my TN here:
http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8039
- 14:12 Sun 14 Jun 2015
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Return of the Prodigal Port-drinker
- Replies: 49
- Views: 14965
Re: Return of the Prodigal Port-drinker
Hurray, Daniel is back.
- 22:45 Mon 08 Jun 2015
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Hats and caps
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3973
Re: Hats and caps
That's a good question. Perhaps it would be a good idea to wear hard hats when drinking a lot of port.
- 23:07 Sat 11 Apr 2015
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: 1998 Telmo Rodriguez Molino Real
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2150
1998 Telmo Rodriguez Molino Real
Made of 100% Moscatel in the Spanish region of Málaga. Bottled after 20 months in French oak barrel: The first glas: brown colour, smells of caramel and quince (the nose somehow reminds me of a 5-year-old Madeira), medium body, not that sweet, in the mouth caramel and quince, it's also a littly bit ...
- 18:26 Sat 11 Apr 2015
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Latest buy
- Replies: 2103
- Views: 889919
Re: Latest buy
6 x 2011 Niepoort Crusted
I bought a bottle each time I did my weekly shopping at the civilised supermarket. I will continue to do so until they run out of stock.
I bought a bottle each time I did my weekly shopping at the civilised supermarket. I will continue to do so until they run out of stock.
- 23:32 Tue 07 Apr 2015
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: 2002 Dom Perignon
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4542
Re: 2002 Dom Perignon
This sounds like a case of spring fever. Did you also take a smell at the budding flowers in your garden?
- 22:04 Tue 07 Apr 2015
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: 2002 Dom Perignon
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4542
Re: 2002 Dom Perignon
Owen, I'm glad you're having a good time.
- 13:35 Mon 06 Apr 2015
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Manoel de Oliveira, 1908-2015
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4154
Re: Manoel de Oliveira, 1908-2015
There was an obituary in the local paper which said that de Oliveira made a living during the Salazar years by making port wine on the estate that his wife had inherited. I guess what the journalist meant was that he ran the quinta and sold the grapes to port companies.
- 01:05 Sat 04 Apr 2015
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: 1982 Chasse-Spleen
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2826
Re: 1982 Chasse-Spleen
Do you mean the decanter is empty?DRT wrote:D+6h - this wine has developed a serious problem
- 01:45 Sun 29 Mar 2015
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Fonseca Bicentenary Edition Crusted Port
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4123
Re: Fonseca Bicentenary Edition Crusted Port
I wonder if this is just the standard Fonseca Crusted that is released every year (this time with a bicentenary label) or really something more special to mark the occasion. The press release doesn't really give any information on the quality of the Crusted.
- 23:53 Wed 25 Mar 2015
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Port Tasting: A Checklist
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6228
Re: Port Tasting: A Checklist
I guess these were just the waiters planning for the night's event.Andy Velebil wrote:way to uncomfortable.
- 23:49 Wed 25 Mar 2015
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Jeremy Clarkson
- Replies: 68
- Views: 54853
Re: Jeremy Clarkson
Or this might just be the smell of JC's exhaust.djewesbury wrote:Not at all. I can smell the future coming.