1985 horizontal: Wed 25th Nov 2015, B&F

[jdaw1]

I want to keep Gonzalez M, but no objection to dropping Df and Mg.

[PhilW]

until ... Mike remembers to bring a box with him

Isn't the usual problem Mike remembering to take boxes home?

[Axel P]

Ok, here are my two cents: As the 85s are not too expensive and do have a certain amount of risk of corc and (heavy) VA, why dont we keep all in the tasting and replace the faulty bottles after opening with the reserves (Reserves are the producers who are in discussion to be dropped).

Therefore I would suggest not to drop any yet, but to keep them all in and open them in the preferred list.

Axel

[flash_uk]

Ok, here are my two cents: As the 85s are not too expensive and do have a certain amount of risk of corc and (heavy) VA, why dont we keep all in the tasting and replace the faulty bottles after opening with the reserves (Reserves are the producers who are in discussion to be dropped).

Therefore I would suggest not to drop any yet, but to keep them all in and open them in the preferred list.

Axel

Sounds sensible to me

[flash_uk]

Latest status.

We are 3 weeks away, I thought I'd try and summarise the current plan:
- 10 attendees
- 19 bottles coming
- 15 being opened initially
- 4 being retained as backups for faulty bottles
- DRT can't make it, so I'm providing Fonseca, I have volunteered WPS to bring Taylor
- I think we still need to work out how BMHR's bottle gets to the B&F
- feel free to recruit more attendees

Does this seem correct?

[Axel P]

Sounds great to me.

Axel

[benread]

I assume I can leave a suitably labelled bottle at B&F for you at some stage in next 2 weeks?


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[jdaw1]

I assume I can leave a suitably labelled bottle at B&F for you at some stage in next 2 weeks?

Thank you. Yes please.

[jdaw1]

Axel has sent RP = Ramos Pinto; A = Andresen; N = Noval. Ben is delivering MG = Gonzalez M. To these four we are committed.

I have in Streatham magnums of T = Taylor and F = Fonseca; Mike is bringing F = Fonseca single; Wolfgang is bringing T = Taylor single. That takes the total to ten bottles volume.

People: please choose another five bottles. Not ten, not fifteen, just five. Favourite choices from amongst that will be selected.

[jdaw1]

Please contribute to the draft of the food order by posting your desires^† in this thread, ideally after perusing the menu of the Boot & Flogger.

† Some limitations apply.

[CPR 1]

Potted shrimps followed by steak black and blue and a side of spinach please

Re the Port I would like to include Smith Woodhouse, Gould Campbell, Offley and Sandeman if possible. It would also seem a shame not to have Graham, Warre and Dow attend, perhaps drop the single T and F?

[jdaw1]

Correspondence with Axel via PM:

LIke the same as you, just the steak medum rare, please.

Thanks

• Truffle Mac & Cheese
• Chargrilled sirloin steak (medium-rare) with hand-cut chips and grilled tomato
• Welsh rarebit, extra cheesy

Please confirm (ideally, in the thread so that later others can check my work).

Perfect, thanks

[Axel P]

People: please choose another five bottles. Not ten, not fifteen, just five. Favourite choices from amongst that will be selected.

I move to stretch this to 6 and include all Symington bottles.

Axel

[jdaw1]

I move to stretch this to 6 and include all Symington bottles.

• Now-Symington, or then-Symington?
• What if there were a consensus in favour of some other bottles (note that Sandeman and Offley have been suggested by Charles). Would you then want as many Symingtons as possible, or would that break the completeness and your preference would then substantially change?

[Axel P]

My sequence would be:

Grahams (cant do the tasting without as this is my all-time-No.2 85)
Warre
Dow
SWC
QH
GC

Please do definitely include as many of those as possible.

Thanks

Axel

[flash_uk]

Axel has sent RP = Ramos Pinto; A = Andresen; N = Noval. Ben is delivering MG = Gonzalez M. To these four we are committed.

I have in Streatham magnums of T = Taylor and F = Fonseca; Mike is bringing F = Fonseca single; Wolfgang is bringing T = Taylor single. That takes the total to ten bottles volume.

People: please choose another five bottles. Not ten, not fifteen, just five. Favourite choices from amongst that will be selected.

So we're not adopting Axel's idea of bring whatever and open more if we find faulty bottles?

[jdaw1]

So we're not adopting Acel's idea of bring whatever and open more if we find faulty bottles?

We are substantially over-provisioned. Substantially. We actually clear a bottle each on a school night. For ten people we are bringing 15 (Axel wants 16), a fair fraction from good names.

[flash_uk]

Axel has sent RP = Ramos Pinto; A = Andresen; N = Noval. Ben is delivering MG = Gonzalez M. To these four we are committed.

I have in Streatham magnums of T = Taylor and F = Fonseca; Mike is bringing F = Fonseca single; Wolfgang is bringing T = Taylor single. That takes the total to ten bottles volume.

People: please choose another five bottles. Not ten, not fifteen, just five. Favourite choices from amongst that will be selected.

Re the Port I would like to include Smith Woodhouse, Gould Campbell, Offley and Sandeman if possible. It would also seem a shame not to have Graham, Warre and Dow attend, perhaps drop the single T and F?

I'd prefer we didn't open magnums - opening T and F mags uses up 4 bottles of slots where we could try other shippers. So far there seems to be consensus on RP, A, N, MG, T, F, G, D, W (which is 9 bottles). Charles's suggestion of SW, GC, O, S also seem good to me, that's 13. I'd be happy with that lot and there are room for a couple more (assuming no mags).

[jdaw1]

I'd prefer we didn't open magnums - opening T and F mags uses up 4 bottles of slots where we could try other shippers. So far there seems to be consensus on RP, A, N, MG, T, F, G, D, W (which is 9 bottles). Charles's suggestion of SW, GC, O, S also seem good to me, that's 13. I'd be happy with that lot and there are room for a couple more (assuming no mags).

Works for me.

Objections?

[CPR 1]

Sounds good to me, and leaves room for the QH which Axel wanted to include

[jdaw1]

Current list:

1. Andresen;
2. Dow;
3. Fonseca;
4. Gould Campbell;
5. Graham;
6. Gonzalez M;
7. Quinta do Noval;
8. Offley;
9. Quarles Harris;
10. Ramos Pinto;
11. Sandeman;
12. Smith Woodhouse;
13. Taylor;
14. Warre.

Room for two more requests. Fonseca magnum?

And please submit food orders.

[forest26]

Hi Guys
If there is a spare berth can I put myself forward ?
If so let me know how I can help.
Best wishes
Tony

[djewesbury]

Please update me - I've been off-radar for some time and need to know what I'm adopting, from whom.

[forest26]

Hi Guys
If there is a spare berth can I put myself forward ?
If so let me know how I can help.
Best wishes
Tony

[djewesbury]

Please update me - I've been off-radar for some time and need to know what I'm adopting, from whom.

ALSO - could the first post be updated to reflect actual start time? I've lost track of the discussion. How many flights are there? I need to book a flight...