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Re: 60 vs 63
Wolfgang,
I like some of these I ideas but will leave Tom to respond as he is organising this.
On the subject of the Audouze method, before deciding whether or not to do this for this tasting perhaps we should do an experiment to prove/disprove the theory? We could pick a reliable mature vintage (1970?), select a few reliable shippers (Fonseca, Graham, Taylor, Warre, Dow?), take two bottles of each from the same source and then decant one set using Audouze and one by "normal" method and compare them side by side. Interested?
If so this can be split into a separate thread and performed in advance of the 60v63 tasting.
Derek
I like some of these I ideas but will leave Tom to respond as he is organising this.
On the subject of the Audouze method, before deciding whether or not to do this for this tasting perhaps we should do an experiment to prove/disprove the theory? We could pick a reliable mature vintage (1970?), select a few reliable shippers (Fonseca, Graham, Taylor, Warre, Dow?), take two bottles of each from the same source and then decant one set using Audouze and one by "normal" method and compare them side by side. Interested?
If so this can be split into a separate thread and performed in advance of the 60v63 tasting.
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Re: 60 vs 63
Yes.Can we assume you mean the standard Noval bottlings only?
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Re: 60 vs 63
Yes please! Limited opportunity to contribute bottle-wise though.uncle tom wrote: BMHR?
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Re: 60 vs 63
Hi Derek,DRT wrote:Wolfgang,
I like some of these I ideas but will leave Tom to respond as he is organising this.
On the subject of the Audouze method, before deciding whether or not to do this for this tasting perhaps we should do an experiment to prove/disprove the theory? We could pick a reliable mature vintage (1970?), select a few reliable shippers (Fonseca, Graham, Taylor, Warre, Dow?), take two bottles of each from the same source and then decant one set using Audouze and one by "normal" method and compare them side by side. Interested?
If so this can be split into a separate thread and performed in advance of the 60v63 tasting.
Derek
sure why not; please help me putting it into a separate ththread. But I must say it is not only about opening the bottle 3 hours in advance. It is also not to travel the bt shortly before opening it. These preparation measures really help to get most of a bt of wine/port. You may remember when I brought a range of half bts to the Steak exchange at Liverpoolstreet. Those were prepared that way. I am sure the Noval 91 and various Malvedos (90, 92 and 95) from half bt would have not showed up as nice from half bt without this preparation.
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Re: 60 vs 63
I’m sorry folks, but I completely forgot this when arranging the ’91-’92 with Sophia Bergqvist of Quinta de la Rosa.jdaw1 wrote:So Wednesday 23rd April is a possibility for ’60 versus ’63.TheBFT wrote:the b.f.t. 2014 on Thursday, 24th April
My fault. I’m sorry about forgetting the date of the ’60-’63.
Can this happen on a different date? Perhaps early May. (And also see matching post in the thread about the ’91-’92 double horizontal.)
Re: 60 vs 63
Had Dirk already been invited and accepted? If so, the prior arrangement should probably stand. if not, could we do it the week / two weeks before or after?
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I asked Dirk if he could make that date for the 91-92 and he couldn't.RAYC wrote:Had Dirk already been invited and accepted? If so, the prior arrangement should probably stand. if not, could we do it the week / two weeks before or after?
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Is that because he thinks he is at the ’60-’63?djewesbury wrote:I asked Dirk if he could make that date for the 91-92 and he couldn't.RAYC wrote:Had Dirk already been invited and accepted? If so, the prior arrangement should probably stand. if not, could we do it the week / two weeks before or after?
Agreed.RAYC wrote:Had Dirk already been invited and accepted? If so, the prior arrangement should probably stand. if not, could we do it the week / two weeks before or after?
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I presume he would ask whether there were a clash if he received two separate invitations from TPF. Has someone on this thread already asked Dirk?jdaw1 wrote:Is that because he thinks he is at the ’60-’63?djewesbury wrote:I asked Dirk if he could make that date for the 91-92 and he couldn't.RAYC wrote:Had Dirk already been invited and accepted? If so, the prior arrangement should probably stand. if not, could we do it the week / two weeks before or after?
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Re: 60 vs 63
It's not unknown for us to have events on successive nights. I had read the 60v63 as being "on the back of the BFT", i.e. the evening following (rather than the Wed 24th suggested later in the thread), so thought the 60/63 was targetted for the 24th, and therefore also declined the 91-92 on the 23rd as two nights away would likely be unfeasible that week. Also Dirk might have declined the night of the 23rd if he is preparing that evening for the BFT the following day, perhaps?djewesbury wrote:I presume he would ask whether there were a clash if he received two separate invitations from TPF. Has someone on this thread already asked Dirk?jdaw1 wrote:Is that because he thinks he is at the ’60-’63?djewesbury wrote:I asked Dirk if he could make that date for the 91-92 and he couldn't.RAYC wrote:Had Dirk already been invited and accepted? If so, the prior arrangement should probably stand. if not, could we do it the week / two weeks before or after?
If we do move the 60/63 then in the couple of weeks after would work for me, before less likely (due to school holidays and other engagements at end of March), though that is only my personal situation.
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I have emailed EDN to clarify.
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I learnt my lesson last year. Post-BFT I’ll be fit for, at most, two pints of ale, and then going home. My palate will not be sensitive enough for a worthwhile Port tasting. Sorry chaps. YMMV. Mine won’t.PhilW wrote:It's not unknown for us to have events on successive nights. I had read the 60v63 as being "on the back of the BFT", i.e. the evening following (rather than the Wed 24th suggested later in the thread)
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I agree that the night before makes more sense, whichever theme we are doing (though we should ensure any already invited guests are not inconvenienced by any changes where possible).jdaw1 wrote:I learnt my lesson last year. Post-BFT I’ll be fit for, at most, two pints of ale, and then going home. My palate will not be sensitive enough for a worthwhile Port tasting. Sorry chaps. YMMV. Mine won’t.PhilW wrote:It's not unknown for us to have events on successive nights. I had read the 60v63 as being "on the back of the BFT", i.e. the evening following (rather than the Wed 24th suggested later in the thread)
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An answer might be just as quick from either. Please do ask Tom, indeed.RAYC wrote:Or just ask Tom....!djewesbury wrote:I have emailed EDN to clarify.
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Re: 60 vs 63
Dirk Niepoort, in an email, wrote:it looks to me that 23 april is just fine for me !
what is the audouze method?? i would rather taste the 60 / 63 side by side. clearly.
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Tom confirmed that he had not yet invited Dirk to this (or even mentioned it to him) before your email...hence the suggestion to check with him first!djewesbury wrote:An answer might be just as quick from either. Please do ask Tom, indeed.RAYC wrote:Or just ask Tom....!djewesbury wrote:I have emailed EDN to clarify.
Should we be finding space for Sophia at this tasting if there is a pre-existing invite outstanding to her?
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60 vs 63
Hence posting my initial enquiry.RAYC wrote:Tom confirmed that he had not yet invited Dirk to this (or even mentioned it to him) before your email...hence the suggestion to check with him first!djewesbury wrote:An answer might be just as quick from either. Please do ask Tom, indeed.RAYC wrote:Or just ask Tom....!djewesbury wrote:I have emailed EDN to clarify.
Julian's call.RAYC wrote:Should we be finding space for Sophia at this tasting if there is a pre-existing invite outstanding to her?
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? wheredjewesbury wrote: Hence posting my initial enquiry.
It seems to me that we now have a problem of our own making, with two IGs invited for two separate events on the same night!
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Above. Scroll up.RAYC wrote:? wheredjewesbury wrote: Hence posting my initial enquiry.
It seems to me that we now have a problem of our own making, with two IGs invited for two separate events on the same night!
Julian is already in touch with Sophia and will reschedule with her. The 91/92 event doesn't have to happen on that date. Also, Sophia may well be interested in attending other events, as she said in Belfast. I don't see that we have a problem.
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The bit where you gave Tom 24 minutes to respond on the forum before emailing?!djewesbury wrote:Above. Scroll up.RAYC wrote:? wheredjewesbury wrote: Hence posting my initial enquiry.
It seems to me that we now have a problem of our own making, with two IGs invited for two separate events on the same night!
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Do we have a problem? Someone has - in principle - signalled their availability, nothing more, on a particular date, and someone else has signalled their flexibility around that date, and yet another person is in communication with that person.RAYC wrote:The bit where you gave Tom 24 minutes to respond on the forum before emailing?!djewesbury wrote:Above. Scroll up.RAYC wrote:? wheredjewesbury wrote: Hence posting my initial enquiry.
It seems to me that we now have a problem of our own making, with two IGs invited for two separate events on the same night!
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That would have affected which had priority. Except that now we have dug ourselves in deeper by pseudo-inviting EDN, and by my telling SB that we need to change date. No, not optimally handled.RAYC wrote:Tom confirmed that he had not yet invited Dirk to this (or even mentioned it to him) before your email...hence the suggestion to check with him first!
Rob: starting from here rather than from where we were six hours ago what do you want done?
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Re: 60 vs 63
Cant we move the two around as I believe that the 91 vs 92 tasting will not be as demanding as the 60-63 tasting. Most non-Uk/London-based guys will have a hard time to attend both. Lets have the 60-63 tasting on 23 and the 91-92 tasting on 24.
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