2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
A shame that TBH is not available. Are we likely to be required to pay corkage at another venue? How about Davy’s at Woolgate Bar and Brasserie...has the same steak menu as TBH, near to 3 tube stations and seems to have private dining for 10.
Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
A mere 100 yards from my officeflash_uk wrote:How about Davy’s at Woolgate Bar and Brasserie
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Presumably you have happened to attend the venue on occasion? Would it suit our purposes?DRT wrote:A mere 100 yards from my officeflash_uk wrote:How about Davy’s at Woolgate Bar and Brasserie
Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
I have only been there once and did not assess its suitability as a tasting venue.
I am happy to wander over sometime this week to speak to them and take a look at the room.
Will report back soon.
I am happy to wander over sometime this week to speak to them and take a look at the room.
Will report back soon.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Thanks Derek, that would be helpful; if it looks decent, I'll respond back to Carly and find out whether they have enough glasses (likely since they do wine courses there) and whether they have room for us that night - unless you ask while you're there and pre-book us if it's available and let us know? Cheers.DRT wrote:I have only been there once and did not assess its suitability as a tasting venue.
I am happy to wander over sometime this week to speak to them and take a look at the room.
Will report back soon.
Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Looks good to me. Probably about 1.5 km from my hotel, but an easy cab ride. Probably not worth taking the tube as it appears you'd have to walk 1/3 of the way back to get an appropriate station.flash_uk wrote:A shame that TBH is not available. Are we likely to be required to pay corkage at another venue? How about Davy’s at Woolgate Bar and Brasserie...has the same steak menu as TBH, near to 3 tube stations and seems to have private dining for 10.
Could TBH not intervene on our behalf since our reservation there is falling through?
Glenn Elliott
Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
When I worked at Mobliss in the Smith Tower in Seattle, we referred to the bar halfway down the block as "Conference Room C."DRT wrote:A mere 100 yards from my officeflash_uk wrote:How about Davy’s at Woolgate Bar and Brasserie
Glenn Elliott
Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Splendid, I add it to the list.CPR 1 wrote:I plan to bring a bottle of Smith Woodhouse 77
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Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Placemats draft attached, pending updates for:
1. Location
2. RAYC's bottle id
3. DJ confirming if/not attending
ok... The draft would have been attached, except that "the extension pdf is not allowed" when adding an attachment to a post... admin??!!
1. Location
2. RAYC's bottle id
3. DJ confirming if/not attending
ok... The draft would have been attached, except that "the extension pdf is not allowed" when adding an attachment to a post... admin??!!
Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
PDF's are not allowed due to the size of the files. Normal practice is to host the file somewhere else on the web and post a link on
As this is a placemat JDAW will no doubt offer assistance.
As this is a placemat JDAW will no doubt offer assistance.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Thanks Derek; Julian said much the same by PM. I'll post it to my website and link then.DRT wrote:PDF's are not allowed due to the size of the files. Normal practice is to host the file somewhere else on the web and post a link on
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Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Placemats draft here, pending updates for:
1. Location
2. RAYC's bottle id
3. DJ confirming if/not attending
1. Location
2. RAYC's bottle id
3. DJ confirming if/not attending
Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
One little wrinkle in the placemats - you have the circle text for the TV69 and G66 transposed
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Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Thank you - well spotted; I also couldn't remember your initials, so just put "Flash"flash_uk wrote:One little wrinkle in the placemats - you have the circle text for the TV69 and G66 transposed
Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
F85 has been collected and is now standing to attention awaiting decant at the appropriate time in advanceAW77 wrote:I have now purchased a bottle of F85 from BBR. Flash_uk has volunteered to pick it up and bring it already decanted to the tasting.
Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
MPMPhilW wrote:I also couldn't remember your initials, so just put "Flash"
Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Great. Thanks a lot. Just decant it for as long as you think fit. You're the expert on F85.flash_uk wrote:F85 has been collected and is now standing to attention awaiting decant at the appropriate time in advanceAW77 wrote:I have now purchased a bottle of F85 from BBR. Flash_uk has volunteered to pick it up and bring it already decanted to the tasting.
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Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Flight booked!!
What am I bringing?
What am I bringing?
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Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Excellent!djewesbury wrote:Flight booked!!
What am I bringing?
We currently have a white, 5 VPs, a Garrafeira, and a Colheita. Also one unclear 1964, likely a VP or Colheita.
What would you like to bring? It's such a difficult theme.
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Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Bring an 1864 so that you can compare the 1964 and the 1864 side by side and see what difference 100 years makes to a Port.djewesbury wrote:Flight booked!!
What am I bringing?
Or failing that, decide whether you'd prefer "too much brown sticky stuff" or a bottle of proper red port.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
Tart. Very tart.AHB wrote:Bring an 1864 so that you can compare the 1964 and the 1864 side by side and see what difference 100 years makes to a Port.djewesbury wrote:Flight booked!!
What am I bringing?
Or failing that, decide whether you'd prefer "too much brown sticky stuff" or a bottle of proper red port.
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Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
I can see a very obvious omission here. We need a Graham 85.Glenn E. wrote:Excellent!djewesbury wrote:Flight booked!!
What am I bringing?
We currently have a white, 5 VPs, a Garrafeira, and a Colheita. Also one unclear 1964, likely a VP or Colheita.
What would you like to bring? It's such a difficult theme.
Daniel J.
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Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
djewesbury wrote:I can see a very obvious omission here. We need a Graham Taylor 85.Glenn E. wrote:Excellent!djewesbury wrote:Flight booked!!
What am I bringing?
We currently have a white, 5 VPs, a Garrafeira, and a Colheita. Also one unclear 1964, likely a VP or Colheita.
What would you like to bring? It's such a difficult theme.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
We already have a Fonseca and a Taylor. I think Daniel may be on to something.AHB wrote:djewesbury wrote:I can see a very obvious omission here. We need a Graham Taylor 85.Glenn E. wrote:Excellent!djewesbury wrote:Flight booked!!
What am I bringing?
We currently have a white, 5 VPs, a Garrafeira, and a Colheita. Also one unclear 1964, likely a VP or Colheita.
What would you like to bring? It's such a difficult theme.
In that case, though, hopefully RAYC was thinking of the 1964 Taylor Colheita and not the 1964 Taylor Vargellas VP. Two bottles of the brown sticky stuff does not seem like "too much" if there are 6 bottles of VP and 1 bottle of white.
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Re: 2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23
OK, a G85 will be with us on the night, but I will only be arriving in the afternoon - can I send this to someone who might be able to decant in the morning? Mike? Ian?
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