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bencampbell-johnston
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Hello, I'm new to the forum

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Hi my name's Ben and I've been working with Port, Madeira and Portuguese wines for about 15 years now in different areas of the Trade. I heard about this forum from a couple of reprobates at the New Douro Tasting held in London recently and having joined it recognise a few forumist names. Looking forward to joining in and making a contribution.

Cheers for now.
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KillerB
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Good to have you on here, Ben. I'm sure I'll find out who these people were. Enjoy yourself, here, it's nice,

Alex
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benread
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A fine name! Welcome. Are you London based? We have fairly frequent London tastings. Generally "bring a bottle to share" type themes!

Ben
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Alex Bridgeman
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Ben,

Delighted you decided to join us. Feel free to publicise any port-related activities you might hear about or organise and feel free to join in any of the formal or informal offlines which take place from time to time.

Alex (Bridgeman)
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DRT
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bencampbell-johnston wrote:I heard about this forum from a couple of reprobates at the New Douro Tasting held in London recently
KillerB wrote:I'm sure I'll find out who these people were.
JDAW, I think we've been rumbled :roll:

Hi Ben, good to have you here :wink:

DRT (Derek)
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RonnieRoots
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Hi Ben,

Welcome! So what were your highlights on the New Douro tasting?

Cheers,
Ronald
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DRT
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RonnieRoots wrote:So what were your highlights on the New Douro tasting?
Meeting the reprobates from :tpf: of course!!! :lol:
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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RonnieRoots
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DRT wrote:
RonnieRoots wrote:So what were your highlights on the New Douro tasting?
Meeting the reprobates from :tpf: of course!!! :lol:
Besides that, obviously.
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jdaw1
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Apparently DRT has been rumbled. Good thing too.

Greetings.
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