Derek T. wrote:Votes FOR including the Nacional 1966: 11
Votes AGAINST including the Nacional 1966: 1
Votes NOT YET CAST: 1
Even without waiting for the rural constituencies, that seems like a consensus.
I am hoping for a recount in the Borough that voted NO.
I have contacted the Returning Officer in Dunny on the Wold and asked him to bring more sheep into the counting shed so that a result can be produced as soon as possible.
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
Ahh, European voting. The government tells you what result it wants. If that’s what it gets, it’s binding forever. If the people dare vote differently, ungrateful peasants, then there will be a re-vote. And, if necessary, another. Great game!
jdaw1 wrote:But fourteen ports is more than enough to fuzz my palate — I am unconvinced that it won’t be wasteful.
This still makes sense to me.
Nonetheless, in manifest and utter self-contradiction, I have ordered to be delivered to me in New York, as a precaution only, for insurance, just in case, the:
jdaw1 wrote:Already totalling 588 bottle-years, this is going to be quite splendid. {Everybody hide—explosion coming!}
But the great thing is that these bottles we will be opening gain 1 year in age between them every 26 days. By the time of the offline they will have almost 589 Bridgemans.
Alex
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
jdaw1 wrote:Already totalling 588 bottle-years, this is going to be quite splendid. {Everybody hide—explosion coming!}
But the great thing is that these bottles we will be opening gain 1 year in age between them every 26 days. By the time of the offline they will have almost 589 Bridgemans.
So here I am in Dublin, about to meet the lawyers, and see whether I can be given time off to attend this wonderful occasion. If pressed about my alternative engagement, I have decided to say that I am meeting up with 14 or so old friends, and that they might never get to be gathered together in one place again. Does that sound fair and OK?
Ghandih
A man who likes vintage ports, and we're not talking Carthage
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Here are five of our victims, four of them with their new labels on
The Offley has a near perfect label front and back so I will not need to use my own version.
The small neck tags were applied by Uncle Tom and contain his cellar reference codes. We can spend hours fruitlessly attempting to decode these references on the night.
The Rebello Valente also has a larger neck tag with a hand written note saying 'Rebello Valente 1966 - Gift. T. Valente'.
Derek
Cue Conky with a tile joke
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
Co-incidently, those tags on the bottles are also what I have to put on the toes of the suddenly departed, in the middle of the night. (Thats when the staff aren't there to sort it out). Bet you're glad you only have the tiles, and not such responsibilities.