A Pint of Port

[benread]

Splendid.

We need a plan.

We could blend the single varietals from Oscar. They should equate to a pint or so! If more, we would all have our own unique port pint blend!

All that effort Oscar went to in order to provide single varietels so that you can appreciate the differences between grape varieties. Then you suggest blending them straight away!!

I may have more than 1 though!

[Glenn E.]

Splendid.

We need a plan.

We could blend the single varietals from Oscar. They should equate to a pint or so! If more, we would all have our own unique port pint blend!

All that effort Oscar went to in order to provide single varietels so that you can appreciate the differences between grape varieties. Then you suggest blending them straight away!!

They are 200ml bottles. You could taste small samples of each and take notes, then blend the remainder and accomplish both objectives.

I found a blend heavy in Tinta Roriz and Sousao to be splendid. I was sadly unable to add Touriga Nacional to my blend, however, because that sample bottle was so badly corked that even I could taste it.

I have a second sampler set and look forward to trying the single varieties again.

[jdaw1]

‟Blend Your Own Quevedo” is an excellent theme for a port tasting, but not for a port tasting that also has the quantity-based theme under discussion.

[DRT]

‟Blend Your Own Quevedo” is an excellent theme for a port tasting, but not for a port tasting that also has the quantity-based theme under discussion.

I agree.

A suggestion: we identify a good quality, mature(ish), VP that would be suitable for this event and purchase a team case (6 or 12 bottles depending on how many are interested) and then meet somewhere to drink it.

[JacobH]

A suggestion: we identify a good quality, mature(ish), VP that would be suitable for this event and purchase a team case (6 or 12 bottles depending on how many are interested) and then meet somewhere to drink it.

I feel a plan coming together. Do we acquire one of these, too, for the purpose?

[RAYC]

I have a potential candidate for the reasonably-priced mature port for Jacob and I to test this evening.

I like the idea of decanting them all into a barrel, though there is the disastrous potential for one bad bottle to taint the whole batch...

I also like the idea of classyglass.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Have we got any closer to a date for this event?

[JacobH]

No. Should we choose one? Perhaps a Monday or Thursday in late November to aid the attendance of jdaw1 and to avoid clashing with other tastings in October?

[jdaw1]

No. Should we choose one? Perhaps a Monday or Thursday

Monday helps; Thursday prohibits. You might have meant ‟Monday or Tuesday”.

[JacobH]

Indeed. Sorry.

What about the 21st or 22nd November?

[RAYC]

With the Matrix tasting, Ronnie & Stevie's tasting, JDAW's Arrival tasting, the GC/SW/QH tasting, the BBR Port Walk and the Xmas tasting, I think i may have to be a wimp and rule myself out of this if it goes ahead this year.

[DRT]

With the Matrix tasting, Ronnie & Stevie's tasting, JDAW's Arrival tasting, the GC/SW/QH tasting, the BBR Port Walk and the Xmas tasting, I think i may have to be a wimp and rule myself out of this if it goes ahead this year.

Perhaps a good option for a cold evening in January?

[Alex Bridgeman]

With the Matrix tasting, Ronnie & Stevie's tasting, JDAW's Arrival tasting, the GC/SW/QH tasting, the BBR Port Walk and the Xmas tasting, I think i may have to be a wimp and rule myself out of this if it goes ahead this year.

Or to be used as a theme for either the Ronnie & Stevie tasting or for the JDAW+3 tasting?

[jdaw1]

Or to be used as a theme for either the Ronnie & Stevie tasting or for the JDAW+3 tasting?

For this event I have devised a stellar new theme, which will surely meet with general approbation, and matching placemats.

[RAYC]

Perhaps we should have a formal planning session over beakers of tawny port at Gordon's Wine Bar