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Sometimes, when a tasting repeats a previously enjoyed theme, the design of the new placemats echoes some features of the previous. It is important to maintain traditions, as well as to grow new traditions. So this is the moment to comment on what prior Quinta do Vesuvio placemat features are worth ...

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑22:43 Sat 25 Nov 2023If I recall correctly, Tom found the sticky labels a pain when it came to washing the glasses. I suggest people bring chalk pens so we can write on the bases.

⟹︎ I’m not making any unless clearly instructed otherwise.

nac wrote: ↑10:43 Wed 22 Nov 2023As discussed, a different pattern for each of the wine groups would be good.

Done. Not loved by me.

nac wrote: ↑10:43 Wed 22 Nov 2023I've also added suggested abbreviations to the list on the first post.

Done.

Sticky labels? Nothing? Previous years: 2022, ’20, ’19, ’18, ’16, ’15, ’14, ’13, ’12, ’11, ’10, ’09, ’08.

Is it just me that finds the rising tide of excitement in one, as a tasting like this in which one is going to participate comes to fruition, a considerable pleasure in its own right? Especially where the tasting is, as here, going to significantly expand the boundaries of one’s knowledge. Followin...

The draft of the placemats has been updated in accordance with my understanding of Glenn’s guidance. Glenn: please re-inspect and comment.

Draft of the placemats added to the first post.

On the placemats is written, magnanimously, “Taylor”, but perhaps fairer would have been “Krohn”.

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑14:43 Mon 20 Nov 2023Are you able to wipe off the markings and reuse them?

Yes, with water and soap. This has been tested.

Nobody strongly objects to blind, so I’m ruling that it is blind. We have the Red Room (as the Green is already reserved). The Christmas 2023 à la carte menu has been emailed to me, so I’ve uploaded it. Is this limited to port only or at least one port + other, or is it open season? Not everybody sh...

nac wrote: ↑12:46 Mon 24 Apr 2023(possibly 21st November).

Are placemats urgently needed?

flash_uk wrote: ↑21:51 Sun 19 Nov 2023Did your bins come with the brass hooks already installed, or did you add them?

I added. Thin drill bit; add some glue (forgotten which) to the thread of the hook.

Labelling bins: https://www.jdawiseman.com/2023/20231119_Vesuvio_bin_label_TTD03.png https://www.jdawiseman.com/2023/20231119_Vesuvio_bin_label_MandS07.png https://www.jdawiseman.com/2023/20231119_Vesuvio_bin_label_G15LBV.png https://www.jdawiseman.com/2023/20231119_Vesuvio_bin_label_F85.png

Date: Thursday 28th December 2023. Theme: Bring A Bottle Or Two , ideally at least one from the sixties or seventies or eighties, blind. Location: the Red Room at The Boot & Flogger . People: JDAW ; AHB (tentative; prefers blind); AJM (tentative; prefers blind); MPM (tentative; no preference); C...

First post has images of the current draft of the placemats.

Anyone willing and able to work half a day (morning or afternoon) as an unpaid volunteer is then welcome to spend the half of the day not working mingling with the producers and (subject to availability) participating in a masterclass. (We'll also cover reasonable travel expenses from within the UK...

⸘Halves‽

I will arrive at about 17:00, for setup. Bottles will arrive pre-decanted, so what needs doing is layout and pre-pouring. And, perhaps, quality-assuring a glass of beer.

2017 just opened; pictures of cork in Cr17 thread.

Opened 20:00 the day before, Monday 6th November 2023. https://www.jdawiseman.com/2023/20231107_Croft_Cr17_cork1.png https://www.jdawiseman.com/2023/20231107_Croft_Cr17_cork2.png https://www.jdawiseman.com/2023/20231107_Croft_Cr17_cork3.png https://www.jdawiseman.com/2023/20231107_Croft_Cr17_cork4.p...

These conversations are usually done non-publicly.
• Those saying “fake” don’t want letters from lawyers.
• Those saying “genuine” don’t want to drive up the price.
Hence such conversations are usually done non-publicly.

It’s going to be a splendid tasting. In the last century, only two decades are not represented: 1980s, and 2020s.

The cost of bottles is being settled by a near-minimal set of bilateral payments. Instructions have been sent by PM.

If late payers need nudging, nudge me and I will nudge the reprobates.

Current draft of the placemats https://www.jdawiseman.com/2023/20231107_Croft_g0.png https://www.jdawiseman.com/2023/20231107_Croft_g1.png https://www.jdawiseman.com/2023/20231107_Croft_v.png Review of evening as a whole ; Tasting notes: 1927 Croft ; 1935 Croft ; 1945 Croft ; 1950 Croft ; 1955 Croft...

Bottle #1: pop and pour at tasting, no decant. Bottle #2: splash decant into decanter then immediately return to the bottle. Travel to tasting later. Bottle #3: normal decant into decanter, return to bottle after an appropriate amount of time to travel to tasting. Bottle #4: normal decant into deca...