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After two weeks of all-inclusive in Andalusia, where the choice of wine was red/rose/white and delivered via a tap, thought I'd open something nice on return to home... Domaine de la Vougeraie, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru, 2002. One of twelve bottles obtained en primeur from Laithwaites in 2004 (for sig...

jdaw1 wrote: ↑19:44 Fri 29 Jul 2022 Will we have made little gold statuettes of a shipper’s pipe?

Yes please.

Best physical award award?

Yes please… sounds fun.

Anybody have anything to admit??

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62256613

What a wonderful line up… in July too! Very jealous. I hope they all show well And much enjoyment is had by all.

Here is a pic of the Old and ‘New’ Ck77. Interestingly there is no ‘not for commercial use’ on the Ck74 label earlier in the thread, but there is on the bottom of the older bottle shown here. Also, I seem to remember that Tom brought an undeclared Ck66 to the ‘66 Horizontal 6 years ago or so. A bott...

nac wrote: ↑22:08 Mon 18 Jul 2022

akzy wrote: ↑13:31 Mon 18 Jul 2022 That deal was live for about 2hours. If people want, I can set up a WhatsApp channel for these flash deals.

Not a bad idea.

Count me in please

Julian - can we incorporate onto the tasting mat or the tasting notes sheet each person's food order? Then each person will know what they ordered and I won't need to shout at everyone to remind them. Such a simple idea… astonishing it has not been thought of before in the hundreds of sittings the ...

winesecretary wrote: ↑21:03 Mon 11 Jul 2022 Please crack one and report back!

Will try and dig out my note, but I enjoyed one of these last year and was very impressed both for drinking then and the potential to age.

This is not a drill. Graham's Crusted (think it's 2013) for £10/bottle or £9 with subscribe and save on amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01H0H0ULY?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=pepperugc03-21&ascsubtag=2369730086 If you can’t get the Amazon deal… Sainsbury’s have it on offer again for the 201...

I agree that our 6pt system (noting that in addition to 3-2-1 we allow assignment of points any way you like subject to max 3pt for any one wine, and minimum resolution of half-points) works well to provide an indication of the generally preferred wine; and indeed, that is what we are asking it to ...

The 2020 Bonfim is destined exclusively for the Danish Market I think something similar happened with the 1972 vintage with the General Dow release being widely available but the Bonfim just Scandinavia and that possibly being just Denmark. Maybe Julian’s Second edition will be able to confirm thes...

Kind offer but too far away for me. Thanks though Zak.

Congrats on the silver Wedding Anniversary!

I think it is useful so would vote to keep. I do wonder if it could be ‘rolled’ into the press releases and announcements thread as an all encompassing reference thread. This could also have the threads as to which shippers/producers have declared each year and lots of other oddities such as cleanin...

Yes please…

Sounds interesting. Please count me in.

A twin pronged/thread/worm corkscrew

Lever screwpull

winesecretary wrote: ↑11:58 Tue 31 May 2022 A Durand corkscrew.

Another Durand corkscrew?

PhilW wrote: ↑20:08 Mon 30 May 2022

Doggett wrote: ↑18:08 Mon 30 May 2022A paddle board?

No (to both - though I like Simon's broad thinking!). The answer is not unrelated to port.

Broad or board!?

A paddle board?

Some port?

Perhaps should be under port for sale by retailer, but I thought it was interesting enough for its own post. https://www.farehamwinecellar.co.uk/product/falkland-islands-40th-anniversary-port/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Falkland%20Islands%2040th%20Anniversary%20Port%20Niepoort%20Vinhos&ut...

I think the green box is the old packaging for the Graham Crusted. I seem to remember being in Booth’s many years ago and buying Graham 2002 Crusted in those green boxes. I think the old green box was in use right up until the 2013 Crusted release in the last 2 years. which must have a split run to...