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Jay P

I had the 2000 at a resturant about a month ago, and can certainly vouch for the quality! I choose the wine based on the (ralatively) low price (lower than retail market) and have been looking for a deal on the retail version ever since. Very, very nice wine. In general 2001 was a fantastic year for...

Jay P

Conky

It's a shame we will miss each other, as you suggest we could wrestle at 2 AM to decide the relative merits of Maggie, Tony, and Gordon vs. George, George, and Bill.

Well, I look forward to meeting someday!

Jay

Jay P

Oops, spoke to soon, it looks like I'm having family visiting on the 7/8th, so it would have to be the 14th or 15th.

Jay

Jay P

How about the lovely San Francisco Bay Area, USA for a venue? I live about 10 miles south of SF in the lovely city of Pacifica. Coordination on 12/12 may be difficult for us here in the US, so I would suggest either Friday or Saturday December 7th or 8th or alternatively December 14th or 15th No spa...

Jay P

Alan Vesuvio has only been marketed as such since '89. If you want to try them, you have to try them young. The '94 is a spectacular wine for drinking now (with 24+ hours decanting). Even better in the future maybe, but you could you always do what I did in the case of the '94...buy several cases, t...

Jay P

I seldom break glasses which is why I object to them going cloudy. I have six crystal Champagne flutes that we had for our wedding, which are now cloudy but I can't throw them away. What to do? I'm sure Jay, Tom or Jdaw can offer up some suggestions on a few seriously dangerous chemicals that would...

Jay P

European wines are now coming in 700 mL bottles? Who knew! I like the design. If you do not need cut crystal, you might try a local artisan glass blower (alas, probably for a fee). They would not be identical that way, but each one would be slightly different, allowing for the memories to flow whene...

Jay P

Just picked up a case of 66 Grahams (my favorite semi-not quite-affordable VP), but sadly will not be able to make it. When the date is set I may pop one to be there in spirit. Following Derek's suggestion, I had myself a 66 Warres the other day, which was truely excellent. Looking for a case now......

Jay P

I'm with Derek and Ronnie, they all go in the diswasher, including the odd Reidel, along with all the other wash. Now I'm running out of suitable spots in the diswasher after a dinner with guests and am thinking about purchasing a insertable rack just for wineglasses so I can fit more in there. Neve...

Jay P

Alan

I think we will just have to agree to disagree in good spirits. Afterall, the essence of politics is compromise...

...something the Clintons knew well, and other politicians here (and around the world) would do well to try out once in a while!

Jay

Jay P

Conkey All in good fun but here goes: I guess I would rather have a president who lied about his sexual misadventures than one who lied about more important things such as "America does not torture prisoners", or "Iraq blew up the world trade center, so we need to invade them". I...

Jay P

I agree, some wine is simply not worth the money.

Jay

Jay P

Conkey What is it exactly that you have against Hillary? Or Bill for that matter? That she is a woman? That he slept around? When I look back at the Clinton years, The only significant problem I see was the failure to intervene in Rwanda (not that the EU members did much either). What was the proble...

Jay P

Alan...blame the Americans...OK, your probably right :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: Don't be a poofta, clearly it's not the US Port drinkers, given that I live in a metro area of ~7 million and have a hard time even finding a port tasting, much less very many serious Port collectors. If you must blame so...

Jay P

Decanted 2 hours from a 375 mL bottle. Still closed, with a nice nose (but only when you stick your nose right into the glass). Dark like crushed blackberries with a dark purple rim. First impression: Very nice, fruit, balckberries/gooseberries, astringent, tannins, very long finish. Will surely imp...

Jay P

I have found this wine to be better than that (for my taste) in a couple of occasions over tha past year. For less than $100 US, I have found this wine to be very nice, maybe even somwhere in the 92-94 range. Mature now, and for the next ten years.

Jay

Jay P

I have two magnums and two 750 mL's, purchased at the site of sale. Another 750 was available but showed signs of leakage so I passed. My experience with this wine on tasting (admiditly young) can be defined as "wine of the vintage". I thought this was a fantastic young port, which might n...

Jay P

I'm very glad I brought home a bottle of the 37 Colheita from Noval last year, especially after your note Derek! I find an old Colheita a fine counterpoint to VP, usually priced less (per age), with excellent complexity. Anyways, I'm surely sorry I did not attend this year, maybe next year for the h...

Jay P

Conky, did that answer your European equivilent question?

Jay

Jay P

Smiths; Taddy porter, oatmeal stout, and pale ale Youngs; Double chocolate stout And in the same style but from Down Under: Tooth Sheaf Stout Jay I also like the Oatmeal Stout, Double chocolate stout and Taddy Porter. I'm not a big fan of pale ales or Hefiewizen (sp?) beers though. Never had the oo...

Jay P

It's all in how manly you are!

Jay

Jay P

Tradition is certainly a big part of it, and having done it myself last year, one I would hate to see go away. I think the main argument against robotic treading though, is in the pips. My understanding is that (at least in the past) robotic treading has been known to lead to crushing the pips, whic...

Jay P

Andy, you surprise me! Surfing? Need I remind you I live 20 miutes from Mavericks....seems like reason enough to visit the bay area mid winter to me! Jay Jay I hope to be up near the bay area in November to visit a friend who works at winery a little bit south of you. When I do, I'll let you know, ...

Jay P

I was just taking a look at the calander and December 12th is midweek...do you in the UK get that off? What about work on Thursday? I think that it is unlikely that I can attend in the UK, but I will drink some port that night and think of my slightly pasty brethren in the UK. If there is anyone who...

Jay P

I have a 1970 Warres and a 1974 Noval Colheita on Death Row at the moment, but Tom's list makes me think I'll add a 70 Noval...I keep thinking I'll give that a try and then forget about it.

Jay

Jay P

I have not tried it and am unlikey to unless served by someone else. It is supposed to be very nice, but the price is a combination of availability along with the status of having it. You have many similar wines in Europe, think "First Growth" Bordeaux, Petrus comes to mind (even more expe...

Jay P

Alex, I would pencil you in for 2009 but even my e-mail calander does not go that far in advance. Suffice it to say that you are welcome anytime, just let me know in (slightly less) advance and we can organize. Maybe we can even throw in a little pre-tasting Bordeaux, you never know :shock: For anyb...

Jay P

I quite like the Newcastle myself, although I would agree that it's not really "special". Must be something there though. We do not get tons of UK ale imports her, although a fair enough selection. I have probably tried every UK import over the course of the last 25 years, and there are a ...

Jay P

:lol: :lol: Heck no, I live in L.A. I can tell you how to make methamphetamine, speak ebonics, ride a skateboard and surfboard, and I even know some spanish...but I aint got any idea what tiddlywinks is, LOL! Andy, you surprise me! Surfing? Need I remind you I live 20 miutes from Mavericks....seems...

Jay P

The Bell is in walking distance of Audley End house - a former Royal Palace and one of the most beautiful houses on the planet. Sorry, but the US of A ain't got nothing to compare! Tom :D What, are you saying my house is not equivilent to a palace? The USA has got nothing to compare? Tsk tsk...How ...

Jay P

I have not had that particular Madeira, and perhaps it is an off bottling. I am not at all an expert, hving very limited experience compared to Port, but I would characterize the better Madeiras as similar to the older Colheita Ports in terms of complexity. A really good Sercial should be zingingly ...

Jay P

I would love to attend, and (possibly, but only just) could, but how about an alternative? How about the lovely San Francisco Bay Area, USA for a venue? I live about 10 miles south of SF in the lovely city of Pacifica, with an ocean view and lots of Port. Not to be compared with Tom's cellar by anym...

Jay P

If you have even one '27, I'm on my way to IL!

Jay

Jay P

Has anyone had this before? I'm looking for a birthday Port for my father in law and this is all I can find at anykind of reasonable price. Is it worth a punt?

Jay

Jay P

Thanks to Jdaw1's generousity, I now have two thirds of a bottle in my fridge at home. Mine is the one pictured on the right. I thought I knew the taste of Maderia, from my youth, but this was a bit of a surprise. It was very dry and intense. I don't dislike it, but it didn't send me a flutter, eit...

Jay P

Plenty of the 94s, 1980s, and even 1970s for me, but thin on the 60s, and almost empty below that. The 34/35 split vintage?...give me a break! It's enough to make a man plan a trip to the UK! I hope to add some 55's soon though.

Jay

Jay P

I think now that jdaw has gone to the trouble of booking flights it would be good if others would confirm attendance so that we can make some firm plans for wine, glasses and beds. I think the current list is as follows: Corky - de finite ly jdaw - de finite ly KillerB - de finite ly Uncle Tom - de...

Jay P

I have not had the 96, but thought that the 95 was quite nice. Young still but nice.

Jay

Jay P

You UK guys, always killing the young ones

Jay

Jay P

Derek T. wrote:
Conky wrote:What would you bring the F00 for?
Jay might turn up

Derek

I'll take the 20 and 27 over the 2000, thanks. I'm not at all sure I can make it although I intend to try. Like Julian, if I could come, I would need to bring cash instead of bottles.

Jay P

Isn't Canada one of the United States? But there should be a map of California up there!

Jay

Jay P

Does anyone have an update on this? Interestingly, the uniforms worn by the treaders in the picture in the article are those that we wore last year at Vesuvio. I'm not sure if those tartan (plaid) shirts and blue nylon shorts are standard issue at all Quinta's? I remember the uniforms we wore, and ...

Jay P

glupey?

Were you not with us at Avepod? I have had a few that were certianly not "glupey".

Jay

Jay P

No merlot? God forbid! This is one American who saw the movie but had already tasted some nice merlot and could not be swayed. Did you notice the irony that the wine he was most proud to have in his cellar was Cheval Blanc? I am a big fan of Tropolong Mondot for one (1995 for example), and Peby Faug...

Jay P

Be sure to check ot Vinologia, just over the double bridge across the river. A great opportunity to try a wide variety of ports. I thought Sandeman and Ramos Pinto were the most interesting for non port fanatics and, as Derek suggested, Ramos Pinot is very old world and very cool just for the tiles ...

Jay P

So am I still the only figure outlined in bold on the US screen?

Jay

Jay P

And of course how would you know that unless you had tasted it? :D I know because you tasted it, so we killed only half of the bottles we would have if we had both been drinking it too young :wink: - I knew we would find a use for Americans one day :lol: :lol: Derek Derek, you have inspired me to c...

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Tom

I will agree that is a nice one.

I have had great luck with NZ Sauvignon Blanc from the Marlborogh region, nice, dependable, and dirt cheap. Even the cheapest of these wines has at least some redeeming quality. If it says Marlborough on it I'll pick up a bottle without worrying about it.

Jay

Jay P

I picked 63, because there seems to be a larger number of examples that are fully mature currently then from the other dates offered as choices.

Jay

Jay P

Give Buddy Guy a try, still alive and playing in his seventies and to my mind one of the best ever.

For a more recent disk try "Sweet Tea", for older stuff you might try his "Can't Quit the Blues" anthology.

Jay

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