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Ghandih

Hello all, I hope you're well. Long time no post, and tbh I'd rather not have to. But, Mrs Gh and I have moved to the seaside (well, Bournemouth), and the logistics of getting ourselves up to the Big Smoke for Port on a Thursday evening are [is "logistics" plural?] beyond us for the time b...

Ghandih

Good news, Mr W. It took some organisation, but I have managed to reschedule my haircut (to the week before), so I am now free for this event and would certainly like to attend. The undoubtedly even better news is Mrs Gh is also Up for the Cup (of port). Presumably we will have to arrange childcare,...

Ghandih

Hi all, Thank-you for your advice. Seems the Durand is the fella. Derek, the AhSo has arrived safely, thank-you. If only I had a decent excuse to open a nice bottle of vintage port. Hang on, it's my birthday (well, almost). And I don't really need an excuse anyway, of course. I'll post how I get on ...

Ghandih

[Having to get the title right here rather spoils the surprise in the story but never mind. Editor, please could you tidy as you see fit, and move stuff around as necessary - I hope folk will find the entry interesting and useful...] My family and I were invited by a long-term friend and known port-...

Ghandih

Hi all, Long time, no chat, I know, but hello again everyone. I hope you are all well. And I wonder, would you be willing to pontificate on corkscrews for me...? I had some port with friends yesterday, of which more soon, for tis exciting, but we had trouble with his corkscrew, which fundamentally w...

Ghandih

Hello all, Long time, no speak, but here I am, prompted to check in by a fabulous bottle of TV67 cracked last night, and the guidance I received from TPF postings before opening it. Mrs Gh and I had a university friend of mine and his family to stay. Last time I visited him, he opened a bottle of Wa...

Ghandih

Hello, you crazy cats. Sorry I can't make this one, but I will be particularly interested to hear what you think. Keep me posted, eh?

Ghandi

Ghandih

Hello all, In anticipation of meeting many of you tonight, I'd like to nudge your grey cells into a matter that's been bothering me of late, and seek your combined wisdom... In a truly careless design failure recently, I allowed the pump for the underfloor heating of the Ghandih residence's new exte...

Ghandih

Dear all, Jolly excited about the forthcoming tasting - what with Fonseca having surpassed Taylor as my fave port, and there being quite a bit of Fonseca on the menu tomorrow. I haven't been able to find dress instructions for the event, which is slightly surprising, given the attention to detail an...

Ghandih

Dear Port Forum Although you may be fooled into thinking this is Ghandhih here, you'd be wrong. This is in fact his wife - yes SCP-DFO. I feel compelled to post a reply to this thread. I'm sorry it is not in my own name, but I can't find either my login or password - I will rectify this! Apologies i...

Ghandih

...and, having made Mrs G aware of the tasting, she has expressed keenness and excitement - could we reserve her a slot, too? I believe she has her own log in, but has forgotten her login and password. If any admin folk could help us get over that particular snag, we would be very grateful. Ghandhih

Ghandih

Hello Alex,
This sounds right up my street, and no mistake. As you observe, I may even be able to supply a bottle, which would be an exciting new step for me, rather than having to rely on others' generosity. Please could I reserve a place in the 2nd XIV?
Ghandih

Ghandih

Hello all, I could have sworn that I had registered an interest in this previously. Is it possible that I did and it got lost, or am I simply wrong? It's been known to happen. Please could I hop on the list, at any rate? I've whizzed through the postings and couldn't find a date - presumably this sh...

Ghandih

Friends, I'm at the Saffron Hotel, and hoping to join in on team transport home. I think I'll be arriving sufficiently late by train to merit walking directly to The Bell, so would appreciate it if someone could do the key honours for me (by which I mean collect them and bring them along for me). I'...

Ghandih

I have no amendments to make to the placemats, but I can confirm that I'm sinister. After a far bit of shennanigans, I've got the pass card stamped by Mrs Gh, so I am hereby defo on for it, and getting excited, as I am wont to do. While I admit it's not large cow lumps, I am chuffed to report that I...

Ghandih

Dear all,

This looks fairly and squarely in my favourite tasting window, so please could I request a seat at the table? And port, obviously.

Ghandih

Ghandih

Hello esteemed friends, It seems to me that we need to start moving this forward, even though I am unable to position myself in the vanguard that this posting suggests would befit me [blame the kids]. Therefore, I am hoping to nudge debate towards some conclusion on what we are going to do. The firs...

Ghandih

Dear all, I am very pleased to say that I have got the nod to come along on Friday, and have (I hope) made the necessary bank transfer to smooth the way. I'm also rather chuffed to mention that I have become a dad for the second time; Alexandra (Lexie) Susan Claire Ghandhi was born at 04:15 on the 2...

Ghandih

Friends, Many thanks for the invitation. I would be delighted to attend. My wife is likely to be "with child" for no more than two more weeks, which will make things a little hectic at home, but I hope that, with careful timing of my request, I will be able to get my card stamped. Ghandih

Ghandih

All, The original idea in the other thread was to try to figure out which is the best shipper. It seems two approaches have been proposed - to ask TF and S to bring along their champions, or to bring the generally-accepted best years (63, 66, 70, 77) of Taylor/Fonseca/Croft versus Graham/Dow/Warre. ...

Ghandih

Hello all, Taylor was, until Fonseca hove into view at the F-Plan tasting, my favouritest port, so I would very much like to be on the list of eager attendees. I also have more Taylor than any other port, having been given several bottles of T85 as wedding presents. However, we did promise we'd drin...

Ghandih

Dear all, As ever, a rather tardy note from me, to echo the round of thanks to Alex for a fab evening, wonderful ports, cheeses and a triffic barbecue too. I have a few photos but no idea how to upload them - any advice would be appreciated (assuming you'd like to see, for instance, how we got the b...

Ghandih

Hi Conky, all, How is this working? There hasn't been an invitation or anything, but I'd rather like to join in the potential event, if I might, subject to availability and what-not. I thoroughly enjoyed my previous outing to The North, and got home without catching Scurvy, so I'm prepared to risk i...

Ghandih

Hello everyone, Could I also express interest in attending? Sounds like a fine occasion, as ever. Ghandih PS As usual I don't know where to suggest this, so I'm just leaving it hanging in a post scriptum in the hope someone will notice and cope: could I request that someone with The Power adjusts th...

Ghandih

Umm. Has the split happened? I'm trying to keep occasional tabs on my baby, even though it's gone off and found a career of its own...

Ghandih

Hello, I'm always late and disorganised and everything (I only learnt this tasting was on Tuesday on Monday, having thought it was on Friday till then, but that's another story). Apologies for being me, I guess. Very nice to meet Ben, Jacob, Wolfgang, Tom and Nicos for the first time, and thanks aga...

Ghandih

Have I really managed to muck things up by joining in late and having the timerity to do so while simultaneously being left-handed? If so, I will drink a fine. That should teach me not to do it in the future.

I am happy to pretend not to be sinister, but it will only be pretending.

hGandi

Ghandih

The 3 I believe are AxelP (24th), myself (26th and known!) and DerekT (28th). I will leave you to guess which one has a birth year port in the line up! Call me silly (I know you will), but I was somewhat bemused that Derek (being the only person in the listing I'm sure I've met - apologies to Ben a...

Ghandih

Thank-you all. Julian, do reminder me sometime why the placemat software cares about my handedness? That already feels like taking itsy-bitsy-ness to the extreme. And then some. Derek, looks like I'm waiting on you for some adoption support. Given how long it's taken me to throw my hat in the ring, ...

Ghandih

Hello, Ben, many apologies for the delay, but I think I got permission to come along last night (it was less than a ringing endorsement), so please could you ink me in on the invitation list. I'll next need to sponsor a bottle, so I hope someone will be in contact...? Very much looking forward to se...

Ghandih

Hi Ben,

I will broach the subject this weekend with Mrs G, and let you know on Monday, if not before. Sorry for the delay...

Ghandih

Ghandih

All, In a parallel thread on another possible tasting event (to which I'd add a slightly smug link if only I knew how), I indicated an urge to drink some very nice port soon, and was directed to this event. Would I be able to register my interest (but not, yet, commit, as I have yet to broach the su...

Ghandih

Well there we go - good problem solving, team. I'll attend the November main event (either date fine by me), and also think about an interim May occasion, although a friend's wedding and stag that month may knock it off the radar. Best advice, as proferred, might therefore be to attend the Vargellas...

Ghandih

Well blimey, frankly. Clearly I need to keep a closer eye on things. I planted my acorn of a proposal on Thursday 12th, and gave it some love and a bit of water on the 19th, after four or so other posts. And now, I come back to see how my sapling is getting on, another four days later, and it's gone...

Ghandih

Well, a 1955 Horizontal would certainly be a fine thing, so I'll keep my eyes on that. I have nothing older than a 1970 in my meagre cellar, but would be willing to search for a rarity (by which I mean one Uncle Tom doesn't have) or chip in another way. Meanwhile, 20 bottles sounds like too many to ...

Ghandih

Hello everyone, Happy New Year, and all that. You'll have perhaps noticed that I've been absent for a long time - for which, my apologies - but I recently attended the Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club annual meal, at which Mr Wiseman provided some fine '63 port, and it got my taste buds going a...

Ghandih

Derek,

If he's going trendy, you might like to suggest to him serving port mixed with blue WKD - cheeky vimto, some call it. Sounds like his sort of thing.

Ghandih

Ghandih

Derek, Julian, I agree that this looks absolutely fab, though I also support the suggestion that years go down and shippers across. One other request. Rather than having sunshines, could we have empty circles (or another symbol of your choice)? I'm sure Julian is already considering what additional ...

Ghandih

My friend went to a test match once and saw parts of all four innings on one day. Does that count?

Ghandih

I was going to reply but, now that it's annoyed you that no-one has, I feel like I shouldn't. Ah, of course, now I have replied, to say I'm not going to, I might as well go on to say, "I agree". I'm not sure what we can do about this particularly, though, without being Draconian... Ghandih...

Ghandih

I will bear that in mind, thanks.

Ghandih

Conky,

I was thinking Julian had sent me the solution, and then you posted the video yourself (or an analogous one). That's dead clever, isn't it?

Has anyone tried it yet? I'm tempted to crack a bottle tonight just to try...

Gahndih

Ghandih

I would guess that it makes no difference. Glass stoppers are never airtight and even if they were I don't think the wine would absorb a detectable amount of oxygen over a period of a day or two. The most effective job a glass stopper does is to keep the flies out of your port in summer :wink: Dere...

Ghandih

All,

I don't think I'll be able to make this, but it sounds like an excellent affair, and I hope it all goes well. No doubt we'll be able to read about.

May I wish the Roots' a safe voyage and happy landings in the sand. I trust you'll stay in contact?

Ghandih

Ghandih

Derek, The missus and I, when we married 5.5 years ago, had a wine list as a gift list, with the theory that we'd crack the bottles with those who bought them, as an incentive for them to buy us a nice bottle, and to stay good friends. So far, we've had just one of the 68 bottles, a vintage Dom Peri...

Ghandih

I saw this title and thought you were going to tell us about a lovely piece of halibut you'd had for dinner.

Doesn't seem such a terrible thing to do, to me. Still, there we go - lesson learnt, as you say.

Ghandih

Chaps, I comment the Port Lent, of which I had not previously heard. I would like to boast that I managed to give up cigars, haircuts, peaches and watching Bob the Builder over the period, which is pretty impressive, eh? :D I feel positively purged. For those sadly tied to the Christian Lent (a much...

Ghandih

Apart from being an aide-memoire for which side of a boat is port and on which side of the boat a red buoy light should pass when entering that port... I'm struck by the large number of tastings that have already taken place this year. I'm also struck by their excellent quality - between us, we have...

Ghandih

All, I am frustrated by my inability to identify recognisable aromas in port (and other wines) reliably, and am considering whether a box of smells might help me. Le Nez du Vin retail a kit of 54 aromas (*) for white and red wines (see http://www.nezduvin.co.uk/nezduvin_54.htm ) for around £200. Var...

Ghandih

If a sports team is pants [technical term - means 'not playing nearly to full potential'] in the first half, and great in the second half, I think this can be attributed to the manager doing his job well at half time. One example of this that springs to mind is Liverpool FC in the European cup final...

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