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nac wrote: ↑07:46 Sat 07 Mar 2026
jdaw1 wrote: ↑00:36 Sat 07 Mar 2026
Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑00:00 Sat 07 Mar 2026a second bottle of Fonseca.
AHB and a second bottle of Fonseca have been added to the placemats (images in the first post).
Ooh - 25,000th post by JDAW.

Now he gets to drink Dow 1896

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jdaw1 wrote: ↑14:41 Sat 28 Feb 2026 (It is acknowledged that this is only one week after ’60 @ 66. So?)

And two days before the 2011 tasting…

For me please:

Herby Butter Bean Bruschetta
Sirloin (rare) and would change to a special steak if available
Fries
Broccoli

Thx

Yes please

If I read the thread correctly, I believe there are three two extra glass spaces remaining?

Printing done. Expect to arrive around 1730.

Yes please. Only have Niepoort.

Yes please. All dates look ok currently.

Believe have:
GC 70, 83, 94
SW 80, 83
QH 83, 97

Most of these are in storage.

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Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑18:31 Thu 05 Feb 2026 So was this better at dinner time or with a late breakfast the next day?

Better at breakfast following day. Suspect would have been even better again at dinner following evening. A wine with a lot going on, and needs time to unfold itself.

Food order for me please:
Herby Butter Bean Bruschetta
Sirloin (rare)
Fries
Broccoli

And I’ll bring a G77.

Tesco has Grahams 2020 LBV at 12.50 down from 18, if you purchase with a clubcard

Yes please, from memory have N, Ck, Meao, T and one other.

60% opacity, dull dark red. Nose has muted fruit, strawberry, damson, plus some spice, cinnamon, cloves. Feels like this should be sipped while on a balcony as sunset approaches, perhaps in somewhere like Marrakech. Palate is rich, spiced, even some tannin lurking. The finish begins to allow some of...

flash_uk wrote: ↑20:31 Fri 30 Jan 2026 I suspect we have very little between us pre 1977…

I was wrong...

Yes please. Believe I have 80.

I suspect we have very little between us pre 1977…

Yes please

I think I’ll be closer to an 8pm join.

Re: Something, incl. Quevedo closures, Wed 25 Feb 2026 Yes please

Yes please

Yes please

Re: 66 @ 60 - Tuesday 17 March 2026 I have N, S for sure, and think also T.

I have N, S for sure, and think also T.

Re: 60 @ 66 - Tuesday 14 April 2026 I have for sure T, N. Possibly BN.

I have for sure T, N. Possibly BN.

FG and TV double decanted at 0630.

Bertie3000 wrote: ↑08:16 Sat 10 Jan 2026 Is there anyone who can relatively easily print the placemats? I have realised this will not be easy for me.

I can print. Aiming to get to B&F at around 1715.

I can only do 9

Enclosure from a Dow 1977 Magnum in wooden box, "MM Millenium Selection"

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Oh yes please!

I could offer single bottles for F70, F77, Ni77. F70 in magnum.

Re: Zombie Escape, Tue 29 Dec 2026, B&F Happy to help slay the zombies

Happy to help slay the zombies

flash_uk wrote: ↑21:05 Sat 03 Jan 2026
Bertie3000 wrote: ↑13:21 Sat 03 Jan 2026 Please can Neil, Christian (via Mike) and Ian confirm meal choices. The menu is pasted earlier in this thread.
On it, re Christian.

For Christian:
Smoked Salmon
Prawn Linguine
Affogato

Thx

Bertie3000 wrote: ↑13:21 Sat 03 Jan 2026 Please can Neil, Christian (via Mike) and Ian confirm meal choices. The menu is pasted earlier in this thread.

On it, re Christian.

Julian and I would like to share a chateaubriand (blue), and then can I add for me:

Herby butter bean bruschetta
Fries
Broccoli

Many thanks

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flash_uk wrote: ↑09:41 Thu 18 Dec 2025
Bertie3000 wrote: ↑09:21 Thu 18 Dec 2025 We currently have plenty of bottles but only 8 attendees. We are less than a month away. Anyone else interested? I guess otherwise we may need to offer to move rooms.

I have a couple of people I can ask.

OK have confirmation of one additional attendee. Christian, initials CDH.

I'm going to meander into town now, and expect to get to the B&F for around 5-ish.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑13:46 Sun 28 Dec 2025
winesecretary wrote: ↑19:45 Sat 27 Dec 2025the retro prawn cocktail
What makes a prawn cocktail “retro”?

Perhaps serving in some '70s glassware?

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[*]CPR (sent via somebody) — TV . I will bring to the B&F on the 29th Dec if someone can take charge from there @Mike: you’re at both, and not currently burdened with decanting duties for the 1995s. So you are being volunteered. [looks over shoulder, looks back]…me? OK. Totally not known for lo...

Bertie3000 wrote: ↑09:21 Thu 18 Dec 2025 We currently have plenty of bottles but only 8 attendees. We are less than a month away. Anyone else interested? I guess otherwise we may need to offer to move rooms.

I have a couple of people I can ask. Re the room, a Tuesday in January - I think we should be fine.

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑17:21 Wed 17 Dec 2025 If anyone has any photos of those peculiar tunnels we used to use, please do post them!

This thread has a few.

mosesbotbol wrote: ↑15:59 Wed 17 Dec 2025 It comes with its own shot glass?

I think that’s a retail security tag. Yup, for a $15 item. Welcome to the UK nowadays

Ages ago, I bought a pack of cheap digital thermometers on Amazon. Not good. Adjacent thermometers can differ by 2°C, and by 10% of humidity. I got what I paid for. I recall a physicist remarking that thermometers are difficult to calibrate. What do people use, and do they know it to be accurate? A...

Recently, a Warre 1960 bbr-bottled, and a Fonseca 1977. Both in-neck and great colour bottles, both from stashes where previous bottles have been excellent. Both taken to the same event, somewhat embarrassingly; the W60 sufficiently corked to be undrinkable, the F77 still drinkable but... Bah! That...

You opened adjacent Vesuvio vintages for a side-by-side.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑18:02 Mon 15 Dec 2025 Did you notice “Alex has used a good word not used by anybody else”?

Yes, but someone else must now guess before I guess again.

You opened them audouze. Not sure that's a "very Port" thing, but a guess nonetheless.

You tonged both bottles open. For some reason.

And the scores:

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ETA crosskeys @ 1645

Draft of the ‘ placemats ’, meaning sticky labels and TN sheets and voting pages. Satisfactory? Who is to print? Point of order: First post attendees list includes Industry Guest, but placemats do not. Do we have one? If so, needs adding to placemat (even if anonymised); if not, then potential for ...

nac wrote: ↑19:44 Wed 10 Dec 2025 1 x Dow Crusted Bottled 1971

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The only 1971 TNs we have are for colheitas.

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