Quinta do Vesuvio in February 2024 - 6th Feb

[mcoulson]

Ladies & Gent’s

I detect a gap in the market during February so I propose a Quinta do Vesuvio evening.

attendees:

1. Mcoulson (2007 Capela)
2. IS (MSC guest) (1998 adopting from MSC)
3. BRPetrie (1997 adopting from AHB)
4. AHB (1995)
5. Industry Person Jack (2011 adopting from AHB)
6. JDAW1 (2003 adopting from CPR1)
7. winesecretary (1992)
8. M.Charlton (2005)
9. CPR 1 (2011 Capela)
10. IDJ123 (1990)
11. Justin K - (2000)
12. flash_uk (1991)
13. HTHW (1994)
14. CB (MSC guest) (2007 adopting from MSC)

Reserve List

Heres the food order as it stands

Food Order


Current draft of the placemats.

[Alex Bridgeman]

So long as the tasting is not on the 14th, I should be available.

Not sure which vintage(s) I have on hand, but I’ll check and let you know.

[mcoulson]

So long as the tasting is not on the 14th, I should be available.

Not sure which vintage(s) I have on hand, but I’ll check and let you know.

Yes I think the 14th would be a bad move for almost everybody .....

[jdaw1]

Yes please.

[flash_uk]

Yes please Martin. I’ll check what I have. 12th to the 16th is half term, so would rule me out if then.

[M.Charlton]

Yes please. I have the 2005.

[CPR 1]

Yes please

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[idj123]

Yes please. Will check bottles.

[forest26]

Yes please

[Justin K]

Yes please, I have ‘00

[winesecretary]

Yes please

[hadge]

yes please

[nac]

Yes please

[nac]

Yes please

..and think I have 91, 98, 99, 00, 03, 05, 07, 09 & 11 to hand. In bond 15, 17, 18, 19, and Capela 16 & 17.

[BRPetrie]

Yes please!

[Doggett]

Reserve please. I have the 1995.

[Christopher]

Can I please go on the reserve list. Half term and 14th won’t work for me
Thanks for all the admin

[mcoulson]

Can I please go on the reserve list. Half term and 14th won’t work for me
Thanks for all the admin

Your on the reserve list - clearly we need a bigger room and more port !!

Half term and the 14th are pretty much out of the plan ....

Cheers

Martin

[Alex Bridgeman]

So long as the tasting is not on the 14th, I should be available.

Not sure which vintage(s) I have on hand, but I’ll check and let you know.

I should be able to fill a gap or two from the earlier vintages from the bottles I have at home.

[mcoulson]

Gent's we have a date .... Thursday 15th February .... (sory if this does not work for people as it clashes with half term)

Can you all check your diaries and confirm your still up for joining in ?

Cheers

Martin

[winesecretary]

Alas I have another wine dinner that evening that I have already accepted.

C’est un vie dur…

[Alex Bridgeman]

I’m good for 15th Feb.

[flash_uk]

I'll need to bail. Half term.

[mcoulson]

I have adjusted the attendee list ...... I appreciate the date is not the best

[Christopher]

Sorry I cannot make it now , half term

[Bertie3000]

I did not express an interest previously but if spaces open up cor this, could I be added please (MJRM). Thanks.

[mcoulson]

Despite the best efforts of myself and Alex it comes to pass that our industry guest has had to change there plans ..... as such I have un-picked the attendee list to reflect the order before I set the date. Moved Ben from reserve to the main list to fill the empty space and added Bertie3000 to the reserve list.

Since we only have to accommodate ourselfs now date wise I've also removed the 15th as the date so we can try again for a better date.

Open to suggestions as to which date to do this on now .... how does the 6th or the 20th Feb strike people ?

[winesecretary]

Both 6th and 20th February 2024 work for me

[PhilW]

Both

Now that's just greedy!

[flash_uk]

Either work for me, thx.

[mcoulson]

Unless anybody else wants to suggest a date I'm going to run with the 6th Feb ....

[mcoulson]

OK ... The date is set for the 6th Feb .....

[jdaw1]

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 repeating.

• 2019 Feb 13th (spirals; fonts at default of /TrebuchetMS-Bold and /Garamond);
• 2016 Feb 24th (plain; /TrebuchetMS-Bold, /TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT and /TimesNewRomanPSMT);
• 2010 Feb 23rd (horrendous; /Helvetica-Bold and /LucidaBright-Demi);
• 2007 Dec 11th (not quite as horrendous as the 2010 effort; fonts at then default of /HelveticaNeue-Bold, /HelveticaNeue-CondensedBold, and /TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT).

It does seem that, in general, February is the month for Vesuvio verticals. That tradition, at least, is being upheld.

[mcoulson]

Well I like the 2016 variant ... more than does the job ....

[BRPetrie]

Appreciate the pronounced numerals in the 2010 version, especially for a vertical

[mcoulson]

Hello all ....

Can you message me with whatever bottles you have available and there costs please

We can then try and work out a selection to run with

Cheers

Martin

[Justin K]

Vesuvio 2000 haven’t a clue on cost.

[mcoulson]

The room is booked so it's defiantly happening .....

[winesecretary]

I love the defiance.

[idj123]

I have a bottle of V90 set aside for the purposes of this tasting.

[Christopher]

Hi
Can you please take me off the reserve list as the final date has fallen on half term which I said I unfortunately could not make when expressed interest.
I hope you have a fantastic evening

[MigSU]

I love the defiance.

Same here. Defy away!

[flash_uk]

I have '91, '92, '95, '13, '15, '16. All somewhere in the £35-40 range

Cheers
M

[mcoulson]

Just waiting for the bottles available from TC, HTHW & JDAW and then we can have the fun of working out what we should taste ….

At the moment I think we are only missing 01,04 & 08 between us all if the Vesuvio web site is correct ….

Might you guys happen to have 01,04 & 08 ? That would give us 28 years to choose from which I fear is a bit much ....

Considering the long list available to us what do people think we should try and do selection wise ??

[Alex Bridgeman]

There's a couple of ideas I'd like to suggest.

14 is a good number of bottles for a night with 14 people tasting. The obvious would be alternate years 1989/90-2019.

A second option might be to taste 14 of the "mature" vintages (ie. 21 or older): 1989-2004

[CPR 1]

I agree 28 would be too many for one session, but would suggest around 16-18 would not be excessive for 14.

How about 89 - 05 plus the 07 and 11? if we have the 07 and 11 it might be good to include the Capela versions as well to see how these are getting on as there are no recent notes on these.

[M.Charlton]

I’m a fan of Charles’s approach (somewhat selfishly, because this approach ought to assist yours truly with the “sleep” part of the sleeper train to a greater extent than Alex’s! ).

[mcoulson]

Hello Everybody …..

Food time

Can you all have a look here at the default food order pdf please

viewtopic.php?t=12466

and with regard to the 6th do one of the following …. If …

1/. Your on the default order and your happy with your default do nothing – that’s what will get ordered for you on the 6th

2/. Your on the default but you want something else on the night – please post here and tell me

3/. Your on the default but it’s wrong – please post here and tell me what you want to change it to

4/. Your NOT on the default order – please post here and tell me what you would like and I’ll make it your default as well

If you do nothing and are not on the default order pdf then nothing will be ordered for you which is not good.

Cheers

Martin

[jdaw1]

I’ll order from what I choose to believe is on the menu:
• Soup of the day;
• Steak, mushroom, Claret pie, green beans, + carrots, + skinny fries;
• Bramdean pudding.

[winesecretary]

2/

Potted crab with glass of manzanilla
Steak medium well, skinny fries, green salad
Welsh rarebit