The TPF Christmas 2008 Offline
- Alex Bridgeman
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The TPF Christmas 2008 Offline
The date for the TPF 3rd Annual Christmas Offline is Thursday December 18, 2008. Subject to confirmation, the venue will be the Bell Public House in Wenden's Ambo, Essex.
The theme will be the same as last year "The Unknown Shipper and His Peculiar Friends" with the addition of a mini-horizontal of the 1908 vintage, just to see what these wines are like at 100 years of age.
The idea of the theme is that this is an opportunity to open those bottles which are unknown and unidentified. Last year there were some wonderful gems opened and we may be just as lucky again this year.
If anyone would like to attend but is having difficulty in sourcing a bottle, then post here and I am sure that we will be able to organise some bottle adoption.
CONFIRMED ATTENDEES (maximum of 12)
Uncle Tom
AHB
DRT + guest
CG + guest
KillerB
EXPRESSED AN INTEREST BUT NOT YET CONFIRMED
The Lord & Lady Roots of Belgium
JacobH
Axel Probst
Simon Lisle
EXPRESSED AN INTEREST BUT WIFE SAID NO
Ben Read
Lists updated by DRT on 20 July 08
The theme will be the same as last year "The Unknown Shipper and His Peculiar Friends" with the addition of a mini-horizontal of the 1908 vintage, just to see what these wines are like at 100 years of age.
The idea of the theme is that this is an opportunity to open those bottles which are unknown and unidentified. Last year there were some wonderful gems opened and we may be just as lucky again this year.
If anyone would like to attend but is having difficulty in sourcing a bottle, then post here and I am sure that we will be able to organise some bottle adoption.
CONFIRMED ATTENDEES (maximum of 12)
Uncle Tom
AHB
DRT + guest
CG + guest
KillerB
EXPRESSED AN INTEREST BUT NOT YET CONFIRMED
The Lord & Lady Roots of Belgium
JacobH
Axel Probst
Simon Lisle
EXPRESSED AN INTEREST BUT WIFE SAID NO
Ben Read
Lists updated by DRT on 20 July 08
Last edited by Alex Bridgeman on 07:45 Mon 14 Jul 2008, edited 1 time in total.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Spooky moment last night. Never heard of Wendens Ambo before yesterday. Two mentions in one day - must be fate.
It is in a magazine called Essex Life (or something like that) as the second most Idyllic village in Essex, behind Finchingfield as number 1 and just ahead of Rayne (where I grew up) at number 5.
It is in a magazine called Essex Life (or something like that) as the second most Idyllic village in Essex, behind Finchingfield as number 1 and just ahead of Rayne (where I grew up) at number 5.
Ben
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
- Alex Bridgeman
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KillerB wrote:I'm in. Does a bottle of Fonseca White Port, bought at John Lewis in High Wycombe about ten years ago, count as unusual?
Unusual - yes.
Peculiar (as in the theme) - no, and since it has a label you can't claim that it is an unknown shipper.
Remember, port is basically a red drink.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
- Alex Bridgeman
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- KillerB
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Seems peculiar to me. I can always take the label off.AHB wrote:KillerB wrote:I'm in. Does a bottle of Fonseca White Port, bought at John Lewis in High Wycombe about ten years ago, count as unusual?
Unusual - yes.
Peculiar (as in the theme) - no, and since it has a label you can't claim that it is an unknown shipper.
Remember, port is basically a red drink.
Port is basically a red drink
My understanding is that each bottle needs to fall into one or more categories. The categories for this off-line being:KillerB wrote:Seems peculiar to me. I can always take the label off.AHB wrote:KillerB wrote:I'm in. Does a bottle of Fonseca White Port, bought at John Lewis in High Wycombe about ten years ago, count as unusual?
Unusual - yes.
Peculiar (as in the theme) - no, and since it has a label you can't claim that it is an unknown shipper.
Remember, port is basically a red drink.
- Unknown Shippers
- Peculiar
- Centigenarians
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
- Alex Bridgeman
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FAILED!benread wrote:Time to start negotiating a pass for the night I think!
It seems the 18th clashes with a marital obligation - the Bjorn Again Christmas gig at Hammersmith Apollo! I started the tradition when we got married.
(BTW, no news to report yet, but progress seems to be happening - names still to be decided. Must open a bottle tonight in expectation!)
Ben
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
- JacobH
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Might I add myself to the “expression of interest† list? All being well, I should be able to make it, (in my newly financial-solvent state ), but things are still a bit up in the air; I should have a better idea of what I’m doing in December in a month or so.
I think I’d have to acquire/adopt something for the occasion, as disappointingly I don’t think I have anything that falls into categories 1 and 3, and reassuringly nothing that falls, KillerB-style, into category 2!
-Jacob
I think I’d have to acquire/adopt something for the occasion, as disappointingly I don’t think I have anything that falls into categories 1 and 3, and reassuringly nothing that falls, KillerB-style, into category 2!
-Jacob
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- RonnieRoots
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I can confirm our place on the maybe list.
We hope to be able to make it. There is a wedding in the Netherlands on the 20th that we'd love to attend but all depends on:
- the abilitiy of LadyR to take leave
- whether or not we have guests at that time (which is very much possible)
And, unless anything unknown or peculiar crosses our path, we opt to chip in some money. Does Porto Droz count as peculiar? It's a cheap, sweet white with a french label (probably some b-brand of Cruz).
We hope to be able to make it. There is a wedding in the Netherlands on the 20th that we'd love to attend but all depends on:
- the abilitiy of LadyR to take leave
- whether or not we have guests at that time (which is very much possible)
And, unless anything unknown or peculiar crosses our path, we opt to chip in some money. Does Porto Droz count as peculiar? It's a cheap, sweet white with a french label (probably some b-brand of Cruz).
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Excellent.RonnieRoots wrote:I can confirm our place on the maybe list.
Money will do nicely, thanks.RonnieRoots wrote:And, unless anything unknown or peculiar crosses our path, we opt to chip in some money. Does Porto Droz count as peculiar? It's a cheap, sweet white with a french label (probably some b-brand of Cruz).
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: Re:
Unfortunately, we know now that we will not be able to join the Christmas offline...DRT wrote:Excellent.RonnieRoots wrote:I can confirm our place on the maybe list.
- uncle tom
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Re: The TPF Christmas 2008 Offline
Time to move forward on this one folks..
Attendees, please affirm!
Tom
Attendees, please affirm!
Tom
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill
Re: The TPF Christmas 2008 Offline
Are we goign to have a xmas virtual offline?
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Re: The TPF Christmas 2008 Offline
Yes, Skype-enabled, at my apartment, shortly before new year.