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Updated draft of the placemats.

• +RLC.

TY Julian,

guests are:

Steph
Ed

Updated draft of the placemats.

• • Jeff H. Ghi;
  • Stephanie Y. Ghi;
  • Ed;
  • Alex H. Bridgeman;
  • Jacob G. Head;
  • Ray L. Cook;
  • Tom H. R. Archer.

Ed who?

jdaw1 wrote:Updated draft of the placemats.

• • Jeff H. Ghi;
  • Stephanie Y. Ghi;
  • Ed;
  • Alex H. Bridgeman;
  • Jacob G. Head;
  • Ray L. Cook;
  • Tom H. R. Archer.

Ed who?

"Ed 'Who?' Miliband"?

Updated draft of the placemats.

• Edward Yee.

are there any other wines stores within the city with not so eye watering prices like BBR? =)

Oh, any one live near Warwick, Warwickshire?

g-man wrote:are there any other wines stores within the city with not so eye watering prices like BBR? =)

Oh, any one live near Warwick, Warwickshire?

Try Corney & Barrow, El Vino, Davys, Uncorked, Soho WInes, Justerini & Brooks, Farrs, Bibendum, Roberson, Fortnum & Mason, Lea & Sandeman, Waitrose in Canary Wharf...

Alex

okay i'll be shipping alex some mystery bottles for the event

they all shouldn't require a long decant.

Ie pop and pour so we can keep alex guessing in the dark too.

g-man wrote:okay i'll be shipping alex some mystery bottles for the event

Presumably those being brought by JHG, SYG and EY. Or are more glass spaces needed?

g-man wrote:Ie pop and pour so we can keep alex guessing in the dark too.

I can arrange a decanting service where the bottles are decanted about 12 hours ahead of us meeting up - but not by me. Let me know if you're interested.

AHB wrote:

g-man wrote:Ie pop and pour so we can keep alex guessing in the dark too.

I can arrange a decanting service where the bottles are decanted about 12 hours ahead of us meeting up - but not by me. Let me know if you're interested.

does the restaurant have decanters?

I would imagine the bottles i'm interested in don't need decanting.

g-man wrote:does the restaurant have decanters?

I would imagine the bottles i'm interested in don't need decanting.

They have a couple of decanters, but we tend to use water jugs to make decanting easy.

are there any other wines stores within the city with not so eye watering prices like BBR? =)

I could furnish a bottle for adoption at moderate cost, if requested..

Tom

uncle tom wrote:

are there any other wines stores within the city with not so eye watering prices like BBR? =)

I could furnish a bottle for adoption at moderate cost, if requested..

Tom

Up to you Tom, is there something in your cellar that you'd like to try? In which case I'd buy 1 less bottle to ship to mr. Al B.

Up to you Tom, is there something in your cellar that you'd like to try?

I currently have 443 different vintage ports in my cellar. What would you like to try..

Tom

uncle tom wrote:I currently have 443 different vintage ports in my cellar. What would you like to try..

I’d better add a double-magnum of Sandeman 1897 to the placemats.

Hi there,

if still possible i would like to attend as well. Please let me know.

regards

WS1

Updated draft of the placemats.

• +Wolfgang;
• So eight bottles:
  1. Jeff,
  2. Steph,
  3. Ed,
  4. Alex,
  5. Jacob,
  6. Ray
  7. Tom, and
  8. Wolfgang.
  Instruct if incorrect.

8 people means that we need to relocate from the Meeting Room to one of the tunnels. I shall call The Crusting Pipe tomorrow and see if we can move.

There is a space labelled ‟Jeff”. Should I add another labelled ‟JHG”? (With Wolfgang it is already two pages.)

jdaw1 wrote:There is a space labelled ‟Jeff”. Should I add another labelled ‟JHG”? (With Wolfgang it is already two pages.)

i thought it was to alleviate confusion from JGH =)

but I'm happy to be JHG as those are my given initials.

g-man wrote:i thought it was to alleviate confusion from JGH =)

but I'm happy to be JHG as those are my given initials.

You were unsure of how many who was bringing. Please check most recent draft of placemats and confirm all-round happiness.

Ah ha,

yes, there should be 4 bottles in attendance from me.

so you can have an extra jhg circle for the 4th bottle.

Updated draft of the placemats.

• +Extra glass space, ‟JHG”;
• Please check carefully.

no extra glass circle for the extra bottle?

btw, if we're doing blind, shouldn't the cirlces have perhaps an alphabetical name instead of our names?

Or are we doing a blind where we let other people guess what we brought?

New page, so link added for convenience: draft of the placemats.

g-man wrote:no extra glass circle for the extra bottle?

Sure. But do explain.

g-man wrote:btw, if we're doing blind, shouldn't the cirlces have perhaps an alphabetical name instead of our names?

Or are we doing a blind where we let other people guess what we brought?

Usual practice has been to wrap double-decanted bottles in tin foil prior to arrival. (Or somebody can bring foil for you to do before people see bottles.)

jdaw1 wrote:New page, so link added for convenience: draft of the placemats.

g-man wrote:no extra glass circle for the extra bottle?

Sure. But do explain.

g-man wrote:btw, if we're doing blind, shouldn't the cirlces have perhaps an alphabetical name instead of our names?

Or are we doing a blind where we let other people guess what we brought?

Usual practice has been to wrap double-decanted bottles in tin foil prior to arrival. (Or somebody can bring foil for you to do before people see bottles.)

Yes, we have 9 bottles for 8 people and 8 circles for 8 glasses is the assumption.

g-man wrote:Yes, we have 9 bottles for 8 people

So usual practice would be for each of the eight people to have nine glasses. Hence nine circles.

Updated draft of the placemats.

• +Sticky labels for the bottles. Or would people prefer two, so that bottles are labelled on both sides?

Perhaps the link I'm clicking is out of date, but I only see 8 circles =)

I see nine when using the link in the thread. Can you clear your cache to force a re-download? Or copy-paste the link, enter, and do something like control-alt-shift-return?

okay wines paid for and shipped over to AHB for this friday!

looking forward to meeting everyone/and seeing people again!

Recap: tasting for new page

Theme: Bring a bottle blind (hopefully you can find the place) or G-man's pick ups from Seckfords delivered to AHB.

Location:
The Crusting Pipe
Covent Garden
27 The Market, London WC2E 8RD, United Kingdom
020 7836 1415

Time: 5:30pm ?

Tasters:
1. Jeff,
2. Steph,
3. Ed,
4. Alex,
5. Jacob,
6. Ray
7. Tom, and
8. Wolfgang.

Who is printing the placemats?

Bottles have safely arrived from Seckfords

jdaw1 wrote:Who is printing the placemats?

I will

AHB wrote:Bottles have safely arrived from Seckfords

doh! sent out email before i saw htis!

Shame I won't be able to meet derek =(

Great stuff. Looking forward to it.

Very sorry for the late notice but I will not be able to attend this evening due to a family commitment.

Hi there,

just decanted the port I will bring and wrapped it in tinfoil. Will arrive ~ 7:00 PM due to work/health comittments

Looking fwd to tonight!

regards

WS1

With 7 of us, we have been moved to one of the tunnels tonight. We have the tunnel available from 5pm (and will be welcomed whenever we arrive).

There is a Tesco Metro a few minutes walk from The Crusting Pipe where I shall be buying my foil to wrap the bottles. I have not decanted yet and will do so once I reach TCP. That should give my wine up to 5 hours to breathe over the course of the evening. I have funnel and filter paper for late decanters.

Wolfgang - if you let us know what you would like to eat, we can order it for you so that it is ready at 7pm.

Cookie wrote:Very sorry for the late notice but I will not be able to attend this evening due to a family commitment.

Sorry to hear that; hopefully we'll see you at the next get together.

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• +RLC.

Updated draft of the placemats.

• ”“RLC.

jdaw1 wrote:

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• +RLC.

Updated draft of the placemats.

• ”“RLC.

But too late for me to be able to print

Reverting, so that web matches used placemats.

Links:

• Review of evening as a whole;
• 1955 Dow;
• 1958 Dow;
• 1960 Warre;
• 1970 Butler Nephew;
• 1970 Croft;
• 1980 Taylor;
• 1985 Gould Campbell;
• 1982 Château Chasse-Spleen;
• Planning and arrangements;
• Placemats.