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Anyone else want to attend?
Any other adoptions?
Roll up for an 8 person tasting.

I'd ideally like to get the details nailed in the next few days as that's when I leave to head stateside.

10.

10 person tasting.

I ahve an lbv 84 or a 77 cachao

either one needs to be adopted.

Zelandakh+2+SushiNorth bringing:

Smith Woodhouse 1984 LBV,
Smith Woodhouse 1977 VP
Warres 1977 VP
Delaforce 1977 VP [fixed]

g-man, I see DoubleD, who's #10?

SushiNorth wrote:Zelandakh+2+SushiNorth bringing:

Smith Woodhouse 1984 LBV,
Smith Woodhouse 1977 VP
Warres 1977 VP
Dow 1977 VP

g-man, I see DoubleD, who's #10?

double d is # 10 ?

differentdave wrote:I will stick with the 77's and toss a dow 77 into the ring.

SushiNorth wrote:Zelandakh+2+SushiNorth bringing:

Smith Woodhouse 1984 LBV,
Smith Woodhouse 1977 VP
Warres 1977 VP
Dow 1977 VP

Is doubling up on the Dow intended?

RAYC wrote:

differentdave wrote:I will stick with the 77's and toss a dow 77 into the ring.

SushiNorth wrote:Zelandakh+2+SushiNorth bringing:

Smith Woodhouse 1984 LBV,
Smith Woodhouse 1977 VP
Warres 1977 VP
Dow 1977 VP

Is doubling up on the Dow intended?

Thanks, good catch. I had D77 in my notes, it should be Delaforce 1977, and i've amended that above.

g-man wrote:

SushiNorth wrote:g-man, I see DoubleD, who's #10?

double d is # 10 ?

1-3: Zelandakh+2
4: SushiNorth+0
5: gman+0
6-7: Chris+1
8: DifferentDave+0
9: DoubleD+0

SushiNorth wrote:

g-man wrote:

SushiNorth wrote:g-man, I see DoubleD, who's #10?

double d is # 10 ?

1-3: Zelandakh+2
4: SushiNorth+0
5: gman+0
6-7: Chris+1
8: DifferentDave+0
9: DoubleD+0

?

when did this change

Z wrote: Postby Zelandakh on Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:45 pm
4 of us are pretty much on for the friday night somewhere kinda nice but none of us know any of the prospective venues.

when did this change

Z wrote: Postby Zelandakh on Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:45 pm
4 of us are pretty much on for the friday night somewhere kinda nice but none of us know any of the prospective venues.

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Zelandakh wrote:OK, so next steps are the theme - will be decided by the local members and what is in their cellar.

I would like to adopt as would my brother and would my GF.
Babysitter has now fallen through so my sis in law isn't now coming - sorry about that.

Want me to invite someone else? Spouse might come (though she doesn't drink), alt I bet my brother would be interested and I could bring a bottle for him.

Sushi - thanks for giving the updates, yes I'm a 3 now and thanks to Sushi, we're fully adopted.

9 of the flight sounds fantastic.

Looking forward to meeting you all.

i did not see the dow 77 in the lineup---sushinorth I can source from u if I am not bringing my juice.

oops

corrected

updated.

differentdave wrote:i did not see the dow 77 in the lineup---sushinorth I can source from u if I am not bringing my juice.

No no, dow 77 is good; i meant we were bringing that OTHER "d" -- Delaforce77

Alright, it's time for me to make some placemats -- g-man can we get the final lineup?
got it, thanks
1977 Smith Woodhouse VP
1977 Warres VP
1977 Delaforce VP
1977 Quinta do Cachao VP
1977 Sandeman VP
1977 Dow VP
1986 Warre LBV
1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV,
1982 Taylor LBV

FYI, this tasting shaped up nicely as lesser-house 77 VP's and a comparison of mid-80's LBVs.

Looking bang tidy, gents!

I need to make sure I can find that old LBV -- other than that, Terry and I should be all set for this friday!

Looking good. Placemats for sure is a good next bet...

9 bottles, 9 people means 81 glasses assuming no incidents.

Really looking forward to it.

N

Btw, I already put down 200$ which will come off teh bill, so fyi the bill might come out lower, but my estimate of 100$/person is still accurate.

Plus charges for practicing this week

are we setting decant times or using our own judgements. Also having a little issue with child coverage, may wind up being up to an hour late at worst.

I don't have any to decant as SushiNorth is doing that, but I'd say personal judgement but preferably at least 24 hours

Child coverage issue - there's a lot of it about!!

I'm goign to spot decant.

Dave, should i ask them to hold the food for you?

the menu is posted on the first post ..

because it's a private room it's prefixe only.

Placemats (PDF)(PS)

just crack open the 77 dow (have not tasted but it looks yummy.
As for holding food I should be there between 6:30 and 7:30 as long as u guys socialzie for a few at beginning of evening prior to starting meal I think I should be ok. But just in case Risotto, filet (med rare) and creme brulee. Thanks

Looking forward!

differentdave wrote:just crack open the 77 dow (have not tasted but it looks yummy.
As for holding food I should be there between 6:30 and 7:30 as long as u guys socialzie for a few at beginning of evening prior to starting meal I think I should be ok. But just in case Risotto, filet (med rare) and creme brulee. Thanks

Looking forward!

we are on a 4:00 hour time frame

any 30 minutes over is an extra 169$ / 30 minutes

so I'll order for you at 7pm.

I'll be +1 with a non-drinker

Please dont hate me but I tired a little of the dow 77 this am, thought the bottle was off so I am opening another dow 77 (will have less decant time obvisouly) I am making one of my famous port omlettes this morning!!!!!!!!!

differentdave wrote:Please dont hate me but I tired a little of the dow 77 this am, thought the bottle was off so I am opening another dow 77 (will have less decant time obvisouly) I am making one of my famous port omlettes this morning!!!!!!!!!

I personally have only 1 out of 6 bottles of dow 77 that I've tried that was good. The rest have this ... "funk"/ "VA" / "weirdness" to it

A port omelette? Eek.

Well, the sun is out here on the hill and Manhattan looks great. See you as the sun sets.

N

Zelandakh wrote:A port omelette? Eek.

Well, the sun is out here on the hill and Manhattan looks great. See you as the sun sets.

N

me thinks you need to open your horizons to different food and port pairings.

Excited for tonight, chaps!

A few notes, however:

1.) My lone Warre 86 LBV seems to have gone AWOL. I will dig around a bit more for it (part of the trouble is that my wine coolers currently hold 2-3X the volume they were intended for, so that pulling out bottles (heck -- even opening the door) can get messy). Fear not, I will bring along a more exotic bottle (blind) should I be unable to locate it.

2.) My loving GF terry fears it may be another late night at the office, so she may show up a little bit after the official start time (she can, I am confident, catch up)

That is all for now. See you guys soon!

Josh, can you bring funnel and filter?

need to decant my bottles

Also -- would anybody else prefer to try the 77s single-blind? Might spice things up a bit.

Chris Doty wrote:Also -- would anybody else prefer to try the 77s single-blind? Might spice things up a bit.

sure you got any bags to cover them up?

Can happily supply tin foil (the official supplier of bottle masking to TPF-London)