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AHB wrote:could you send the food order to the B&F please?

Sent — though still missing Simon Doggett.

AHB wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:Placemats glasses pages on A3: who is to print?

forest26 wrote:I notice that I am down to bring a F63 from the same pipe as yours. I can do this or if you want some more variety for the second half - I can substitute this with a Butler Nephew 55.

Decision needed in time for placemats.

I will print on Monday.

JDAW - could you send the food order to the B&F please?

BN55 it is then... Looking forward to Wednesday.

forest26 wrote:BN55 it is then... Looking forward to Wednesday.

I expect BN55 will be very nice indeed if it follows the path of the previous BN bottles I have tasted!

jdaw1 wrote:

AHB wrote:could you send the food order to the B&F please?

Sent — though still missing Simon Doggett.

I would assume that Simon isn't eating.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• The six Fonseca 1963s:
  • 1963 Fonseca, α = alpha;
  • 1963 Fonseca, β = beta;
  • 1963 Fonseca, γ = gamma;
  • 1963 Fonseca, δ = delta;
  • 1963 Fonseca, ε = epsilon;
  • 1963 Fonseca, ζ = zeta;
• The other English-bottled Vintage Ports:
  • 1955 Mackenzie;
  • 1963 Berry Bros & Rudd;
  • 1963 Martinez;
  • 1963 Warre;
  • 1970 Fonseca;
  • 1970 Warre;
  • 1970 Smith Woodhouse;
• And one colheita:
  • 1937 Warre colheita;
• Food order.
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

Having discovered my proposed GC70 is actually Oporto-bottled, I can now offer a Warre '63 instead. Julian - apologies for the placemat hassles and threads already created!

flash_uk wrote:threads already created!

Changed.

flash_uk wrote:placemat hassles

Awaiting word from Alex. If not printed, easily updated.

Edit:

AHB, by email, wrote:Unfortunately they were printed before the change occurred

Announcement: I am thirsty.

Anybody else?

jdaw1 wrote:Announcement: I am thirsty.

Anybody else?

Yes me too. I could bring both the W63 and the GC70, but permission required from the master.

flash_uk wrote:I could bring both the W63 and the GC70, but permission required from the master.

I am hereby: mounting a temporary coup; declaring myself Master of All I Can Behold; accepting your utterly sensible suggestion; and then resigning Mastership in favour of Alex.

Of course, Alex will over-rule, in which case it could appear as a ‘side drink’ not officially part of the tasting.

Yes, I’m thirsty.

Sirs (and Madam)

I have encountered a small issue with the BN55 - in that I could not find it!

Can I respectfully offer another 55 - A Mackenzie bottled by J Harvey and Sons Bristol. Sorry!!!

I am looking forward to this evening - I may be a little late if todays auction overruns. If this is the case I will pass my bottle to Dia to bring in.

forest26 wrote:I have encountered a small issue with the BN55 - in that I could not find it!

It's reassuring in my mind to have sufficient port to make locating bottles difficult

W63 double decanted at 1300 today, looking and smelling great.

Aiming to get to the B&F for about 5.20pm, if anyone arriving a bit early, see you there.