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I've never organised an evening but since it's my birthday on the 18th and since I was born in 1963 it looks like a good time to start.

Date: Tuesday 18th July 2023

Theme: The 1963 vintage at 60, a horizontal

Location: Boot & Flogger - booking confirmed

Bottles
1) Adams – from MSC
2) Borges – from MSC for Ian S
3) Burmester – Alex B
4) Cockburn – from MSC for David
5) Constantino – from MSC for Martin
6) Croft – George
7) Dow – Tony
8) Fonseca – Ben, adopted from MSC
9) Graham – Alex H, adopted from MSC
10) Martinez – MSC extra bottle
11) Noval – Alex M
12) Ramos Pinto – Alex B extra bottle
13) Warre – Charles


People
1/. MSC (Martin)
2/. Guest of MSC - (Ian S)
3/. Guest of MSC - (David)
4/. Guest of MSC - (Martin)
5/. AHB (Alex)
6/. CPR (Charles)
7/. winesecretary (George)
8/. Guest of MSC - (Clive)
9/. forest26 (Tony)
10/ BRPetrie (Ben) - adopting
11/. alexm (Alex)
12/. pommy42 (Alex) - adopting
13/. ??
14/. ??

Present draft of food order

Current draft of the placemats [backup link].

Reserve list

Yes please, I can bring Warre

yes please

Hi Martin,

A quick question - are you bringing all of the bottles you've listed, or are you offering some for adoption?

If you want something unusual, I could bring Burmester.

Alex

Hi Alex

That's what I happen to have ... Happy to have people adopt or bring there own.

Burmester would be a great to bring ...

Cheers

Yes please. Will advise what I have.

Yes please. I have Quarles Harris (at least, according to my spreadsheet) and Croft.

winesecretary wrote: ↑12:39 Thu 18 May 2023 Yes please. I have Quarles Harris (at least, according to my spreadsheet) and Croft.

Excellent ... Makes me feel a lot better to know it's not just me with an excel file

mcoulson wrote: ↑16:43 Thu 18 May 2023

winesecretary wrote: ↑12:39 Thu 18 May 2023 Yes please. I have Quarles Harris (at least, according to my spreadsheet) and Croft.

Excellent ... Makes me feel a lot better to know it's not just me with an excel file

Hi, fellow Excel file owner right here

Yes please, I will see what I have.

Yes please

Yes please Martin.

Yes please.

I believe that I have one or two bottles of the following: T, G,D, Ck, C and Cr.

idj123 wrote: ↑12:01 Sun 21 May 2023 Ck, C and Cr.

Pray tell, what is C if neither Ck nor Cr?

Glenn E. wrote: ↑17:12 Sun 21 May 2023

idj123 wrote: ↑12:01 Sun 21 May 2023 Ck, C and Cr.

Pray tell, what is C if neither Ck nor Cr?

might it be ....

Taylors, Grahams, Dow, Cockburn, Constantino & Croft

idj123 - is this correct ?

Official abbreviations:

Cá = Cálem
CáF = Cálem Quinta da Foz
CM = Castro Mello
CSE = Casa de Santa Eufémia
Ch = Churchill
ChAA = Churchill Quinta da Agua Alta
ChF = Churchill Quinta do Fojo
ChG = Churchill Quinta da Gricha
ChR = Churchill Quinta do Rio
Ck = Cockburn
CkC = Cockburn Quinta dos Canais
Cn = Constantino
Cs = Quinta do Crasto
Cr = Croft
CrR = Croft Quinta da Roêda
CrS = Croft Quinta da Roêda Sērikos
Cz = Cruz

So there's no "C"

mcoulson wrote: ↑19:36 Sun 21 May 2023

Glenn E. wrote: ↑17:12 Sun 21 May 2023

idj123 wrote: ↑12:01 Sun 21 May 2023 Ck, C and Cr.

Pray tell, what is C if neither Ck nor Cr?

might it be ....

Taylors, Grahams, Dow, Cockburn, Constantino & Croft

idj123 - is this correct ?

Sorry, should have checked the agreed abbreviation but for C read Ca (or Calem to be totally clear).

nac wrote: ↑09:56 Wed 17 May 2023 Yes please. Will advise what I have.

I have Dow, Fonseca, Noval, Taylor, Warre, Offley Boa Vista and Constantino.

I have Noval, bottled by Grants of St James’s.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑18:25 Mon 29 May 2023 I have Noval, bottled by Grants of St James’s.

Excellent ... We have more bottles than slots to choose from and one spare space !

Would love to attend if space - would need to adopt AJH

pommy42 wrote: ↑20:14 Fri 02 Jun 2023 Would love to attend if space - would need to adopt AJH

added you to the list .... full house now

Hello all - please may I be added to either the reserve/actual list if possible for this event, would be adopting!

I can’t find the Quarles Harris in the cellar. I have brought the Croft back to town.

winesecretary wrote: ↑19:32 Tue 13 Jun 2023 I can’t find the Quarles Harris in the cellar. I have brought the Croft back to town.

I have that kind of problem every so often ....

If you happen to find the QH then do shout

Stick me on the reserves list pls.

Have an elegant over-sufficiency of '63, so happy to help anyone strugglng for a bottle..

When there is a draft of who is bringing what, I’ll make a draft of the placemats.

Sadly I’m no longer able to make the ‘63s tasting on the 18th of July

But that’s good news for someone else

Martin - will leave you to marshall the reserves list.

Hello. May I go on the reserves list? Sandeman 1963.

I sadly can't make this, i had made a large error with the date.

hadge wrote: ↑12:53 Thu 22 Jun 2023 I sadly can't make this, i had made a large error with the date.

That's a pity Harry ... Still another time ...

Tom your elevated

Please note the first post has been updated to show which bottles are being brought by which person.

Please say if you can't find the bottle you've been assigned.

Hello All - On the first post is a link to the draft food order.

The items have come from the present default menu choices.

If there are items in RED then they no longer exist – can you let me know your new choice (NAC, IDJ123,JDAW1)

If you don’t have a default choice then please let me know so I can add your food order (AHB,BRPetrie) and add it to the default choice list

Sorry, I thought I did have a default food order.

It should be:
- no starter
- steak, medium rare with thin chips and green beans / shallots
- no default dessert

Thanks

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑23:02 Tue 27 Jun 2023 Sorry, I thought I did have a default food order.

It should be:
- no starter
- steak, medium rare with thin chips and green beans / shallots
- no default dessert

Thanks

Thats all tweaked ......

Howdy, for me re food -

- terrine
- sirloin medium rare w chips
- no dessert

BRPetrie wrote: ↑22:23 Wed 28 Jun 2023 Howdy, for me re food -

- terrine
- sirloin medium rare w chips
- no dessert

I've tweaked the evenings order and added this to the default order list

My food order:
Starter - Mac & Cheese
Main - Sausage & Mash (large)
Dessert - will order on the night

nac wrote: ↑21:57 Thu 29 Jun 2023 My food order:
Starter - Mac & Cheese
Main - Sausage & Mash (large)
Dessert - will order on the night

I've tweaked the evenings order and added this to the default order list

Don’t forget to let the Boot & Flogger know how many glasses we will need. It’s usually no. of bottles x no. of people + a few spares.

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑19:29 Fri 30 Jun 2023 Don’t forget to let the Boot & Flogger know how many glasses we will need. It’s usually no. of bottles x no. of people + a few spares.

Tis all in hand ... Room was booked ages ago ... I'll tweak the glasses Monday as we have 'found' more port and place the order for food ... Last chance to change your food order

Can I please add Béarnaise sauce to my steak - thank you

CPR 1 wrote: ↑17:06 Sun 02 Jul 2023 Can I please add Béarnaise sauce to my steak - thank you

That's been sorted

Alas I now can’t make this. Sorry.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑20:05 Sun 02 Jul 2023 Alas I now can’t make this. Sorry.

Thats boring !!!

Alex M your elevated .... Please check the food order ....

Food order correct!

There's now a draft of the placemats on the front page for those that fancy looking for errors

Thanks to Julian for helping make this work for me