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There is the 55@55 tasting organised for 12th October, and there is the the Christmas offline in December.

But we don't have anything planned for November. Any suggestions?

If we could find enough bottles, I'd be quite keen to have a Gould Campbell vertical. I've only had surprisingly good bottles from this prodcuer (::knocks wood::).

I'm up for whatever though - and love the initiative.

1987?

Hi there,

To try Gould Campells sounds very good to me. howver i am not sure if I can make the November offline since on the 12th there is a Niepoort gathering organised by Axel in Germany. I am against the 1987 idea since they are brilliant and still too young and not ready yet.

regards

WS1

Smith V Gould matrix might be fun if there's not enough for a full Gould line-up.

I think i have a '91 and a '77 Gould available - the former from BBR, the latter from a merchant whose name would raise an eyebrow on the forum (or so i was lead to believe at the Dow tasting!) and so might want to be avoided (especially if, on paper, it should be a good contender for WOTN).

Also have SW '83 and '85.

I like the idea of a GC vs SW matrix. I don't have much I can contribute but have Gould Campbell 1977, 1991 and 1994 and Smith Woodhouse 1977, 1980 (in halves), 1983 and 1991.

We could also go for a more informal "bring a blind bottle of something decent to share with others, including those who were born in 1970".

AHB wrote:We could also go for a more informal "bring a blind bottle of something decent to share with others, including those who were born in 1970".

Because of this, I am unlikely to be able to commit to much in November. A third scan yesterday continues to indicate Mrs Read is unlikely to last until 1st December. 'Baby brother' is on the large side and subject to ongoing monitoring in terms of his growth!

How about you all fly to Los Angeles and we'll do an "Andy cellar reduction party"

Andy Velebil wrote:How about you all fly to Los Angeles and we'll do an "Andy cellar reduction party"

I'll be in Houston on 21st November...could I help with your cellar reduction from there?

Cookie wrote:

Andy Velebil wrote:How about you all fly to Los Angeles and we'll do an "Andy cellar reduction party"

I'll be in Houston on 21st November...could I help with your cellar reduction from there?

If you could make the trip to L.A., the party is on at my place!

Oh, did I mention the state of Texas, at 268,820 square miles, is just a tad bigger than the UK at 94,060 square miles? So either you'll need to fly to L.A. or you can drive for 24+ hours at 80 mph to get to L.A. and help me drink my cellar down...which after that drive you'd be pretty thirsty

Andy,

are 80 mph on average legally allowed on this stretch from Houston to LA? I doubt this and even if you average 120mph (I am sure this would lead to negative repercussions with the police in either of the states! ) this will take for ever. Better Cookie gets a flight to LA.

regards

WS1

WS1 wrote:Andy,

are 80 mph on average legally allowed on this stretch from Houston to LA? I doubt this and even if you average 120mph (I am sure this would lead to negative repercussions with the police in either of the states! ) this will take for ever. Better Cookie gets a flight to LA.

regards

WS1

Yeah, technically illegal at 80 as most speed limits are 65-70. But in the middle of no-where the cops usually don't hassle you if you are going 80 or less. Now 120, that's another story...

Andy Velebil wrote:Oh, did I mention the state of Texas, at 268,820 square miles, is just a tad bigger than the UK at 94,060 square miles?

One of my wife's former co-workers is a Texan, a cyclist, and Tour de France fan. He has a t-shirt that reads:

Texas: it's bigger'n France



Once again the old saying proves true: In America 100 years is a long time. In Europe, 100 miles is a long ways.

I've not heard that saying before; it made me smile. On the days when I'm working in London, I'm in sight of St Paul's (not old - not sure when it was finished, but built after the fire of Lonon in 1666), walk past the Tower of London (middle aged, at a little under 1,000 years old) and buy a coffee from a shop that has a back wall that is quite old (part of the Roman wall around London, close to 2,000 years old).

It always does my head in that we just take these things in our stride.