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Berry's have just released details of their Autumn Calendar events to their Cellar Plan customers. Tickets for the Port Walk on either Thursday 27th or Friday 28th are now available.

I have booked a ticket for Thursday 27th.

Alex

I have just booked for the Thursday as well.

I don't see details for non-Cellar Plan customers yet but have emailed (and have asked for three tickets: me, RAB and AW77).

djewesbury wrote:I don't see details for non-Cellar Plan customers yet but have emailed (and have asked for three tickets: me, RAB and AW77).

The events go live to all on the 9th July.

I emailed and have secured my tickets for Thursday; this sells out quickly!

djewesbury wrote:I emailed and have secured my tickets for Thursday; this sells out quickly!

Email sent.

DRT wrote:

djewesbury wrote:I emailed and have secured my tickets for Thursday; this sells out quickly!

Email sent.

+1

BBR wrote: Many thanks for your email. Tickets for the Port Walk will go on sale on 9th July, and you'll be able to purchase them online or over the phone on that date.

I lack the magic touch. BBR ≠ IVDP.

jdaw1 wrote:

BBR wrote: Many thanks for your email. Tickets for the Port Walk will go on sale on 9th July, and you'll be able to purchase them online or over the phone on that date.

I lack the magic touch. BBR ≠ IVDP.

I have yet to hear but I fancy my nugatory account will elicit the same response.

jdaw1 wrote:

BBR wrote: Many thanks for your email. Tickets for the Port Walk will go on sale on 9th July, and you'll be able to purchase them online or over the phone on that date.

I lack the magic touch. BBR ≠ IVDP.

!

LGTrotter wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:

BBR wrote: Many thanks for your email. Tickets for the Port Walk will go on sale on 9th July, and you'll be able to purchase them online or over the phone on that date.

I lack the magic touch. BBR ≠ IVDP.

I have yet to hear but I fancy my nugatory account will elicit the same response.

Owen

1 ticket ordered for you.

Stuart

I take it all back, I'm in. Magic fingers.

LGTrotter wrote:

LGTrotter wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:

BBR wrote: Many thanks for your email. Tickets for the Port Walk will go on sale on 9th July, and you'll be able to purchase them online or over the phone on that date.

I lack the magic touch. BBR ≠ IVDP.

I have yet to hear but I fancy my nugatory account will elicit the same response.

Owen

1 ticket ordered for you.

Stuart

I take it all back, I'm in. Magic fingers.

Does this mean that we might see Daniel and LGTrotter in the same room at the same time?

AHB wrote:

LGTrotter wrote:

LGTrotter wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:

BBR wrote: Many thanks for your email. Tickets for the Port Walk will go on sale on 9th July, and you'll be able to purchase them online or over the phone on that date.

I lack the magic touch. BBR ≠ IVDP.

I have yet to hear but I fancy my nugatory account will elicit the same response.

Owen

1 ticket ordered for you.

Stuart

I take it all back, I'm in. Magic fingers.

Does this mean that we might see Daniel and LGTrotter in the same room at the same time?

And André too!
But one of us will have to be Julian, because it will have sold out by the time he's allowed to buy a ticket.
Julian, would you like one of us to get one for you?

djewesbury wrote:But one of us will have to be Julian, because it will have sold out by the time he's allowed to buy a ticket.
Julian, would you like one of us to get one for you?

Yes please.

jdaw1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:But one of us will have to be Julian, because it will have sold out by the time he's allowed to buy a ticket.
Julian, would you like one of us to get one for you?

Yes please.

I will send an email and report back.

AHB wrote:Does this mean that we might see Daniel and LGTrotter in the same room at the same time?

The auguries seem propitious. Readers will note that it is actually Julian who 'claims' he cannot get a ticket.

AHB wrote:Does this mean that we might see Daniel and LGTrotter in the same room at the same time?

It's a clever ruse. One of them will always be in the bathroom.

jdaw1 wrote:

BBR wrote: Many thanks for your email. Tickets for the Port Walk will go on sale on 9th July, and you'll be able to purchase them online or over the phone on that date.

I lack the magic touch. BBR ≠ IVDP.

I bought two, with a few people in mind who could use the second. I'll hang on and see if you get a ticket and if not you can have my second.

flash_uk wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:

BBR wrote: Many thanks for your email. Tickets for the Port Walk will go on sale on 9th July, and you'll be able to purchase them online or over the phone on that date.

I lack the magic touch. BBR ≠ IVDP.

I bought two, with a few people in mind who could use the second. I'll hang on and see if you get a ticket and if not you can have my second.

Hold on, I've already emailed and asked for a fourth.

djewesbury wrote:Hold on, I've already emailed and asked for a fourth.

That's OK. If you get it then great. If not, and Julian can't get one, he can have my second.

I have a new best friend at BBR: " don't worry about bothering me, that's what I'm here for," she replied to my email. I have 4 tickets now so Julian's place is assured.

Thank you folks. Please let me know who I owe, and how much.

Not a problem. £85 whenever you've the time.

DRT wrote:

djewesbury wrote:I emailed and have secured my tickets for Thursday; this sells out quickly!

Email sent.

Ticket secured.

Glenn E. wrote:

AHB wrote:Does this mean that we might see Daniel and LGTrotter in the same room at the same time?

It's a clever ruse. One of them will always be in the bathroom.

But which is Latoya and which is Michael?

Very excited actually. All you lovely people.

Might have been drinking.

I have been at Henley Regatta since 10:30 this morning and might have had more than two Pimms.

I am very excited at the prospect of meeting Owen.

Does anyone fancy dinner after we leave the tasting at 8:30?

I'm Janet.

AHB wrote:Does anyone fancy dinner after we leave the tasting at 8:30?

OK, you've twisted my arm.

Thanks for the heads up, I was hoping to go to this event. I now have secured a ticket (thanks Harry at BBR, very helpful), and look forward to seeing you there.

Dinner sounds good. No shortage of spots in that area!

AHB wrote:Does anyone fancy dinner after we leave the tasting at 8:30?

I'm in.

AW77 wrote:

AHB wrote:Does anyone fancy dinner after we leave the tasting at 8:30?

I'm in.

Sounds lovely. Anywhere in particular?

DRT wrote:I have been at Henley Regatta since 10:30 this morning and might have had more than two Pimms.

This response is a bit late but I've only been able to get online now.
Henley can go hang. We went rowing on the Schlachtersee today, cooled our Rheingau Riesling Sekt (€9.99 in Kaiser's) in the lake water and drunk it from the bottle. The whorls and eddies spinning from my oars as I silently cut the water told me that the Naiads shared our thrilled pleasure. I'm no sculler (never been in one) but put me in a clinker and I'm happy as Larry. And no Boris Johnson, which was surely the best part of the deal. Then from the shore we heard shouting and what sounded like someone firing a cannon and we surmised that Germania had scored in the Fußball.
Really, France; 1815, 1870, 1914, 1940.. and now 2014. To lose so to the Germans so determinedly, and quite so often, starts to look like a character flaw. When a man told us off for crossing the road today before the green man lit up, I was reminded, in the words of the poet, that 'wann jeder Mann ist Polizei,/ dann ist kein Mann frei'.
Anyway where were we? Dinner after the Port Walk? Yes please, +1.

Magnificent post Daniel.

LGTrotter wrote:

AW77 wrote:

AHB wrote:Does anyone fancy dinner after we leave the tasting at 8:30?

I'm in.

Sounds lovely. Anywhere in particular?

Provided the numbers stay below 8 and provided everyone is willing to wear a suit and tie (and no denim, no trainers), we could head down the road to the Oxford & Cambridge Club.

AHB wrote:

LGTrotter wrote:

AW77 wrote:

AHB wrote:Does anyone fancy dinner after we leave the tasting at 8:30?

I'm in.

Sounds lovely. Anywhere in particular?

Provided the numbers stay below 8 and provided everyone is willing to wear a suit and tie (and no denim, no trainers), we could head down the road to the Oxford & Cambridge Club.

We are 8ish already.. And not sure I will be bringing a suit with me. Tie no prob but is it a very strict dress code..?

LGTrotter wrote:Magnificent post Daniel.

(coyly)
Why, thank you!

djewesbury wrote:We are 8ish already.. And not sure I will be bringing a suit with me. Tie no prob but is it a very strict dress code..?

Jacket and tie is fine, provided you also wear smart trousers.

8 people at a table is the max that they are comfortable accommodating. If we end up being more than 8 then we would need to split over two tables (and may need a second member to make a separate booking).

Have also managed to secure a couple of tickets for this. Interesting to note that the event is not only being repeated on the Friday but also in Basingstoke on the 21st. I'm not sure that was the case in previous years-testament to the increasing popularity of Port perhaps.?

Alex, if any more places can be made available for dinner count two of us in.Otherwise we'll make our way to a less salubrious establishment together with the rest of the riff raff!

Is the Basingstoke one a separate event? I think that's been advertised for some time.

Oh, Alex how my old heart leapt at your kind suggestion. I have a tie, but I can't help thinking it looks odd with my Zummerset smock.

LGTrotter wrote:Oh, Alex how my old heart leapt at your kind suggestion. I have a tie, but I can't help thinking it looks odd with my Zummerset smock.

Provided you wear your green dress gloves and best red socks you should be fine...

Around which time will the Port Walk start? In the late afternoon?

18:30 to 20:30 is what it says. Haven't seen an actual ticket yet.

LGTrotter wrote:18:30 to 20:30 is what it says. Haven't seen an actual ticket yet.

It is indeed pretty prompt to start at 18.30 and one is pretty promptly out the door for 20.30. Two hours of serious hoovering and polite chitchattery.

The tickets have just gone on public sale. There are still 10 tickets available for the Thursday and 35 for the Friday.

I believe that I have had dinner requests from:
1) AHB
2) LG Trotter - in smock casual apparel, with jacket and tie
3) IDJ123
4) IDJ123's + 1 - please let me know who the +1 will be
5) D Jewesbury
6) D Jewesbury's + 1 - please let me know who the +1 will be
7) Flash_uk
8) DRT

D Jewesbury's plus one is Ms Rachel Brown.

AHB wrote:The tickets have just gone on public sale. There are still 10 tickets available for the Thursday and 35 for the Friday.

I believe that I have had dinner requests from:
1) AHB
2) LG Trotter - in smock casual apparel, with jacket and tie
3) IDJ123
4) IDJ123's + 1 - please let me know who the +1 will be
5) D Jewsbury
6) D Jewsbury's + 1 - please let me know who the +1 will be
7) Flash_uk
8) DRT

AW77 wrote:

AHB wrote:Does anyone fancy dinner after we leave the tasting at 8:30?

I'm in.

I would also like to join the group for dinner.