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by jdaw1
05:06 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

Re: software that will convert most sloppy typing

No quotation marks and no possesives. As Im a forgeinger this is not too difficult for me. I would go for Graham Malvedos. I am writing software that will convert most sloppy Blackberry-grade typing into the correct neatly-displayed pedantic name. That software is written. Awaiting test data from K...
by jdaw1
04:05 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: New York, Saturday 29th March 2008
Replies: 99
Views: 67887

29th March: bottle and people count

JES is out. His SW77 is out. Status quo is reasonable well balanced.

If extra person(s) were in, then they would need to bring something. In that case perhaps Jay could have done so for them.

But they’ve refused, so it doesn’t matter.
by jdaw1
02:13 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

Fonseca Guimaraens versus Graham Malvedos

Fonseca Guimaraens versus Graham Malvedos: if you really care please split the thread.
by jdaw1
02:04 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

Re: Name questions

Derek T. wrote:Oh, and Guimaraens is a family/brand name, not a Quinta
Fonseca Guimaraens: name can be used in a manner grammatically equivalent to a Quinta.
by jdaw1
02:02 Wed 26 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Berry Brothers spread their wings...
Replies: 9
Views: 3936

If Jo reads these pages, …

If Jo reads these pages, or any of her friends check up on you for her, consider editing and then deleting this post.
by jdaw1
23:10 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

software that will convert most sloppy typing

Axel P wrote:No quotation marks and no possesives. As Im a forgeinger this is not too difficult for me. I would go for Graham Malvedos.
I am writing software that will convert most sloppy Blackberry-grade typing into the correct neatly-displayed pedantic name.
by jdaw1
23:09 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

Re: Name questions

AHB’s comments have crystalised one of my concerns. If a wine is bottled as a Single Quinta, who cares who owns it? Why not just call it Quinta do Tiddlyposh, and that’s that. If, by happy life-simplfying chance, it has been bound to a particular blender for at least a century, then perhaps we coul...
by jdaw1
20:04 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: New York, Saturday 29th March 2008
Replies: 99
Views: 67887

I am trying to find last-minute replacements.

I am trying to find last-minute replacements.

Jay: I can’t get any more 1977s delivered without an intervening weekend. If replacement people need a ’77, would you be willing to supply and have them pay you $?
by jdaw1
19:41 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

Name questions: third email to Poças

Thank you again. One final question: please do you have a complete list of years in which Porto Poças was declared? Which suggests writing to other port makers, asking them the same question. As with Poças, post their replies in the forum—after redacting any confidential pieces—to be a public...
by jdaw1
18:09 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

Name questions: second letter from Poças

Sometimes writers confuse the name of the brand with the name of the Company. When they refer Poças Junior they really want to say Porto Poças This is our experience talking... Our First Vintage was made in 1960... and it is sold out since many years ago... Maria Altina Sarmento Secretary Manoe...
by jdaw1
17:40 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Big house, big year, but no vintage port!
Replies: 29
Views: 14752

Re: But you have reversed the usual horizontal and vertical

Could the click cause a list of available TN's to drop down from the box allowing the user to select one to view? Great idea. Will investigate. [Edit: not obvious how from the pdfmark Reference , so I have asked for help .] What goes in the star should be useful. I'm not sure the number of pipes sh...
by jdaw1
16:50 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

Name questions: second letter to Poças

Thank you for your email which is very helpful about recent vintages. Thank you. But we are also interested in older vintage ports: e.g., 1985, 1977, 1975, 1970, 1966, 1963, 1955, 1945, 1935, 1927, and older. We have seen examples of writers referring to wines from the same vintage being described ...
by jdaw1
15:47 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Big house, big year, but no vintage port!
Replies: 29
Views: 14752

Re: But you have reversed the usual horizontal and vertical

I think it looks great is destined to become one of the historic charts in the folklore of port, ranking alongside Baron Forrester's maps. Ahh, but can you click on one of the dots on the Barrn's map and be taken directly to a Tasting Note? Yes indeed: high praise from “jAHB†. The bounding rectang...
by jdaw1
14:19 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Big house, big year, but no vintage port!
Replies: 29
Views: 14752

But you have reversed the usual horizontal and vertical

Very good.

But you have reversed the usual horizontal and vertical directions.

As for PDF generation: don’t worry about sizes. I’m going to make it from the data. (You’ve seen my tasting sheets: trust me, I can cope.)
by jdaw1
14:15 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

Name questions

AHB’s comments have crystalised one of my concerns. If a wine is bottled as a Single Quinta, who cares who owns it? Why not just call it Quinta do Tiddlyposh, and that’s that. If, by happy life-simplfying chance, it has been bound to a particular blender for at least a century, then perhaps we could...
by jdaw1
14:00 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: LBVs: New York, Thursday 8th May 2008?
Replies: 101
Views: 43318

No. What dates work for you?

No. What dates work for you?
by jdaw1
05:51 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: New York, Saturday 29th March 2008
Replies: 99
Views: 67887

1977 horizontal: decanting times?

We need to think about decanting times.

Bottles: Should we all aim for 2pm or thereabouts?
by jdaw1
05:26 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Decanting experiments
Replies: 14
Views: 9003

Decanting experiments

1. Thread split, as no longer commenting on that magnum of Noval 1963.

2. Please do continue to perform and report on decanting experiments. People are interested.
by jdaw1
05:23 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1963 Quinta do Noval
Replies: 12
Views: 17165

Thread split

Comments on a new decanting experiment split by jdaw1 into new thread Decanting experiments.
by jdaw1
03:55 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

Re: Name questions

• “Quinta do Noval Silval†? “Silval†? “Quinta do Noval Quinta do Silval†? “Noval Quinta do Silval†? Yuck. The best version of what’s on the one bottle I have is “Quinta do Noval Silval†. Objections? You have mentioned at least 2 completely different wines in your question. We need "Quinta...
by jdaw1
03:53 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

Re: Name questions

• Van Zeller: Is Van Zeller the same as JMF & Van Zeller ? Have there been previous and different Van Zeller ports, that should be distinguished from this new partnership? They are different. JMF&VZ opperated separately and then partnered recently in a few new ventrues then, I believe, sepa...
by jdaw1
02:59 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

Name questions

List updated. Outstanding questions • We have a TN for a Mitcheltombs port (misspelt in earlier post), about which google has little to say except AHB’s TN, saying that it was Cockburn. Any objections to deleting name? • “São Pedro das Aguias† or “Quinta do Convento de São Pedro das Aguias†? ...
by jdaw1
00:43 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

Quinta do Mourão

[Rant] Annoying wine to boycott: http://www.quintadomourao.pt (deliberately not shown as a link), has been written by a web-designer keen on browser-crashing cool scripts, but with little interest in content. The email I was writing myself containing port websites (whilst sitting at wife’s computer)...
by jdaw1
00:15 Tue 25 Mar 2008
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Standardised House Names
Replies: 146
Views: 78068

Re: Name questions

• “Quinta das Licieras†? Not well known to google. I have 24 x 375ml and 1 x 750ml bottles to prove existence. It belongs to the owners of Quinta da Romaniera. Apologies, the proper spelling is Liceiras. Here is a picture of their Ruby. The VP has a green label with gold writing, which is too awfu...