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Draft of the placemats added to first post.

Alex, Mike: please reveal.

Link to Taylor 1948 for sale.

Boutinot : Krohn have declared the 2016 vintage – announced on St George’s Day (23rd April ’18) as is customary. The last classic vintage released was the 2011. Head Winemaker David Guimaraens summarised the ’16 vintage: “Two factors stand out in 2016. Heavy rainfall in spring meant that the vines ...

SCP wrote: ↑

16:12 Fri 22 Jun 2018

I believe that should complete the food order.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑

15:42 Sat 16 Jun 2018

The food order

I don’t understand “standard fries” (= fat or skinny?), so that might be confirmed at the time. Otherwise done.

uncle tom wrote: ↑

09:17 Sat 16 Jun 2018

How about a Dalva 1940 Colheita ?

CPR 1 wrote: ↑

16:00 Mon 18 Jun 2018

I plan to bring Niepoort 1983

DaveRL wrote: ↑

21:24 Tue 19 Jun 2018

I plan to bring a Smith Woodhouse 70.

Three reveals aren’t enough for me to start the placemats. Others: be encouraged to be decisive, and to reveal the fruits of that decisiveness.

Simon: please maintain a list in the first post.

uncle tom wrote: ↑

16:36 Sat 16 Jun 2018

ordinary chips

Ordinary: fat or skinny?

The food order has been started.

Tom?

You’ll want from Christopher’s two guests, and the name of one of his guests. He can be unresponsive, so ask soon.

Christopher has requested : • Cornish crab salad with ciabatta toasts • Medium-rare rib-eye steak (240g aged for 28 days) + Green beans with shallots DRT has requested : • Starter portion of Scallops, prawns and bacon with Chilli — no need to include the salad • Medium-rare rib-eye steak with skinn...

SCP wrote: ↑

20:59 Fri 15 Jun 2018

Sighted.

People: please reveal.

Having checked what I have to hand, I think it'll be an open "bring a bottle to share", as I am undecided what I want to bring and don't have a theme that fits all possible options. Blind or sighted? Do you want the placemats plain or decorated? Post your food order in The Standard Food Order , fro...

My TNs posted (W70, W80, D83, DB92, Ts94). You are encouraged to do likewise.

Ts94. Dark dark red, 95% opaque. Mid weight, good sweetness, some menthol, long plum fruit, a hint stewed. Port that can be drunk with pleasure — including financial — but not of the top few ranks.

DB92. Dark red, 70% opaque. A sharpness on the palate, that was wrong. Those sensitive to TCA denied it, so not that, but wrong.

Later, still wrong.

Other bottles from this stash have been good.

D83. Dark red, 80% opaque. Dark plum flavours; slightly hollow mid palate; excellent sweetness.

W80, from MPM. Dark dark red, 95% opaque. Young plum and prune, and something else. Slightly dirt early palate, mid weight — which is too light for colour.

I should have guessed this, from the baga taste. Fooled by the slight dirt early palate — idiot!

W70, from AHB. Dark red, 35% opaque. Mid weight, dry cherries, soft, and very very long. Starting to dry out, just starting, MPM noting “dusty”. Still very lovely, and rightly WOTN, but no longer lush.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1970 Warre;
• 1980 Warre;
• 1983 Dow;
• 1992 Dow Bomfim;
• 1994 Tesco;
• Planning and arrangements;
• The not-used-other-than-the-neck-tags placemats (and the parameters by which made).

Alex was in town. Obvious consequences followed, for he, Julian, Charles, and Mike. Links: Review of the evening as a whole ; 1970 Warre ; 1980 Warre ; 1983 Dow ; 1992 Dow Bomfim ; 1994 Tesco ; Planning and arrangements ; The not-used-other-than-the-neck-tags placemats (and the parameters by which m...

Alex was in town. Obvious consequences followed, for he, Julian, Charles, and Mike. Links: Review of the evening as a whole ; 1970 Warre ; 1980 Warre ; 1983 Dow ; 1992 Dow Bomfim ; 1994 Tesco ; Planning and arrangements ; The not-used-other-than-the-neck-tags placemats (and the parameters by which m...

Alex was in town. Obvious consequences followed, for he, Julian, Charles, and Mike. Links: Review of the evening as a whole ; 1970 Warre ; 1980 Warre ; 1983 Dow ; 1992 Dow Bomfim ; 1994 Tesco ; Planning and arrangements ; The not-used-other-than-the-neck-tags placemats (and the parameters by which m...

Alex was in town. Obvious consequences followed, for he, Julian, Charles, and Mike. Links: Review of the evening as a whole ; 1970 Warre ; 1980 Warre ; 1983 Dow ; 1992 Dow Bomfim ; 1994 Tesco ; Planning and arrangements ; The not-used-other-than-the-neck-tags placemats (and the parameters by which m...

Alex was in town. Obvious consequences followed, for he, Julian, Charles, and Mike. Links: Review of the evening as a whole ; 1970 Warre ; 1980 Warre ; 1983 Dow ; 1992 Dow Bomfim ; 1994 Tesco ; Planning and arrangements ; The not-used-other-than-the-neck-tags placemats (and the parameters by which m...

Currently I’m unlikely to attend.

Given a theme, and perhaps more details, placemats will be made. Decisions decisions.

Yes please.

The monkey guessed by text, late in the evening: F66 got no points over five wines, equalling my zero over one.