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The Central London Wine Society December "Special" Tasting is Port themed. Grahams Crusted, 98 Guimaerens, 02 Vargellas, 01 Malvedos, 02 Cavadinha, 70 Warre, 70 Taylor, 70 Graham, 70 Fonseca It's on the 4th December 2019, 6pm start at the Civil Service Club, 15 Great Scotland Yard Tickets are £45, a...

Taylor 83 x 12

Ferreira 1945 last week. Bit of seepage, but still very good.

winesecretary wrote: ↑

11:21 Tue 30 Jul 2019

@nac - first reserve, but statistically extremely likely to be promoted idc - so I would be most grateful if you could diarise and reserve a bottle of CkC for us

Diarised and reserved.

The sales platform on wineowners.com is currently listing a six bottle (in bond) case of this for £875.

It's been on sale for a few months, so the seller might be open to offers?

And just to clarify, I'm not the seller.

...and my food order is:

Starter - Duck liver pâté, toasted sourdough bread, house pickles
Main - Grilled gammon steak, free range egg, chips, spiced pork scratching, pickle gravy - plus the black pudding, and a side of green beans & shallots
Dessert - Welsh rarebit

Confirming my attendance.

If not already full, yes please.

I have Warre and Cockburn Quinta dos Canais.

Confirmed

Might be of interest...

Corney & Barrow have just listed three 12-bottle OWC cases of Malvedos 84 @ £790 DP.

Guess this is now fairly rare?

Makes sense. I've got some Noval 70 where it's got the UK bottler info (Churton's) on the white part.

I'm guessing Noval supplied the labels to the shipper so they're fairly consistent.

I have two lots of Noval 63, one of which has "GARRAFEIRA PARTICUAR DE ALBERTO AUGUSTO LEITE" on the white strip at the bottom of the label. The other has nothing on the white strip.

Any ideas what this is?

2nd - Yes
9th - Yes
16th - No

Disclaimer - I am not, and have never been, a civil servant... ...however, some years ago I was responsible for looking after the UK estate of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. This included Lancaster House (last house on the Mall before you get to Buck Palace). The basement of LH houses the HMG Wi...

Could I go on as Reserve please?

If I do get in, I've got a Smith Woodhouse 66.

Thanks
NAC

If there's space could I be added?

9th July works OK for me, assuming venue is in London.

Thanks
NAC

I've got one bottle of 1972. Excellent; this is the only bottle of '72 we have amongst us from replies so far, so if you're happy to save it for this tasting that would be appreciated. Also just found a bottle of 1963 that I thought had been drunk. Nice; my experience is usually the other way round...

Also just found a bottle of 1963 that I thought had been drunk.

Yes please.

I've got one bottle of 1972.

The last (sob sob) of a full case from a Christie's auction some years ago. All the other bottles were pretty good, so high hopes for this one...

1970 Fonseca x 6
1970 Croft x 12
1963 Noval x 11

Potentially looking to dispose of a few bottles of the Croft & Noval. If interested PM me.

Would like to attend. Have the following 1970s (Oporto bottled unless indicated otherwise): Cockburn Cockburn [2016 release] Croft Croft (Army & Navy) Dow Fonseca (Harvey's) Morgan [from the Christies clear-out sale a few years ago] Noval (Churtons) Royal Oporto Taylor (BBR) Warre Warre [2016 releas...

AHB wrote: ↑

23:14 Fri 05 Apr 2019

Interesting Port list. How did you manage to get to know what they had available?

I'm a member so have online access to the live winelist. Just did a cut & paste.

Two half bottles of Croft (possibly 1960) from a charity sale at Corney & Barrow. One low shoulder & one base of neck. Already opened the low shoulder bottle & it was still pretty good. That’s an excellent purchase. I love half bottles of mature Port. Nominally cost £10 each, so probably a bargain.

Update on current offering at 67 Pall Mall: TAWNY & "OTHER" Quinta da Gaivosa, 20 YO Tawny, Alves de Sousa 50cl,£66.00  20 Year Old Tawny Port, Barros, £64.00  Pink, Croft 50cl, £40.00  10 Year Old White Port, Kopke Half Bottle (37.5cl), £40.00  30 Year Old White Port, Kopke Half Bottle (37.5cl)...

Two half bottles of Croft (possibly 1960) from a charity sale at Corney & Barrow.
One low shoulder & one base of neck.
Already opened the low shoulder bottle & it was still pretty good.