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Would love to, but manic work forbids currently I'm afraid.

jdaw1 wrote:Rs60, brought by CPR. Red-pink, 25% opaque. Palate of dark pepper and strawberry, soft. Very long, in a light LBV style. Lovely-ish.

Sounds delicious; would love to try.

Hi portnewbie, and welcome to :tpf: I'm afraid that the bottle you have is worth very little, as it is an old bottle of what is now called "ruby reserve" (the producers are now no longer allowed to use the term "vintage character" to avoid confusion with actual vintage port). As such, you can see it...

Have to disagree with you gents; I'd take G77 over any of G80/G83/G85, and by no small margin. Over G85? Uh... no. :wink: I'd slot it in the middle somewhere. It's nowhere close to as good as G85 to me, and my recent experiences with G83 have been better than my most recent experiences with G77 (wh...

Great copy/paste error; just a shame it didn't make it past peer review before being spotted! Is it possible for a colleague to cite your draft version, rather than the final published version, when referencing your work... ?

Well; I honestly wasn't sure which way this would go, given the apparent reticence sometimes noted in previous discussions on whether to organise tastings in the summer months. However, TPF members have come through magnificently, clearly demonstrating that many if not all of us are more than happy ...

forest26 wrote:Now set for 23rd October - see header. Please confirm again.

Unfortunately I can't make the date as I'll be out of the country, but hope it will be an interesting tasting and I will hear about it the following week.

WS1 wrote:If there is still a free space I would like to attend too.

Yes, added

There is a general impression of drinking less VP during the summer months, whether switching to tawny, white or other drinks; but I wondered whether that is really true amongst TPF, since we can be a somewhat unrepresentative group in some respects. I have a hunch that given any small excuse, some ...

Rachael has confirmed that the following special order steaks are available with at least 7 days notice: Rib-eye Bone in 400g - £34 T Bone 400g - £34 Chateaubriande 500g - £72 Please shout up if you want to order any of these. That sounds grand. Please upgrade mine to the Rib-eye Bone in; thank you.

I purchased the Martinez, which is in excellent condition.
Ben was a gentleman and the transaction was smooth and straightforward with no issues.

Have to disagree with you gents; I'd take G77 over any of G80/G83/G85, and by no small margin.

(The Ovens booked)

Date now set for the 21st November. I am also pleased to confirm that Sophia Bergqvist of Quinta de la Rosa will be joining us as our industry guest; this is particularly appropriate as for some time in the middle of 20th century, Quinta de la Rosa supplied grapes to Sandeman for production of the R...

Hi Niall, Graham's '77 is a lovely port from a good year. Your bottles sound like they have been stored well, so are hopefully in good condition (good levels and colour). If so, then selling privately you should normally expect to achieve roughly 50-60% of the equivalent retail from the lowest price...

Assuming Ben is the only additional reconfirmation then CaliforniaBrad, RAYC, TLW and PEM are dropped from the attendees list and will be added to the bottom of the reserve list in that order. The reserve list will be updated first to include those who have asked to be added since 9th November. Nud...

Please put me down as (very) tentative.
Have W91, and my spreadsheet says I still have a bottle of Morgan '91, though I'm not convinced I do...

Many congrats Tony, great to see recognition for all the team and what has been achieved by you guys, well deserved.

Another idea: "Battle of the vineyards: Vargellas vs Terra Feita" The first (that I know of) TTF vintage was in '82, so taking all TTF vintages and TVs in same span would be: TTF: 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2008 TV: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1996, 199...

The symbol on the cap is the Gonzales Byass & Co. logo (the C wraps the & above the o).

See GB labels in the VPID for examples, such as http://www.hallarn.com/vpid/vpid_image. ... &qnum=3096

Cellar defenders are usually quite cheap bottles I have a slightly different angle on cellar defenders Alex. I consider a cellar defender to be something that gets in the way of drinking something special and potentially difficult to replace. And so four cases of say D94, at £50 a bottle, is a love...

If Phil is wrong, that's an astounding coincidence. If those numbers don't relate to those years I would agree; though the reason itself might not be quite right - rather than general declaration years, it might relate to a specific producer, or to a specific tasting that Alex has/will attend this ...

Is it number of years since general declarations working backwards from 1931?

i.e.
1931 = 88 (years ago)
1927 = 92,
1924 = 95,
1922 = 97,
1920 = 99,
1917 = 102,
1912 = 107...

Next three in sequence would presumably be
1908 = 111,
1904 = 115,
1900 = 119

Looks like it was probably bottled (presumably in Oporto) for Casa Augusto, a wine and grocery merchant in Porto; see logo on their website.

I prefer: http://www.jdawiseman.com/2019/20190623_Rays_A4.png Why? The inward pointing of the lines, the sitting in its own gravitational well, has the outside pointing to the important stuff — the juice. Within which I like the visual interest of not having macro symmetry. And the fewness of the l...