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Maybe it is a secret lucky sign and if you contact Warre they will send you the rest of the pipe! That would make it a very lucky four leaf clover :D PhilW - probably won't help, but I'll upload a photo of the whole cap. Nothing else on bottles as they're unlabelled. Thanks; you can probably guess ...

Sounds like an excellent idea for a tasting to me; the Sandeman '42 is particularly unusual and interesting.

No matching image in the VPID I'm afraid - I don't know.
Does the bottle have any other marks or embossing on the bottle?

Completely agree with Derek's advice above. Keep it well, and you have fabulous drinking for the next decade or two.

Still here. Still in.

DRT wrote: ↑

19:53 Tue 06 Nov 2018

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑

04:00 Tue 06 Nov 2018

I’ve never seen that bottle used prior to late 1960’s.

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Just let me know what time to arrive Derek

The old VV has been on my bucket list for a long time; I hope to try it one day - though that might just have become somewhat less likely!

AHB wrote:I broke a bus getting here.

Sounds like you might need a drink.

Looks like an excellent menu, as well as the wine, finishing off with one of my favourite ports. My invite must have been lost in the post

Hexagons, we want hexagons! Hexagonal bottles would also tessellate perfectly (albeit not along the edges), while also not allowing an entire row or stack to slide, as well as fitting better within the hand for pouring. But no, we don't want really want hexagonal or square bottles; also presumably t...

I'd be interested too, if space and dates permit.

I can't imagine the answer to this question ever being anything other than yes... I'm in.

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11:00 Sun 30 Sep 2018

Please could somebody check the placemats carefully, ideally today. Thank you.

Provided details in first post are all up to date, everything looks correct on the placemats to me.

Updated food order as submitted, FYI.

WS1 wrote:Apologies for the delay, was off sick. Food order is duck liver pate for starter and sirloin steak medium rare with skinny fries green beans with shallots as main.

Thanks Wolfgang - hope you're feeling better.

Food order draft created; please check your orders; I will submit on Monday evening, so any corrections before then please. Wolfgang - as you have not posted your food choices and have no default order currently, I have assumed you want the same order as from a previous tasting, and trust this shou...

Just missing an order (and/or default order) for Wolfgang (S).
Will create a default if I don't hear back today, and post the food order for checking tonight/tomorrow morning, and then submit on Monday evening.

I thought one of the points of the default food thread was that the default order was taken as the order unless the individual actively and explicitly specifies something different? Kind of defeats the purpose if everyone needs to restate their default order every time does it not? Agreed, though s...

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16:48 Sun 16 Sep 2018

Please post food orders ASAP.

Reminder - we still need food orders from: Tony, Tom, Axel, Charles, Mike, Ian and Wolfgang.
(and noting Axel, Wolfgang and Tony do not have a default food order specified).

DRT wrote: ↑

16:48 Sun 16 Sep 2018

Please post food orders ASAP.

My default please.

Do we have any volunteers who could assist with setting up, decanting and pre-pouring on the day please? I am not yet sure whether or not work commitments will allow me to be there ahead of the start time so if there is someone willing and able to take charge on the day of the tasting it would be m...

Absolutely we like bottles like this, especially with decent fill levels, cork not damaged or raised, and a good colour to the wine.
Can we get a couple of higher resolution images to look at more closely (perhaps by PM, or links by PM, as appropriate)?

Opened as a treat at home. Full, woody and heavy fruit on the initial taste, yet a surprisingly light and delicate finish; much more balanced once given 4h+ post-decant. This bottle not quite as good as previous, particularly on the second day when the wine was still good but the finish was less rou...

The vintage stars themselves I find a little too cluttered for the overall appearance that I'm distracted with the fill and not the vintage date itself. I suggest /ShapesInTitles false def as the perfect solution. Or just using a different shape from the options available; I think gman was saying h...

Vintage port from 1993 is essentially a non-starter, as Tom describes. I would suggest either looking at VP from 1991 bottled in 1993, or alternatively you could look for Colheita (essentially vintage tawny port) from that year, such as the Kopke 1993 Colheita.