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Would we be able to buy the 63 / 66/ 70 directly from Sophia for the tasting? I have a bottle of the 1963 but, as much as I love you all, I'm keeping this for myself to celebrate a birthday with. Yes, I was planning to ask Sophia if we could not provide them ourselves, though I was hoping to minimi...

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DRT wrote:.Please check and let me know if any changes are required.

Please could you update my standard order, just to change the cooking of the steak to medium rare? Thank you.

I've just looked back at my records, which show the following for D77: Dow '77: 25% rated excellent 25% rated very good 40% faulty, TCA 10% faulty, other So, all non-faulty bottles are highly rated, but a high incidence of TCA. Some have previously queried whether '77 has the TCA problem as a vintag...

It is a real issue. I don't know of anyone assessing and publishing accurate figures for the rates of incidence, but my overall impression is that roughly a third of bottles of D77 are significantly affected by TCA. When not affected, I love Dow '77 - for me it ranks just behind Niepoort and Fonseca...

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jdaw1 wrote: ↑

10:08 Wed 09 Oct 2019

PhilW wrote: ↑

08:53 Wed 09 Oct 2019

As I will be out of the country for the week prior to the tasting, would some kind soul perhaps be prepared to take charge of the food order for me for this tasting? (as I may be out of email/net contact at the crucial time for submitting the order).

Yes, I will.

Thank you very much.

As I will be out of the country for the week prior to the tasting, would some kind soul perhaps be prepared to take charge of the food order for me for this tasting? (as I may be out of email/net contact at the crucial time for submitting the order).

rich_n wrote: ↑

17:12 Wed 11 Sep 2019

I would like to try and make this but won't know until I get my October trip planned. Could I please be added to the "Maybe" list?

Done.

I will be trying to confirm which bottles people are bringing this weekend, so I can also finalise costs. Regarding QdlR vintages, we have a QdlR60 between us, but no-one has yet mentioned a 63/66/70 - if anyone does have one and would be prepared to allow its inclusion within the tasting, please le...

Constandia wrote: ↑

12:03 Tue 08 Oct 2019

Hello, may I be added to the reserve list please? This is a day before my 40th birthday and would love to celebrate in port style!!!

Added.

Gould Campbell label dated 2017!

could not believe - it was

minutes later, after they had

I am sorry; I was guilty of jumping to a conclusion. I look forward to Axel's comments with much interest. No apology needed, it was a perfectly viable possibility; and as I say I think the two bottles may well have been sourced together, though I doubt the first had the wrong cork or we'd have not...

There may be a hint of an issue with the 1945 to which you refer if it is the bottle of 1945 Cockburn that is also referred to in The Book. I note that the photo of the 1945 is accompanied by a note from AHB saying 'sealed with a cork branded Martinez 1945'. The Ck45 I mentioned was one at a Cockbu...

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Having checked the VPID, I can find labels which include "COCKBURN'S SMITHES ..." on at least three or four other different vintages of Cockburn ('17, '45, '57 and possibly '47). All of these labels are of the same format (the classic black surround with varying horizontal line edging, as used by ma...

Would like to, but can't do the Thurs I'm afraid (could only do Tue and couldn't stay overnight).
Looks like Ian has you covered though

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jdaw1 wrote: ↑

22:09 Mon 09 Sep 2019

Coincidence: d = (1 + 10^⅓ + 10^⅔) × 2/9;

Which can be simplified to d = 2/(10^⅓ - 1)
(I don't think that helps in any way, nor is likely of much interest to anyone, but I noticed it could be simplified so...)

Tony is unfortunately no longer able to make the date.

Hello there! I am new to vintage wines and port. I got a little overzealous a couple of weeks ago and purchased 59 bottles of various cabernets and ports from the mid 1980s. I immediately opened a 1985 Silver Oak which was good! However, I then opened the 1985 Graham's Vintage Port and was immediat...

DRT wrote: ↑

22:28 Tue 27 Aug 2019

You can't pick up the bottles, but you can speak to the sales assistant, Alexa.

> "Alexa, buy a bottle of Dow 1996 vintage port"
< "Did you say 'buy eight bottles of Dow 1896 vintage port, available at £2000 each"
> "What?! No!"
< "Purchase confirmed"
> "Uh-oh..."