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Hello, It seems like this is all wrapped up, but might there be space for me, if I weren't almost certainly going to be in Tipperary? I would start trying to make the necessary rearrangements and courting permission from the management, but if I'm too late then I needn't bother. Ghandih PS I did che...

Firstly, this is indeed the Missus of Ghandhi - Hells Bells (using his log in) and I know JDAW will be keen that I make some form of reply. Indeed it doth appear that there are many folk out there who would like to enjoy something special with their vintage port and wine. Cheese has always been the ...

Been kicked by JDAW to say something, and doing so in stead of the wife, who is the family cheese officinado [can someone help with word gender?]. I start looking for cheesy info at http://www.thecheeseweb.com , set up by Juliet Harbutt who also organises the annual British Cheese Festival and Award...

Welcome JK, Agree with the above opinions that your best option is to arrange a tasting with this excellent crowd. I've been to one tasting and it was fab. I don't know a whole lot about ports, but they're an extremely knowledgeable and friendly bunch (I mean the TPF crowd, not ports), so I learnt l...

AHB wrote:Paris next weekend is unlikely to be as good...

You may say that, but now we have achieved the seemingly impossible, it feels like the improbable is inevitable...

Hi Conky, Also hope the investigation goes well today. My mother-in-law has had one of those too, and she's still fine, so no worries, I'm sure. That sounds like a really unusual development of a vintage port, from opening to maturing. Almost makes me think you might have had the bottle inverted whe...

Based on the result at the weekend, I'd say Marseilles is an excellent place.

...by which I meant to say, I hope that doesn't mean we can't still be friends. Flippin eck, don't you hate double negatives?

I did subsequently spot the photo on Axel's messages - Axel, my apologies, and no offence meant. Very rude of me. I thought Derek had found them on some website or another and forwarded for a group order. I do still think the plain ones are nicer, though. I hope that doesn't mean we can still be fri...

Derek,

They do have a great shape to them, but do you really want that logo sprawling all over your port? I reckon better to get the ones before the etching ruins them...

Ghandih

All, It seems appropriate at this juncture to inform you of the Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club anthem, which those at the last offline were lucky JDAW and I did not sing later in the evening (not least because the former's singing voice is flatter than the Maldives). To the tune of 'The Red F...

This was another fantastic port; although not in my top three, it did grow on me (and didn't have to try that hard, either), and I came round to everyone else's opinion - a great port. I initially enjoyed the lovely colour (but didn't expand, so that's helpful, Ganhdi), and found the taste slightly ...

Ah, the F66! Deep red brown, looks the business - really thick and gooey, tannins, massive structure, and then lots of spiciness. The things that stuck with me were the big mouthfeel - a wonderful sensation just having it in my mouth - and the spiciness. Absolutely marvellous. On the Uncle Tom scori...

Right, I'm off. Sorry for the delaying posting. I probably won't finish tonight, either, but it's a start. The F2000 (is that a shutter speed?) was the last of the eleven tasted for most of us, wary of its shocking deep purple garb. I fear I might have already been a bit tiddly by the time I tasted ...

I guess I add my comments on the ports to the tasting notes bit (you nargs are so keen on recording everything in the right place, but it's hard for a muppet to remember the rules), but I still have some general remarks, which I think belong here. I've not really thanked folk properly, but you shoul...

Mmmmm! A Cruz LBV 2001 all to myself? Why Ambassador, with this port you are really spoiling me!

Enjoy!

Please note: Tom's sofa is now fully booked :wink: Derek Derek, shirley you'll be wanting to bags a corner of Tom's kitchen, or perhaps a slot in the hall, propping up the hat stand? :lol: Meanwhile, I'd like to enter the fray as a possible, on the understanding that the offering is lovely port som...

Hello, Many thanks for the open invitation. My experience of these old buffers is that they tend to be a little too sweet and gentle for me (hence my appreciation of the '66 Fonseca recently, which still had some tannins with which to kick me). I'm inclined to sit this one out in the hope some young...

This was the best of the evening - full, fruity, gorgeous mouthful - probably the best port I've ever drunk (and that tops at least one from 1931, thanks to Julian's generosity). Uncle Tom, I am deeply indebted to you for opening your cellar to me, and am sad that I couldn't meet you in person. I'll...

OK I have two stiltons (CB and CB), Monty, Berkeswell (ewe) and the Dutch stuff that the Rootses gave to me. I can add a Chaource (disappointing the French couldn't squeeze an 'i' in), a Golden Cross, a cave-matured cheddar and Neufchatel. I still may get another cheddar if the urge takes me, but w...

Conky - at least you don't live in Manchester. It always rains there.

CU tomorrow...

jdaw, of course KillerB and I have not consulted on cheese. However, I note that he has given me a clue as to what he may bring. I will bring a lower calibre cheddar that I think is nicer than Monty, which tends to blow my socks off and then sprout vegetation in them. He seems to have stilton in a b...

Gents, All the plans discussed above seem excellent, the bottles exciting, the cigars triffic - everything fab, really. I am not able to join in the pre-whatsit excitement as much as I would like because of a ridiculous mountain of work (rubbish excuse, but that's the way of it). The mountain is so ...

Blimey! Postings here are accelerating fast. I think I'm still cheesy, I need a sleeping bag and a pressie, and something is happening with the glasses. If some are bought that I have to pay for and own afterwards, and the price is of the order previously mentioned, that's fine by me. Am also rather...

All, Thank-you for the promotion to purveyor of cheeses. I will not let you down. Conky,you may rest assured that the choice of cheeses will not hum the place out so that port cannot be detected. At a previous tasting of jdaw's, we learnt the hard way that Stinking Bishop was not the way forward. I'...