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Aha, So, having only really dug into large quantities of vintage port with jdaw, my experience on decanting times is basically his. I'd certainly support the short time for the 1920 (the 1927 really did get up, yawn then die in about half an hour), and perhaps shorter times for the others, too. I'm ...

Julian, Part of me is thinking this is quite a bit over the top, but I feel myself drawn in, which I think we both know says more than a little about me. Therefore, here's my twopennethworth: If I were to come across this site with no preconception, and it had a favicon, I'd expect it to speak of po...

So is this all this fuss just so we can take some photos and upload them for our PTF chums to see? Blimey. Maybe you should just check with them that they really want to look at pictures of us smugly tucking into pukka port? Are you so sure that will be pleasant? Oh look, doesn't Ghandih look trolle...

I'm sorry, but this conversation has got so very dull that I'm not sure I really care. Why do we want an effty floppit anyway? I guess if it's so that absent friends can join us vicariously, I withdraw my grumble - that is a very noble thing - but don't ask me how to do it. I'm only just cottoning o...

Is this just here as some form of catharsis for jdaw?

It all looks immensely civil, doesn't it? And this is really St Helens rather than Church Crookham? Gosh. :lol: I will bring an overnight kit myself, and either grab a sofa or a cumfy bit of floor that not's swaying too much. I like the late night photo, too. I've been known to have a cigar when tip...

Changed my signature, too, given the Lugs success.

Should the nets be thrown out on the other side of the boat, to see what we might drag up? Where do you think you came from? Wasn't there a stork or something? Subject to the financial proviso, I'm in. Does this earlyish confirmation increase my chances of somewhere to sleep? I could bring a tent i...

jdaw will tell you it was only a matter of time before the lure of the Gameshow reeled me in. It's a triffic Jim Bowen quote. On darts, has anyone seen the website list of Sid Waddell quotes? If you can manage a Geordie accent, try it with these favourites: - This lad has had more checkouts than Tes...

So, I've just graduated from Cruz Ruby to Cheap Ruby. This raises a couple of questions: The first is embedded in the discussions above and possibly elsewhere, and that is, is there a list anywhere telling us how many posts we need to achieve each level, or is it a closely guarded secret, bordering ...

Derek, Many thanks for the sums. 12 bottles and six people will be tough, and I thought there were 15 bottles at a previous count (not that I'm being greedy - I'm not sure I can manage two myself, but I'm brave enough to try). Anyway, my notional top whack was £150. You're telling me £167, and I'm p...

It's all relative, I reckon. Kylie is _relatively_ pretty, but the wife is obviously gorgeouser (she may be reading this). I have loads of Martinez 1985 in the cellar, relative to every other port I have. I'll tell you about the wedding list another day, but the bottom line is that eight bottles of ...

Hope I've got the format right in the title. No doubt someone will helpfully point out any errors. So, I've managed to get round to typing the notes in again. This time, they're on a notepad so nothing should go wrong. I think it's useful to get the context of the port tasting, so you've got some ad...

That seems about as fair as it could possibly be. My concern is that there is such a splendid line up of quality ports, I won't be able to stomp up my share. It all seems a bit vulgar talking about money, but could someone find a fag packet with no writing on the back and do a quick estimation of th...

I am asked what exactly I'm saving the planet from. I could go on at great length, but won't. The long and the short of it is that we're consuming resources quite a bit faster than they are being replenished, which means we're going to run out unless something changes. Generating less waste is a ver...

Well since you've asked, I'd stick with the table format (triffic idea, whoever it was), and the text of the cell entries would be the date of the tasting(s). If you can do a hover to reveal the author, all well and good (bordering on showing off), but you'd be able to see at a glance the port, the ...

I feel I led us all a bit astray there, sorry about that. Silly computer. I had hoped the venue might be the less well known St Helens in, err, Cornwall, or something like that, but I'm sure I'll probably be OK. I went to Liverpool once and got home again in one bit, and I've been to Manchester lots...

Oooh, look, there's a search facility. That does seem to do a rather good job, doesn't it? I always feel you shouldn't ask folk to do things you wouldn't do yourself, unless it's blatantly their job to do them. This site is obviously run for the general edification and amusement of the participants ...

This is probably not the thing to do when just having joined a forum such as this, but here we go: I've just been looking through the tasting notes for the vintage ports - you know, the one where my notes on the Martinez 1985 would have been if my silly computer hadn't flipped on me? There are five ...

I have a client down in Sussex (Jim Beam, no less), so I might well be able to orchestrate a visit. I'll let you know if it looks like it might work. I wonder if the evidence so far presented suggests that I might have the most organised tasting notes, given that I'm writing them down in a Black and...

That's a triffic emoticon, well done. Forgiven. What's BB?

Sorry, just to be clear, am I being slagged off for having my apostrophe dangling in the wrong direction? In my first posting?? Julian, I KNOW THINGS about you. Yes, you know things about me, too, but they're not so silly. You should think a little more carefully. An apology will suffice for now. An...

Yes, indeed. Hello all. I've gone straight in and posted a comment about a forthcoming tasting, so more details about me there. I'd do a fancy link to it but that's altogether outside my capabilities. I may ramble on about myself here some other time, but I'd better get working. For now, a simple ti...

Aha, So that wicked man, JDAW , in whose illustrious company several tens of VPs have met a happy death, informed me that some poor unfortunates in St Helens had got themselves into a terrible fix, and faced an evening of more VP than they could possibly manage. I hasten to add that this is not to i...