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AHB wrote:Bottle number 10 was opened this evening and found to be Taylor 1948.

Very nice!

1920 Fonseca?

jdaw1 wrote:Are these factual non-clues welcome?

Yes.

I'll add the 1955 Taylor to my list.

Well if we're going to go to 1963, then I'll take the '63 Noval Nacional. Those have to be wasted guesses though... don't they?

1948 Taylor

Actually, I'll be very surprised if it goes that late, but figured I'd grab that one just in case.

1931 Noval Nacional

(just in case)

1931 Noval

Must be tea, then.

AHB wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:Port!

No

Beer?

Port!

Portman wrote:85 Euro is, um, a bit less of a deal than 85$. Like 50% less of a deal. So I will amend my post above:

"Semi-sweet deal, Glenn!" Bill

Mine was $85 at Brentwood. The 85 Euro bottle was one that smisse found on a UK web site.

So one sweet deal and one semi-sweet deal!

Though I have not yet received formal notification, the auction is now closed and it appears that I was the only bidder on a 1963 Noval for $85. :D Is that the one from Brentwood? I did came across Noval '63 for 85EUR on a UK webshop. Yup, this was from the Brentwood auction. I'm knutliott there (a...

Alannis Morrisette had a song called "Ironic" with lots of little unfortunate stories, none of which were ironic, except maybe the crashing plane but that's a bit gruesome. My favorite example of irony, because I firmly believe that neither she nor her handlers are smart enough to have co...

Hmm. Perhaps he is being clever and the question is: "what is the question?"

DRT wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:AHB is up.

Is the answer Fonseca 63?

Pfft. It's AHB. The answer is Vesuvio.

Looks like I won the auction.

Though I have not yet received formal notification, the auction is now closed and it appears that I was the only bidder on a 1963 Noval for $85.

Would it photograph red when still wet? No. While still wet, the paper turns grey ("wet paper color") due to the moisture. In order to get any decent color at all you have to let it dry first. The very first attempt I made using the dregs of a bottle is still the best result I've produced...

If you hold it on the 30th there's a small chance that I can fly over for it. If I'm still unemployed at that time then there'd really be nothing standing in my way.

But of course I won't know for sure until at least the middle of October.

I have re-tried this several times with several different Ports, and I cannot make a stain that appears red once dried. So far all of my attempts have faded toward brown or grey-brown when they dry. I'm tempted to make my Port-seared Scallops recipe again soon, and I suspect that the reduction would...

KillerB wrote:I have a pear tree, I have port.

I am envious.

While I am confident that I could have as many pears from my mother-in-law's tree as I would like, that tree is 50 miles away. And sadly, my yard is far too small to support another tree so I cannot simply plant one myself.

Yup. I've read about several studies like this one or studying the "reputation of the producer" corollary, and they all come to the same basic conclusion. This is why I firmly believe that ratings should always be done blind, especially professional ratings. No matter how objective you thi...

Sogrape is independent (and Portuguese).

Sogrape owns Sandeman - which they bought from Diagem and Pernod Ricard - but has an arrangement with PR for international distribution. Press release.

The second was the problem of ink-jet printers, the ink smudging if wetted even slightly. For which my suggestion (used in practice) was simply to spray the ink-jet printed pages with an artist's fixer. Such sprays are commonly used to prevent watercolour and pastels from smudging or running when m...

Axel P wrote:Does it say which bottling it is?

Sadly, no. I've put in a bid, we'll see whether or not I actually win the lot.