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That kit looks excellent - Kopke really know how to present their products!

jdaw1 wrote: ↑12:48 Wed 11 May 2022

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑23:22 Tue 10 May 2022a bottle of Quinta de Vale da Figueira 1997

Fg? Note, ≠ FG.

Due to issues related to case-sensitive searching (and the scope for typos) I’m not a fan of Fg given the existence of FG.

nac wrote: ↑13:28 Wed 11 May 2022

flash_uk wrote: ↑21:17 Tue 10 May 2022

nac wrote: ↑19:53 Tue 10 May 2022 Some prices from Corney & Barrow today:

Graham - £468 per 3 in bond
Warre - £366 per 3 in bond

magnums?

Nope - bottles.

Oof.

Damn - I’m afraid I cannot reconfirm. Hopefully a reservist can make it (if not, I’ll send a bottle down).

Also, the ‘new evidence marker’, ►, is too dominant. I am considering replacing it with a unicode Rightwards Triple Arrow, ⇛︎. Larger: ⇛︎ I think that the proposed ‘new evidence marker’ is particularly preferable to the evidence marker used in the first edition. Michael: so far, the majority is aga...

If I can make it, I’ll be a late joiner - please can I be added just in case?

G07 - 1 case of 6.

Ps98.

Please may I order the following:

Starter - Welsh rarebit (I’m sure I got away with this as a starter order late last year…)
Main - rare steak, green beans and shallots & béarnaise sauce.

Many thanks.

Also looks OK in my diary. Reconfirming.

winesecretary wrote: ↑22:05 Tue 15 Feb 2022 @ M.Charlton - yes, adopting is encouraged here. I am arbitrarily assigning you the Gould Campbell (at an equally arbitrary price of £45)

That’s very kind indeed - thank you.

@ all (except Alex B, jdaw1, CPR1) While we would welcome 15 ports I do not thing we want to go to 18. Please could you let me know, by PM if preferred, what you have that can fill the gaps or whether you would like to adopt one of the ones I have on hand [or whether you would like to bring one of ...

The Hawks' Club Claret, JP Moueix 2016. Dark purple/crimson rim, and very dark purple in the glass. Aroma very savoury - almost mushroom like, followed by strawberries and vanilla. More strawberries on the palate, with oak and a little spice. Very little in the way of tannins, and whilst a reasonabl...

Whiskey's minimum age is probably better, though even then don't you run into potential problems when adding neutral spirit to get it within the legal limits? It depends on the relevant regulations associated with the product in question. For instance, I’m a huge fan of the unambiguous provisions a...

hadge wrote: ↑11:54 Fri 07 Jan 2022 therefore my vote would be to push back but i would completely understand if you where all to go ahead,

Ditto.

Also, the ‘new evidence marker’, ►, is too dominant. I am considering replacing it with a unicode Rightwards Triple Arrow, ⇛︎. Larger: ⇛︎ I think that the proposed ‘new evidence marker’ is particularly preferable to the evidence marker used in the first edition. Michael: so far, the majority is aga...

Yes please.

Thread renamed from “Ground has been broken” to “Port Vintages, Second Edition” by jdaw1, 22:30 Mon 20 Dec 2021. I slightly regret using Times New Roman for the bulk of the text, and am considering using, for the second edition, Minion Pro. Objections? Suggestions of better (serious suggestions pls...

Ground has been broken. As attentive readers of these pages might already know, the book Port Vintages was self-published in 2018. There have been requests, here and elsewhere, for more copies to be available, ideally in the form of a second edition incorporating the additional information that has...

Sandeman 20 y/o = £30.39 per bottle when ordered from Amazon via a “subscribe and save”, which seems like a good deal. The subscription can be cancelled upon receipt of the first order.

Yes please.

Cr03 - 1 case of 12.

My thanks to George for organising this tasting, and to the TPFers in attendance for making the tasting so enjoyable. My thanks also to the two TPFers who donated bottles, even though they could not attend, and to the excellent staff at the B&F. My summary was that many of the Ports were much mo...

One of the ‘redder’ wines of the tasting – nice and clear rim. Nose muted at first, though I found it opened up nicely as the evening progressed (red fruits, lessening heat). By the end of the night, this was a particularly agreeable wine, if a little straightforward on the way down.

Light/mid red. I thought that the nose on this one stayed quite muted throughout the evening (and was perhaps a little vegetal, too). On the palate this wine improved throughout the tasting, and I thought that a redcurrant frangipane grip built markedly towards the end.