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Disclaimer - I am not, and have never been, a civil servant... ...however, some years ago I was responsible for looking after the UK estate of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. This included Lancaster House (last house on the Mall before you get to Buck Palace). The basement of LH houses the HM...

Could I go on as Reserve please?

If I do get in, I've got a Smith Woodhouse 66.

Thanks
NAC

If there's space could I be added?

9th July works OK for me, assuming venue is in London.

Thanks
NAC

I've got one bottle of 1972. Excellent; this is the only bottle of '72 we have amongst us from replies so far, so if you're happy to save it for this tasting that would be appreciated. Also just found a bottle of 1963 that I thought had been drunk. Nice; my experience is usually the other way round...

Also just found a bottle of 1963 that I thought had been drunk.

Yes please.

I've got one bottle of 1972.

The last (sob sob) of a full case from a Christie's auction some years ago. All the other bottles were pretty good, so high hopes for this one...

1970 Fonseca x 6
1970 Croft x 12
1963 Noval x 11

Potentially looking to dispose of a few bottles of the Croft & Noval. If interested PM me.

Would like to attend. Have the following 1970s (Oporto bottled unless indicated otherwise): Cockburn Cockburn [2016 release] Croft Croft (Army & Navy) Dow Fonseca (Harvey's) Morgan [from the Christies clear-out sale a few years ago] Noval (Churtons) Royal Oporto Taylor (BBR) Warre Warre [2016 re...

AHB wrote: ↑23:14 Fri 05 Apr 2019 Interesting Port list. How did you manage to get to know what they had available?

I'm a member so have online access to the live winelist. Just did a cut & paste.

Two half bottles of Croft (possibly 1960) from a charity sale at Corney & Barrow. One low shoulder & one base of neck. Already opened the low shoulder bottle & it was still pretty good. That’s an excellent purchase. I love half bottles of mature Port. Nominally cost £10 each, so probabl...

Update on current offering at 67 Pall Mall: TAWNY & "OTHER" Quinta da Gaivosa, 20 YO Tawny, Alves de Sousa 50cl,£66.00  20 Year Old Tawny Port, Barros, £64.00  Pink, Croft 50cl, £40.00  10 Year Old White Port, Kopke Half Bottle (37.5cl), £40.00  30 Year Old White Port, Kopke Half B...

Two half bottles of Croft (possibly 1960) from a charity sale at Corney & Barrow.
One low shoulder & one base of neck.
Already opened the low shoulder bottle & it was still pretty good.

1955 Dow - bottled by Hankey Bannister
Sadly only one bottle though

Mystery solved.

Just opened a bottle to start the Christmas festivities and the cork is clearly branded "Sworder London EC4".

Will post a tasting note eventually...

Fine & Rare Wines are having a sale this week and sent out a list of reductions on fortified wines this morning...

https://frw-email.co.uk/2UCY-TBXG-4OYPT6-GWYTA-1/c.aspx

Central London Wine Society Tasting of Graham's Port, at the Civil Service Club, Wednesday 5th December 2018 Presented by Paul Mapplebeck NV Crusted (bottled 2011) - scored 3.9/7 (scores are the average of the 20+ attendees) I only scored this 2/7 - bit too hot with a slightly bitter aftertaste. 200...

Mine (one copy) arrived yesterday morning via Royal Mail. In Kent, nowhere exotic.

Not mine, but thought I'd highlight in case anybody is interested, as it looks like a bargain...

Currently 5 cases of Dow 1985 for sale on WineOwners.com at £545 per case DP (so already includes VAT). You just have to add commission and delivery.

Lunch today with the Mackenzie 48 & Delaforce 58.
I thought both were very good, but popular vote was for the Delaforce. M very medicinal.
Both bottles around base of neck, so pretty good for age.

flash_uk wrote: ↑20:37 Fri 23 Nov 2018 Thanks nac. Niepoort ‘97 is a strange one to offer. Almost all bottles are faulty I had thought.

Not tried it. If I do will report back...

Current Port offering at 67 Pall Mall: Other Pink, Croft 50cl £40.00 Tawny Ramos Pinto Quinta do Bom Retiro 20 Year Old £82.00 Colheita Barros 1978 £215.00 Kopke, 1967 £329.00 Vintage 'Vale do Inferno' Quinta de la Rosa 2011 £64.00 Nacional, Quinta do Noval 2003 £1,173.00 Nacional, Quinta do Noval 2...

Three bottles of Taylor 77.

Might do one on Christmas Day...

Ferreira 45, Tuke Holdsworth 47, Mackenzie 48, Boa Vista 50 and Delaforce 58. I’m impressed. Came via a "special" Corney & Barrow offer. They were from the estate of a client who had passed away. In theory all of the bottles were below the standard C&B would normally sell - ie, lo...

PhilW - yes, of course.

The image quality is pretty poor, but I can't upload a better image due to the graphics size limit. Could email you the full image if you want?

PhilW - probably won't help, but I'll upload a photo of the whole cap. Nothing else on bottles as they're unlabelled.