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jdaw1 wrote:Please buy me a ticket for the Thursday (I haven’t been invited, and can’t find it on the website.) Thank you.

I have requested two tickets - you can grab one of those assuming I get them

There is now a chance I can make the 21st. I'll try and confirm in a week or two.

Where blind is done, I favour earlier rather than later reveal, where possible. This is a big learning from the tasting. It would have been much better to force a quick rush towards a guess on "what is it", even with that being a little rushed, and then having more time to taste and rate ...

Thanks to everyone for a very enjoyable evening, and great to see some new faces round the table. Hats off to Davy's at Woolgate for hosting us perfectly - everything was just as we needed it. A special thank you to Chris for sharing the Sandeman Cask 33 with us - very much appreciated, and I enjoye...

Some totalling by Mike, though of what nobody knows. http://www.jdawiseman.com/2015/20150617_totals.png This sheet is the vital evidence for judging the hypothesis on the sweet-spot vintages! The hypothesis was that the 66, 70 and 77 vintages are all currently in a very good place, and in fact migh...

G70 (unknown English bottler, pesky rubber capsule) double decanted at noon and now at B&F. There's also an unopened backup G70 (Oporto bottled, looks like it was shipped in 90s / 2000s) if that bottle proves to be faulty or uninspiring with air - feel free to use discretion on set-up. Plus a b...

G70 (unknown English bottler, pesky rubber capsule) double decanted at noon and now at B&F. There's also an unopened backup G70 (Oporto bottled, looks like it was shipped in 90s / 2000s) if that bottle proves to be faulty or uninspiring with air - feel free to use discretion on set-up. Plus a b...

jdaw1 wrote:The first post doesn’t mention an official start time. Failing contrary instruction, I’ll assume 6½pm.

Good assumption. First pot updated.

Remember everyone, we are at Woolgate tonight, not the B&F.

AHB wrote:The layout of the last sheet does allow improvisation of some additional spaces. Presumably the F66 will take the 4th space?

The F66 is not appearing. G70 coming instead.

Selkirk has a golf course, so some healthy leisure activity can be enjoyed.

AHB wrote:How many spare bottle slots do we have? Just asking...

I think just one. A bottle from Stephen has been delivered by you, and you mentioned Chris was bringing two. That leaves one spare slot I believe.

My copy got binned with the recycling yesterday

jdaw1 wrote:

AHB wrote:Who is to print the placemats?

Mike has that in hand.

Placemats, tasting note sheets, placenames, cork sheets, scoring sheets and sticky labels all printed and ready.

Could your emergency be sated on the 27th? I sadly need to decline the 21st.

jdaw1 wrote:Thank you for spotting that error in the code, which has been fixed. Also, as requested, the format of the names has been changed.

Please re-inspect the placemats.

Thank you - everything seems to be in order. Roll on Wednesday evening.

How wonderful. I visit Derby two or three times a month at the moment - if anyone wants me to pick some of these up then let me know.

I think there may be a glitch in the matrix. Was it the same cat? On the pdf of the placemats, all the attendees have 36 stickers, starting from "I" and ending with "W77". Everyone, that is, except for AHB and AJA. Their stickers start at "II". Do I get a Blue Peter bad...

This tasting is at Woolgate, where there is plenty of table space (see pictures in review of Ramos Pinto tasting on Tuesday 21 st October 2014 ). Some newcomers will be attending. Should placenames be included in the paperwork , in turn necessitating that Names be formatted as ‘Julian W.’ rather th...

Taylor 1970 and Warre 1966 safely deposited at Woolgate. Alex there also confirmed he has ordered additional glasses to give us the full requirement.

I make it 97.

Rough guess on hammer price at auction, maybe £3,200. Not sure you'll find a single buyer who is all set to part with that amount.

I saw another article somewhere recently saying that the prosecco shortage is a load of nonsense.

Food order back on my website now.

Is anyone at The Oval, or watching on the telly? Go away rain, just a few boundaries and England can win.

Whilst you are enjoying yourselfes on the 17th I will be hard working at Quinta da Boavista (lunch), then go to Tecedeiras and Foz Coa and have dinner at Quinta do Pego. For the Ports I believe I should be with you - for the scenerey, I believe not. Have as little faulty Ports as possible. Best wis...

Glenn E. wrote:Danger! Danger, Will Robinson!

Why not include everyone's tasting notes in the file too, then?

Well, technically we do include Derek's notes when he attends