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Great first tasting note. The most important thing is that we know you liked it and that it's worth looking out for.

Alex

Even better after 3 hours in the decanter, just stunning and irresistable. 94/100. Drunk 19 October 2009, 3 hours decanted. Keep us posted, i'd love to know where these are peaking at the moment. I didn't take notes over an extended time, just the one posted after 3 hours and then got down to drink...

Date? October 2011 . People? Likely to include: AHB ; JDAW ; BMHR ; JHG ?; DRT ; RAH ; NN; GEE ?; ARK ; AP ; ADV ; JGH ; SRG ; CMAG . Waiting list? THRA ; JES ; Cookie ; WS1 ; VJR . Note that if the waitlist grows to 10+ then we will enlarge the tasting to accommodate everyone Ports? Probably {Fons...

jdaw1 wrote:Ten cases = 90L?

Still too low. This was not an average month, this was a modestly busy month. It was also the month in which I cleared out the combined cellars of my deceased father and grandfather and brought the cellar contents home.

DRT wrote:6,375cl?

Keep going

Wow: you measure the fill of your purchases really accurately. Please, how? Pedantry requires the clarification that the total volume is assumed to be as stated on the labels of the vessels purchased. Where no label is attached to the vessel, standard sizes have been assumed to be 37.5cl for a half...

I may have a bottle or two of South African fortified red wine made by Portuguese wine-makers from the grapes normally seen growing in the Douro region. I will happily save at least one of these for early 2010. Fortunately for all who may attend this tasting, my last half bottle of Tanzanian Port we...

I love the theme and may borrow that one for some time in the future - one wine per decade; excellent thought.

One question did occur to me. October was rather a modestly busy port acquiring month for me - what volume of port did I acquire? (To the nearest 1cl.)

It was October 2005 when we had that fantastic diagonal tasting.

So should October 2010 see a repeat of that great theme? Perhaps with Dow replacing Sandeman? If there's a positive response in this thread then I will start up a thread in the Offlines forum.

Perhaps it is to sit between the filter paper and the funnel in order to speed the flow of the wine through the paper

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What did you think of the ports?

12 people have now confirmed, with Jeff+1 and 2 potential guests from elsewhere making up 4 potential applicants for the last 2 places at the table.

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angeleyes wrote:Went to vertical a couple of weeks ago at Imperial College, tasting '99 thru to '93

Wish I'd known about that, I'd have made the effort to join the tasting. Who organised the event?

DRT wrote:147 sweets's?

Now that has conjured up an image in my mind of Alex dressed up as Gollum, clutching 147 bits of chocolate in his arms saying, "They're mine, all mine; leave them alone you nasssssty littttle hobbitsssssessss."

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Steve Welcome to the website, we are always delighted to help people who have enquiries like yours - it's always fun to hear from someone who has had the good luck like you have to find a real gem. Sandeman '35 was / is a great port. Whether your particular bottle will be is a question of how it was...

DRT wrote:Clue: At least two very famous wine merchants still exist in the same street. It might be a good idea to guess the street first.

Surely that's asking two questions in one go? Isn't that cheating?

But in case it isn't cheating, I guess St James Street

Avery

Don't worry. I can be there in 2 minutes and I have three bottles in my bag so we can even bring a friend.

Here Conky makes a personal attack on me but the administrators have taken a decision to lock the thread and remove my right of reply, so I have started this thread as an alternative in order to be able to respond. His post was: So I can take it that your views are not shared? I have also taken my ...

Cookie

Please post us a picture of the bottles when you can. You may have just bought yourself 3 bottles of the never-before-seen Martinez 1931 - or 3 bottles of Martinez Ordinary Ruby (bottled in 1947). But whichever it is, we'd love to know!

Alex

I'm up for it. I'm not sure which date suits me best, but for the moment I could make any of the suggested dates but with a slight preference for not Friday.

Any thoughts for a theme?

19 degrees baume

Malvedos '65