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Unfortunately, we have had a last minute drop out. If anyone can be a last minute attendee, you would be very welcome.

Latest update: Heathrow airspace was closed between 1am and 7am, but is expected to reopen at 7am and is not expected to close again in the near future. Flights in and out of Heathrow may have to follow an unusual routing. On the positive side, I have to meet a flight from Dallas that left last nigh...

Getting really nervous about the damned volcano. I'm still in San Francisco, hoping to fly out tomorrow night. Flights tonight are cancelled... :( Fingers crossed, keytohwy The latest forecast says that even tomorrow, Heathrow and Manchester are likely to be operating and certainly by Tuesday the m...

Are you sure? AJS might also have been Andrew James Symington?

Roy also refers to it as both AJS Da Silva and AJ Da Silva.

Any Idea who has the bottle, or was it one of the bottles you photographed?

DRT wrote:

Portman wrote:I opened this just so I could be the first to post a note on a wine.

I love that reason, and have sometimes done the same myself

And that would never be the only reason why I would open a bottle of Delaforce 1975

Annoyingly, I was putting this date in the family diary and realised that it is the week that Elizabeth is away on the school residential trip. I am therefore the parent in charge for a week and can't be late back from London. Sorry, I will have to bow out unless we can move the date back a week to ...

A thought has just occurred to me. The Crusting Pipe becomes very warm as a venue in the summer. Last year we found that the warmth of the location in the height of the summer affected some of the ports quite badly, with them becoming very alcoholic. We overcame this with some ice buckets to keep te...

RonnieRoots wrote:nice, any particular reason for opening a magnum?

Needed something to drink and was quite thirsty.

WS1 wrote:Hi Alex,

fine by me; are 2 places enough?

regards

WS1

I think 2 places is a reasonable balance

I can make either date, but would prefer Monday 14th.

I would have to adopt, the only 1982 vintage port. Is anyone willing to offer something for adoption?

From magnum; decanted off very little, sludgy sediment. Pale auburn in colour, with a rose rim. Floral honey on the nose, pleasant but not strong. Dusty sweet redcurrant jelly on the tongue, with the tannins showing through as a gentle dusty persistence. Floral and rose-water flavours in the mouth, ...

I'm in.

Does the fact that Chris is game mean that we can shoot him on August 12?

Can we reserve a couple of spots for guests who would not normally attend our offlines? Last year the fact we did this meant that Rute and Joao were able to join us.

The last two seats at the offline have now been taken, by a London based friend of Gustavo and our occasional port companion Nicos Neocleous.

The venue for the tasting is The Bowler, 32 Bowling Green Lane, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 0BJ, +44 20 7837 8340. We have a reservation from 18:30. I suggest that we aim to arrive for a 7pm start. We'll start with dinner and follow that with the offline, no doubt we will drink some of the ports with t...

KillerB wrote:

g-man wrote:very sad to not have met up with you guysm, but I was very lucky to have caught a plane back to the states before volcano faweofiqicffecv erupted again.

Were you in town? I had no idea, I would have travelled down.

We were, you would have, we would have been 5.

Next time.

Mature red in colour, showing the red / brown mix of maturity. Similar nose to the Warre 1970 shown alongside, but not as well developed; slightly hot, with All Spice and cherries. Slightly sweet entry, then full of dry cherries. Quite harsh on the sides of the tongue; joy, but with ripe cherry frui...

Russet brown, with a very light centre and a pale rim; looking as though it will be in its tertiary phase. Alcoholic on the nose, with a hint of rubber. Toffees all over the entry, then sweet redcurrant and some dryness on the edge of the tongue. Spicy acidity and lots of honey flavours on the palat...

Dark red, very young, opaque centre and deeply coloured rim. Loud blackcurrants all over the nose. Big, sweet and fruity in the mouth; so full of fruit that the peppery tannins are almost hidden. Sweet, deep blackcurrants on the aftertaste; long and lingering but not big in flavour. Soft and approac...

Please do create them, anything which saves me time and effort is appreciated. Please also feel free to copy the already posted W70 note.

DRT wrote:JDAW: Head for Marylebone - I'm chasing the Clipper in a canoe!

JDAW now in Marylebone. Reserve bottle of T35 brought in case first was corked now being decanted.

Early news reports on the candidates are now being received, as follows: Warre 1970 Decanted for 7.5 hours. Mature red in colour, clearly comfortably middle aged. Lovely warm nose, full of spicy redcurrants and cinnamon. Delightful entry, very balanced. Some aggression from a combination of acid, ta...

Did any of the electorate attempt to vote after 22:00? And, if so, were they refused the right to vote? If either of the above questions result in a "Yes" or a "No" then I object and demand a second ballot. The Presiding Officer and Returning Officer have consulted the electoral...

That’s unusually good estimating: or were the clues particularly helpful? (And which is ‟Ck”? If Cockburn, the standard abbreviation is plain ‟C”.) Meanwhile, the BBC reports that the choice of the electorate is not to choose. Or maybe the Blues. Or maybe a re-taste later. There were no clues, so...

The candidates have now revealed their true nature. The electorate guessed them to be:

Wine 1 - unknown shipper from '92; T70; F70 - was actually W70
Wine 2 - Ck64, Ck64, Mz55 - was actually T35
Wine 3 - G83, W83, W83 - was actually D83
Wine 4 - Roeda 97, Pocas 05, Vau 05 - was actually Roeda 97

Votes have been counted. Wine number 1 has been declared the representative for The Crusting Pipe by a majority of 4 votes.