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Since no-one has yet suggested an answer, I have decided to change the question. This is one which Derek and Tom have already had a go at, but which is a bit of fun anyway. There follows three statements about me. Two are false and one is true. You task, should you choose to accept it, is to decide ...

DRT wrote:Or, better still, Magnums

Comments of a nature likely to increase the difficulty of organising the tasting will be completely ignored.

Whenever AHB wishes to grace us with his presence, we shall have a vesuvio vertical. I deeply regret that this is likely to be sometime later, rather than sooner. There is a possibility that I will need to visit Columbus OH once or twice in 2010, but dates (and real need) are yet to be decided. How...

My weekends tend to be dedicated to family duties and Saturday tastings do not work well for me. As the lead organiser for the event, I am seizing executive powers and changing the date to be Friday October 15th 2010 at the Crusting Pipe, London. In the meantime, could those who have volunteered the...

Cookie wrote:I thought I had confirmed already but....I'm in!!

I believe that you are Tom's +1

I hope so as I have just had confirmation from another couple - which means the table is full with 14 people.

55mm, somewhere in Wales or another optional part of the British Isles that is also within the UK

October was rather a modestly busy port acquiring month for me - what volume of port did I acquire? (To the nearest 1cl.) 11,925? DRT is up Maybe I am a simple fellow of ascetic nature, but for the Wiseman household acquiring 159 bottles = 13¼ cases in one month would be more than ‟modestly busy”...

DRT wrote:11,925?

DRT is up

Steve, I've sent you a private message. You can pick it up by clicking on the link in the top right corner of the page where it says "1 new message"

Sorry, got distracted by other things.

The answer lies between 11,700 and 12,300

Given the overwhelming positive response to this tasting, if there is a substantial number of extra people who would like to attend - say at least another 10 - then I would be quite prepared to organise a larger tasting and have 2 bottles of each wine to pour.

Alex

jdaw1 wrote:25 cases: 225L?

Less / fewer than this

KillerB wrote:10800cl

Pretty close, but a little on the low side.

jdaw1 wrote:Striving for an upper bound: fifty cases = 450L?

Upper boundary established, I added less than 50 cases to my cellar last month.

g-man wrote:Would this possibly happen in the states?

I could sort out all of the fonsecas except the 63.

Jeff - it can happen in London. Could you be in London next October? Plenty of time to book cheap flights and the weather is usually not too bad at that time of year.

Any thoughts re. the RAF contaminated Port conspiracy theory? Are we still using their glasses, decanter and funnels? We will be using their glasses, but may take the precaution of rinsing them all out before pouring the ports. Similarly for the decanters and funnels (although we may use our own tr...

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.