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I can remember thirty-five bottles so far this year, with another fourteen due this coming weekend, and a further handful at the 1970 horizontal on Valentines Day. Though no abstinence program for me.

g-man wrote:sat 29th seems to be good for me too.

Shall we set the date?

Let’s allow Derek T. a chance to respond. He might be coming all the way from England for it.

jfacciol wrote:The 28th does not work for me. What about the 29th or the 30th?

Sat 29th March and Sun 30th March both work for me.

Fonseca 1963 cork

Graham 1963 cork

Noval 1963 capsule

The cork of the Taylor 1963.

The capsule of the Taylor 1963 being lightly hammered by Alex B.. Note the checks, albeit non-red checks.

The capsule, slightly out of focus, of the Taylor 1963.

HB (Noval) 1963, cork

I forgot to photograph the level of the HB (Noval) 1963 until after I had started with the corkscrew.

But what this really revealed to me was ... the differences were not pronounced enough to worry me at all in the future. I can now relax and be less obsessive about the way that I decant and hope others decant - now it just means that I can choose the easiest thing to do. This was the hoped-for res...

I leave to go snowboarding very early on Friday 29 February, returning late Saturday 15th March. So Thursday 28th would be terrible for me (and I’m bringing most of the 1977s). And beacause John Danza’s ticket doesn’t work on that date, we aren’t tied to it. What about one night between Thursday 20...

Dow 1963 cork

Dow 1963 capsule

Dow 1963 bottle (hurray for moulding name and vintage into the glass).

Nothing is wrong that a quick deed poll can’t fix.

Noval 1963 bottle

Noval 1963 cork

Croft 1963 capsule

Protruding cork:

Zoom-in on the price: “European Wine Warehouse Selection†, “2·79†. So a post-decimalisation price (so post 15 February 1971).

The bottles of Croft 1963 and Offley Boa Vista 1963.

The bottles of Offley Boa Vista 1963 and Croft 1963.

I leave to go snowboarding very early on Friday 29 February, returning late Saturday 15th March. So Thursday 28th would be terrible for me (and I’m bringing most of the 1977s). And beacause John Danza’s ticket doesn’t work on that date, we aren’t tied to it. What about one night between Thursday 20t...