A little port quiz

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A little port quiz

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Arising through a fortuitous combination of good weather and good growing conditions and the existence of historic precedence, this port event occurred only three times in the whole of the 20th century.

What was the event?

Ask a question, and I will (attempt) to answer.

I've tried to make my question not too easy but also not too difficult.
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Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Re: A little port quiz

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AHB wrote:Arising through a fortuitous combination of good weather and good growing conditions and the existence of historic precendence, this port event occurred only three times in the whole of the 20th century.

What was the event?

Ask a question, and I will (attempt) to answer.

I've tried to make my question not too easy but also not too difficult.
Julian missed a greengrocer's apostrophe
Port is basically a red drink
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Strangely enough, that wasn't what I had in mind.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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The silver jubilee?
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g-man wrote:The silver jubilee?
Hang on - QE II had one, Juliana had one in NL and I think King Wanka Loss. What about the Danish and Swedish ones? No clue on them nor the Belgians. Wossat gorra doowiv Port?
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1977 and 1935 were incredible years in port no? =)
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Is it the highest number of recorded declarations in a vintage, with 3 vintages tied for 1st place?
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It's not directly to do with the number of shippers declaring, nor anything to do with jubilees of Kings, Queens or any other form of nobility.

Keep thinking.
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Is it an event that needs to be organized?
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Are two of the years 1970 and 1992 by any chance??

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Re: A little port quiz

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AHB wrote:Arising through a fortuitous combination of good weather and good growing conditions and the existence of historic precedence, this port event occurred only three times in the whole of the 20th century.

What was the event?

Ask a question, and I will (attempt) to answer.

I've tried to make my question not too easy but also not too difficult.
wines declared during great wars??
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A split declaration?
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18XX and 19XX both widely declared?

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18XX and 19XX both widely declared? (Assuming that “existence of historic precedence† meant to say “precedent†.)
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Demarcation by parishes?
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Re: 18XX and 19XX both widely declared?

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jdaw1 wrote:18XX and 19XX both widely declared? (Assuming that “existence of historic precedence† meant to say “precedent†.)
This might need a slight alteration: years the same distance into a pedant’s nineteenth and twentieth centuries both widely declared. (Thus including the 1900/2000 pair.)

My books are in boxes, but from memory I believe including ’63 and ’75. As well as the ’00, of course.
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Julian is almost spot on, but not quite. For example, I am not the pedant that he is.

I decided them on a purely arbitrary basis, but which were the three years I chose?

Alex
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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AHB wrote:Julian is almost spot on, but not quite. For example, I am not the pedant that he is.

I decided them on a purely arbitrary basis, but which were the three years I chose?

Alex
adding to julians' 63 and 75, the 47? maybe the 34?
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1847 & 1947
1863 & 1963
1870 & 1970
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g-man wrote:adding to julians' 63 and 75, the 47? maybe the 34?
Two out of three
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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If we were playing Mastermind, how many white pegs would I get?
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Derek T. wrote:1847 & 1947
1863 & 1963
1870 & 1970
Again, 2 out of 3 - but bear in mind that this is purely arbitrary and was decided solely on my whim whilst in a sozzled state.
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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AHB wrote: bear in mind that this is purely arbitrary and was decided solely on my whim whilst in a sozzled state.
Does that mean that the entire basis of the question is invalid in that you used the words "only happened 3 times"?
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As my books are in boxes, I don’t feel disgraced

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As my books are in boxes, I don’t feel disgraced by that outcome.
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jdaw1 wrote:As my books are in boxes, I don’t feel disgraced by that outcome.
Agreed. But perhaps Magnus Magnusson should feel disgraced for asking a question that doesn't have an answer :roll:
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Derek T. wrote:
AHB wrote: bear in mind that this is purely arbitrary and was decided solely on my whim whilst in a sozzled state.
Does that mean that the entire basis of the question is invalid in that you used the words "only happened 3 times"?
No. The question is valid, but you simply have to identify the criteria that seemed important to me at the time that I made the question up and from there you have to deduce the three years that would have been considered to be the ones that fit said criteria.

And Julian retains the "looking-smug" rights until such time as someone identifies the three years in my mind.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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