Equipment for Blind Tastings
The bottle covers look great. Please post a link.
The bottle covers look great. Please post a link.
Here is the link for the Blind Tasting Bottle Covers
Let me know if you want some and I will try to have them added to my order as it won't be despatched until Tuesday.
Derek
Let me know if you want some and I will try to have them added to my order as it won't be despatched until Tuesday.
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Must have! But cheaper at DrinksDirect.co.uk.
Must have! But cheaper at DrinksDirect.co.uk.
Re: Must have! But cheaper at DrinksDirect.co.uk.
True, but DrinksDirect.co.uk will add £5.10 delivery charge making them more expensive as mine are part of a larger order for which delivery is already paid. I have taken the liberty of emailing Wineware asking them to add a set to my order. You will have!jdaw1 wrote:Must have! But cheaper at DrinksDirect.co.uk.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: Must have! But cheaper at DrinksDirect.co.uk.
Thank you.Derek T. wrote:True, but DrinksDirect.co.uk will add £5.10 delivery charge making them more expensive as mine are part of a larger order for which delivery is already paid. I have taken the liberty of emailing Wineware asking them to add a set to my order. You will have!jdaw1 wrote:Must have! But cheaper at DrinksDirect.co.uk.
Is it worth separating into a new thread — perhaps entitled “Equipment for blind tastings† — the posts about the jackets?
Re: Must have! But cheaper at DrinksDirect.co.uk.
No problem. Have split the thread as suggested.jdaw1 wrote:Thank you.
Is it worth separating into a new thread — perhaps entitled “Equipment for blind tastings† — the posts about the jackets?
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
An extra £3 on each of two sets; or an extra £5.10 delivery?
An extra £2.96 on each of two sets; or an extra £5.10 delivery? OK, I don’t care about 82p.
Re: An extra £3 on each of two sets; or an extra £5.10 deliv
You don't have to. They are my donation to future New York-based Blind Tastings. We now have a set on each side of the pond.jdaw1 wrote:An extra £2.96 on each of two sets; or an extra £5.10 delivery? OK, I don’t care about 82p.
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: An extra £3 on each of two sets; or an extra £5.10 deliv
Very kind. I shall hold them in trust for the port drinkers of New York.Derek T. wrote:They are my donation to future New York-based Blind Tastings. We now have a set on each side of the pond.
Derek
Re: An extra £3 on each of two sets; or an extra £5.10 deliv
Excellent. Note space-saving measures taken here to display my pleasure with this arrangement.jdaw1 wrote:Very kind. I shall hold them in trust for the port drinkers of New York.Derek T. wrote:They are my donation to future New York-based Blind Tastings. We now have a set on each side of the pond.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Resultant drivel moved to here
It is believed that this is the first thread that was an off-topic split from a previous thread to be split itself for going off-topic. We are obviously getting better at being a BB.
Derek
It is believed that this is the first thread that was an off-topic split from a previous thread to be split itself for going off-topic. We are obviously getting better at being a BB.
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: An extra £3 on each of two sets; or an extra £5.10 deliv
Actually, if, in the dim and distant future, I move away from New York, then I shall hold in trust for the port drinkers of my new location.jdaw1 wrote:Very kind. I shall hold them in trust for the port drinkers of New York.Derek T. wrote:They are my donation to future New York-based Blind Tastings. We now have a set on each side of the pond.
Derek
Re: An extra £3 on each of two sets; or an extra £5.10 deliv
That works too.jdaw1 wrote:Actually, if, in the dim and distant future, I move away from New York, then I shall hold in trust for the port drinkers of my new location.jdaw1 wrote:Very kind. I shall hold them in trust for the port drinkers of New York.Derek T. wrote:They are my donation to future New York-based Blind Tastings. We now have a set on each side of the pond.
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
This is always a problem when you have a line-up that has an unusually shaped bottle. Our normal approach at blind tastings is to wrap the bottles in foil to conceal the label. This works for most but not for shippers such as Niepoort. A solution is to decant into a different bottle that is a more standard shape and size.
Black decanters would be good, but you would have to turn the lights out when pouring the wines into the balck glasses to ensure nobody could see the colour of the wine
Derek
Black decanters would be good, but you would have to turn the lights out when pouring the wines into the balck glasses to ensure nobody could see the colour of the wine
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Bottle covers
1. A little disappointingly, but not surprisingly, I have been unable to find these covers in magnum size. Haven’t even looked for Imperial sizes.
2. Derek: when they come, please spend a moment endeavouring to identify the typeface — so that the placemats can match.
2. Derek: when they come, please spend a moment endeavouring to identify the typeface — so that the placemats can match.
Re: Bottle covers
Will do.jdaw1 wrote:Derek: when they come, please spend a moment endeavouring to identify the typeface — so that the placemats can match.
...and I think if we had 9 of these plus one Magnum it might be possible to identify the odd one out even with the lights on
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: Bottle covers
I was thinking of ten magnum bottle covers, for a serious blind (and blinding) tasting.Derek T. wrote:Will do.jdaw1 wrote:Derek: when they come, please spend a moment endeavouring to identify the typeface — so that the placemats can match.
...and I think if we had 9 of these plus one Magnum it might be possible to identify the odd one out even with the lights on
Re: Must have! But cheaper at DrinksDirect.co.uk.
I have received confirmation that the additional set have been added and will be despatched today.Derek T. wrote:I have taken the liberty of emailing Wineware asking them to add a set to my order.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Why would you have black glasses in a blind port tasting? I can just imagine a few of the problems one might have picking out the age of the port depending on decant times.Derek T. wrote:
Black decanters would be good, but you would have to turn the lights out when pouring the wines into the balck glasses to ensure nobody could see the colour of the wine
Derek
I think the theory is that you limit the the available senses to smell and taste so that the taster can't make a stab based on colour. I'm not sure what the actual point is but I think they just look like good fun to try.g-man wrote:Why would you have black glasses in a blind port tasting? I can just imagine a few of the problems one might have picking out the age of the port depending on decant times.Derek T. wrote:
Black decanters would be good, but you would have to turn the lights out when pouring the wines into the balck glasses to ensure nobody could see the colour of the wine
Derek
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn