9th March 2010 - Crusting Pipe - Bring a bottle of Port

[Christopher]

Wolfgang

With apologies, due to a communication error with the boss I am going to have to drop out.

Have a great evening!

[WS1]

Christopher,

not a problem, but still very sad. In case it would help I can talk to the boss to reiterate the importance of our offline.

Otherwise hoping for a change in your schedule.

regards

WS1

[Chris Doty]

Boss is in the dark.....port is decanting in a cupboard....currently scheduled for an on-time departure (::fingers crossed::)

[angeleyes]

Likewise. Under my desk in a brown paper bag

Think I'll be a touch early (6.15ish). I'll be the lost one in the red and white chequered shirt.

[DRT]

It might be too late to do this, but, can I please warn all attendees that it would be unadvisable to pour your bottle of VP all over your right leg before attending this tasting.

[Chris Doty]

Yeah -- a bit too late for that tip, but thanks anyway, jack@$$.

My drycleaning bill aside -- a lovely and casual night of port consumption. Thank you Wolfgang for the leadership here.

My wines of the night were the 1983 Warre and the 1986 Taylor, with the 1980 Taylor also putting in a good show. The 2003 Niepoort (or what was left of it), showed very strong potential, but is still quite tannic and a bit closed up. Not a duffer in the bunch (pardoning the two 1985 Crofts we ordered from TCP), and nice to meet Mark.

[angeleyes]

Ouch. Forgotten what a port hangover feels like

Excellent ports, great and informative company, and the food was very good as well. I left all my notes behind, but I believe the wines were

Warre 70, Warre 77, Croft 82, Warre 83, Taylor TF 86, Croft 00 and Niepoort 03. Preferred the 80s (with a preference for the Croft 82), followed by the 70s. The 00s were lovely big youngsters if too young for my liking, but ought to be excellent in years to come.

Thank you.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Ouch. Forgotten what a port hangover feels like

Mark,

You were a very welcome addition to the group and I hope you'll join us again in the future.

I must apologise as we all forgot to tell you about the most vital component of the port tasting mats - the check boxes on the bottom right hand corner of the tasting mat with the glass circles on it. You are meant to tick one of these for every glass of water that you drink. Drink 1 full 33cl glass of water for every 5cl glass of port you consume and you will wake up the next morning bright and breezy - you effectively drink alcohol at around 2.5% concentration and can probably cope fairly easily with that.

My guess is that most of the rest of us woke up the next morning with not too much by way of hangovers.

Now you know for next time.

[jdaw1]

I use the rule of 4%: don’t drink stronger than 4%. So each bottle of port requires four bottles of water. Use the check-boxes to keep track of water consumption.