Monday 8th August Tasting - Port from the 90s

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Re: Monday 8th August Tasting - Port from the 90s

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jdaw1 wrote:
  • +WSâ‚„.
Cripes!

Wolfgang - I trust you don't have one of your usual early morning gym sessions planned for Tuesday then!
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jdaw1 wrote:Updated draft of the placemats.
  • +WSâ‚„.
Lists received from WS and from RAYC (and previously from AHB and DRT and PW).
RAYC wrote:Wolfgang - I trust you don't have one of your usual early morning gym sessions planned for Tuesday then!
Placemat-maker confusion also possible: earlier today, by PM, I asked for clarification.
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jdaw1 wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:Updated draft of the placemats.
  • +WSâ‚„.
Lists received from WS and from RAYC (and previously from AHB and DRT and PW).
RAYC wrote:Wolfgang - I trust you don't have one of your usual early morning gym sessions planned for Tuesday then!
Placemat-maker confusion also possible: earlier today, by PM, I asked for clarification.
Three are but half bottles. I therefore think it entirely reasonable a fourth is added, and in no way should my earlier comment be read as discouraging this!

It does place WS1 at a disadvantage if points are to be awarded for correct identification of vintage/producer (fewer chances that the usual wild guess will pay off...).

The flip side, if the guess recorder really is to be posted online, is that he will have somewhat less scope than the rest of us for embarrassment!
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Re: Monday 8th August Tasting - Port from the 90s

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DRT attendance can now be confirmed :piginpoo:

Given that everything else is blind, could we please have placemats that would allow the blinding of the Mg91? (that might also necessitate a reallocation of the responsibility to supply the Mg91)
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Updated draft of the placemats.
  • Alas, showing who brought which bottle would give a clue as to which might be the Mg91. So, tediously, reverting to α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ.
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DRT wrote:Given that everything else is blind, could we please have placemats that would allow the blinding of the Mg91? (that might also necessitate a reallocation of the responsibility to supply the Mg91)
I have wanted to try the Mg 91 for a while and this seemed a good occasion - for those familiar with it, I thought it would make a nice (low cost) benchmark by which to judge the others.

Given the extra admin that re-foiling/re-covering the bottles to conceal who brought what would involve, is it necessary to do that one blind as well?
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On second thoughts, no. Let's have the non-blind Mg91 as the benchmark.
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Updated draft of the placemats.
  • Serves me right for heeding the words of DRT.
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Re: Monday 8th August Tasting - Port from the 90s

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Perhaps someone else should also bring a blind bottle of Morgan 1991 so that we can all see whether we can identify the blind bottle against the benchmark bottle.

Or perhaps I will ignore the instructions of the Director of Tasting and bring a blind bottle of Morgan 1991 anyway.

Or perhaps I won't...
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That’s too easy. People would need to make just one comparison: ‘AHB’ versus ‘Mg91’. Easy.

But if ten bottles are labelled completely information-free (α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ) then there are ½n(n”“1) = 45 comparisons to be made, which is much more work.
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jdaw1 wrote:That’s too easy. People would need to make just one comparison: ‘AHB’ versus ‘Mg91’. Easy.
You understimate my deviousness. There are other courses of action available.
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RAYC wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:
  • +WSâ‚„.
Cripes!

Wolfgang - I trust you don't have one of your usual early morning gym sessions planned for Tuesday then!
No I have not! :D Have currently gym sessions only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays :evil:
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RAYC wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:Updated draft of the placemats.
  • +WSâ‚„.
Lists received from WS and from RAYC (and previously from AHB and DRT and PW).
RAYC wrote:Wolfgang - I trust you don't have one of your usual early morning gym sessions planned for Tuesday then!
Placemat-maker confusion also possible: earlier today, by PM, I asked for clarification.
Three are but half bottles. I therefore think it entirely reasonable a fourth is added, and in no way should my earlier comment be read as discouraging this!

It does place WS1 at a disadvantage if points are to be awarded for correct identification of vintage/producer (fewer chances that the usual wild guess will pay off...).

The flip side, if the guess recorder really is to be posted online, is that he will have somewhat less scope than the rest of us for embarrassment!
Indeed! I stumbled upon the 4th halve when locating the other three and thought this maybe a good idea especially if one of them is showing not so well. On top I remebered JDAW's comments about thirsty people and the initially slim port outline of our American friends and I thought: Let us do this differently in the old world! :wink: :lol:

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Updated draft of the placemats.
  • WSâ‚„ altered to be a half.
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My attendance confirmed - two bottles in mind..

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Who is to bring the non-blinded Mg91?
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jdaw1 wrote:Who is to bring the non-blinded Mg91?
Subject to re-confirmation, THRA is slated to bring (unless AHB has been scheming behind the scenes).
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RAYC wrote:(unless AHB has been scheming behind the scenes).
1. Please would everybody planning on bringing an extra Mg91 tell that to the Tasting Director (me), so that I can attempt to prevent an excess.

2. How many would be more than ideal?
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Please may I join you on Monday? I shall send JDAW1 an email with options, in the hope there is space for a (not so) little one at the table!
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Updated draft of the placemats.
  • +BMHR.
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I believe that everybody (WS, PW, AHB, DRT, RAYC, BMHR, THRA) now knows what to bring. THRA is also bringing an unblinded Mg91.

If anybody who needs to know, doesn’t, please say so soon.

Have a good evening: enjoy the tasting. Text me when all unblinded, with a list of any extras that appeared, and I will make TN threads.
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benread wrote:Please may I join you on Monday? I shall send JDAW1 an email with options, in the hope there is space for a (not so) little one at the table!
Good stuff - confirmed with Steak Exchange.
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Who is to print the placemats? Ideally it will be somebody with access to some of Ryman’s 2×8 A4 sheets of labels.
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Unfortunately, I won't be able to do the printing.
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