jdaw1 wrote:Plans, questions and a forewarning of call for money.
People: we are N.D. (middle initial?); JDAW; THRA; RAYC; AP; DRT; AHB; JGH; BMHR; and WS.
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Food. Non-vegetarians must choose between two steaks. For £50 an 800g ‘Club Steak’, a ‘Double-Sirloin’; or for £25 a 350g bone-in-rib. Add £5 for a starter; add £5 for pudding. This choice must be made by Thursday 12th April.
I will be writing to you individually asking that you, no later than Friday 6th April, confirm your presence, so that people can be billed based on these numbers.
I know i'm a day late, so i'll get what i'm given (if anything)...
but in case there's still time i'll have the 350g bone-in rib, unless someone else wants to share a rare or medium-rare club steak or double sirloin (in which case i'd be in for that)
1975 removed from glasses sheets; at top of first TN sheet (which AHB will therefore think borderline crowded); and retained for pre-pour and voting purposes.
RAYC wrote:I know i'm a day late, so i'll get what i'm given (if anything)...
but in case there's still time i'll have the 350g bone-in rib, unless someone else wants to share a rare or medium-rare club steak or double sirloin (in which case i'd be in for that)
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
RAYC wrote:unless someone else wants to share a rare or medium-rare club steak or double sirloin (in which case i'd be in for that)
Did I forget to mark that DRT was sharing his Club Steak with RAYC? Silly me.
Provided RAYC's meaning of sharing is that he gets to chew on the bones once I've eaten all the steak then that would work. But I suspect not, so best to order him a 350g Ribeye.
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
jdaw1 wrote:Please could somebody look at the placemats and check that all is well.
I don't know how accurate/pedantic you want to be with the names, but the 80, 91 and 97 are "Delaforce Corte" whereas the 74, 84 and 87 are very clearly labelled "Delaforce Quinta Da Corte". I do also know that Axel was told by someone that certain vintages of "Corte" were not exclusively single quinta, so there may be some significance to this (but no doubt Nick will be able to enlighten).
Couldn't see whether already included from viewer on my ipod but sticky labels would be useful for decanting.
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I have in my possession the ports being contributed by WS1, AHB and AP as well as the bottle very kindly donated by g-man. comments on ideal decanting regime would be welcomed. As my flat is a 3 minute walk from work, I can (within reason) accommodate a regime that involves decanting different bottles at different times if instructed.
RAYC wrote:I don't know how accurate/pedantic you want to be with the names, but the 80, 91 and 97 are "Delaforce Corte" whereas the 74, 84 and 87 are very clearly labelled "Delaforce Quinta Da Corte".
Wilco.
RAYC wrote:sticky labels would be useful for decanting.
RAYC wrote:I have in my possession the ports being contributed by WS1, AHB and AP as well as the bottle very kindly donated by g-man. comments on ideal decanting regime would be welcomed. As my flat is a 3 minute walk from work, I can (within reason) accommodate a regime that involves decanting different bottles at different times if instructed.
18 bottles decanted one after the other will take around 2 hours to decant.
My suggestion would be to decant the recent vintages ('07, '03. 00, 97) 24-48 hours in advance in the hope that they might open up. The others around lunchtime.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
