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jdaw1 wrote:

By PM a complainant — who might wish to remain anonymous — wrote:May I point out that the kerning between the H and the B of 'AHB' is a little wide in your placemat for next Monday?
Also, my personal taste is to make the overtitle (Imperial, Magnum, Single) a little darker - I find that mid-grey hard to see.

Fixed: updated draft of the placemats.

Far clearer.

Updated draft of the placemats.

• +Anthony W. G. Habert.

jdaw1 wrote:Updated draft of the placemats.

• +Anthony W. G. Habert.

Splendid.

I was pondering if it made any sense to have a blind vertical tasting, where we know roughly many of the vintages. I think it is probably OK if the bottles are blinded to everyone. This would mean that on the evening we would need to wait for all bottles to be assembled, and the placemats would need to be adjusted to remove the alignment of bottles to initials, and some admin would be required on the evening to effect the blinding.

Is this what we want?

flash_uk wrote:I was pondering if it made any sense to have a blind vertical tasting, where we know roughly many of the vintages. I think it is probably OK if the bottles are blinded to everyone. This would mean that on the evening we would need to wait for all bottles to be assembled, and the placemats would need to be adjusted to remove the alignment of bottles to initials, and some admin would be required on the evening to effect the blinding.

The whole thing should have been sighted — democracy, eh? Instead it is as it is, with partial knowledge.

And being a school night tasting some people and bottles will doubtless arrive late. It is as it is.

jdaw1 wrote:Updated draft of the placemats.

• +Anthony W. G. Habert.

Sorry to miss him.

Food order submitted.

jdaw1 wrote:

flash_uk wrote:I was pondering if it made any sense to have a blind vertical tasting, where we know roughly many of the vintages. I think it is probably OK if the bottles are blinded to everyone. This would mean that on the evening we would need to wait for all bottles to be assembled, and the placemats would need to be adjusted to remove the alignment of bottles to initials, and some admin would be required on the evening to effect the blinding.

The whole thing should have been sighted — democracy, eh? Instead it is as it is, with partial knowledge.

And being a school night tasting some people and bottles will doubtless arrive late. It is as it is.

There are occasions when democracy can be rightly put to one side. Declaration of war, reaction to a national emergency, "act of God", and when a ridiculous result is arrived at in a Poll about a Port tasting.

JDAW is hereby encouraged to implement the Mugabe solution.

DRT wrote:There are occasions when democracy can be rightly put to one side. Declaration of war, reaction to a national emergency, "act of God", and when a ridiculous result is arrived at in a Poll about a Port tasting.

So you are the other person who voted correctly. ‘Sovereign Democracy’, eh?

Those who reveal can be revealed.

Any extra revelations?

I’ll make the decanter labels. Could somebody else print the bulk of the placemats?

I have decanted both of mine. One has been revealed, the other hasn't.

Do those who cast the wrong vote want it to be blinded?

jdaw1 wrote:Any extra revelations?

I’ll make the decanter labels. Could somebody else print the bulk of the placemats?

I can print them.

I have suddenly felt rather ill! I have just noticed when checking the location that
It is South of the River! Is that a typo!
Are we sure this is wise?

Aparently some taxi drivers are willing to cross London Bridge - even after sunset!

Is it another no-go area? you should tell Fox news...

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1985 Fonseca (imperial);
• 1985 Fonseca (magnum ‘#1’);
• 1985 Fonseca (single);
• 1992 Fonseca (‘†’);
• 1999 Ferreira Quinta da Leda (‘‡’);
• 2000 Sandeman;
• 1992 Fonseca (AHB);
• 1970 Fonseca (MPM);
• 1955 Fonseca (IDJ);
• Unknown Fonseca (CMAG);
• 1977 Fonseca (CPR);
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.