Warre 1963 Question

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I've just acquired a small parcel of Warre 1963 which has a quite distinctive four-leaf clover (?) design embossed in the foil (photo below).

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Does anybody know if this indicates a particular bottler?
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It almost certainly does. But I don’t know who. I’ve checked my bottles and don’t have the same stamp.
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No matching image in the VPID I'm afraid - I don't know.
Does the bottle have any other marks or embossing on the bottle?
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Maybe it is a secret lucky sign and if you contact Warre they will send you the rest of the pipe!
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PhilW - probably won't help, but I'll upload a photo of the whole cap. Nothing else on bottles as they're unlabelled.
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Doggett wrote: 09:02 Wed 14 Nov 2018 Maybe it is a secret lucky sign and if you contact Warre they will send you the rest of the pipe!
That would make it a very lucky four leaf clover :D
nac wrote: 09:19 Wed 14 Nov 2018 PhilW - probably won't help, but I'll upload a photo of the whole cap. Nothing else on bottles as they're unlabelled.
Thanks; you can probably guess the next question - may I also add the image to the VPID please?
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PhilW - yes, of course.

The image quality is pretty poor, but I can't upload a better image due to the graphics size limit. Could email you the full image if you want?
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Mystery solved.

Just opened a bottle to start the Christmas festivities and the cork is clearly branded "Sworder London EC4".

Will post a tasting note eventually...
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