Port, ≤1972, from THRA’s cellar

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Port, ≤1972, from THRA’s cellar

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This post to hold arrangements as and when agreed.

People (subject to date etc):
  1. THRA;
  2. JDAW;
  3. RK;
  4. PW;
  5. DRL;
  6. SCD;
  7. MPM;
  8. ZDR;
  9. IDJ;
  10. AHB;
  11. CPR;
  12. MC;
  13. AP;
  14. TC.
Reserves:
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At the tasting for Victoria’s 200th, THRA told me that he would like to arrange a tasting. He envisages that he will pick from his cellars a selection of Ports, none from after 1972 and some from materially earlier, to be sold to the team at £100 a bottle (hence £100 a head).

Help was needed with the arranging, for which I volunteered.

Tom: when?
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Yes, please. Will attand if possible.
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Sounds interesting; in addition to "when?", also where? (London or Saffron Walden-ish?)
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Yes please, an interesting idea. I'm sure Tom has some interesting bottles in his stash! Thanks.
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Depending on the date and location, yes please.
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Up for it also, date permitting.
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Similar to everyone else, I'm keen - date and location providing.
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Always happy to make a scratch on Tom's cellars-count me in !
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Me too, please (subject to yada, yada, yada)
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Sounds fun 😀 yes please
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Sounds great - looking forward to finding out more.
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Yes, please
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Yes please date permitting


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@metoo
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Aehm Yes please....

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I’ve added people in order of acceptance, and that’s fifteen. so WPS is on the reserve list — but whatever the date, somebody won’t be able to come, so first reserve is almost a sure thing.
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Anyone care to volunteer a date?
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Tuesday 17th December? A special tasting to welcome in Christmas.
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We allready have 2 tastings in June.

July / Aug empty currently empty thus possible but hot / holidays.

Sep - We have the 66 tasting

Thus how about early October?
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Have just drafted a provisional list - I'm assuming people would like this to be blind.

To make it a little more fun, I've got 14 different vintages and 14 different producers..
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How about semi blind and know the vintages 😀
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CPR 1 wrote: 08:42 Thu 30 May 2019 We allready have 2 tastings in June.

July / Aug empty currently empty thus possible but hot / holidays.

Sep - We have the 66 tasting

Thus how about early October?
I'd be ok with July, or Somewhere in Oct 1-10 would be good, well away from other tastings (Sep10 66s, Oct29 "69")
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How about semi blind and know the vintages
Alternatively..

Suppose I simply present the bottles in alphabetical order of the shipper. Then, come the end of of the evening, we guess and reveal each bottle in turn.

This would greatly narrow the possible shippers to guess from for each bottle. As we got further down the flight, the number of possible vintages would narrow also, so there would be a good chance of some fully correct guesses..
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uncle tom wrote:Alternatively..

Suppose I simply present the bottles in alphabetical order of the shipper. Then, come the end of of the evening, we guess and reveal each bottle in turn.

This would greatly narrow the possible shippers to guess from for each bottle. As we got further down the flight, the number of possible vintages would narrow also, so there would be a good chance of some fully correct guesses..
I like this idea.

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