As some of you might have noticed, we have been unable to hold our Annual Leap Year Tasting for the past three years due to the inexplicable absence of a suitable date in the calendar.
Happily, the people who make diaries have remembered to include Leap Day in this years' calendar so it would be a shame to miss the opportunity.
Date: Leap Day, 2012 Venue: The Bung Hole Theme: Bring a bottle of Port to share (blind) Time: 18:30 Attendees:
AHB;
RLC;
DRT;
JDAW;
RAYC.
Any more?
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
DRT wrote:As some of you might have noticed, we have been unable to hold our Annual Leap Year Tasting for the past three years due to the inexplicable absence of a suitable date in the calendar.
Happily, the people who make diaries have remembered to include Leap Day in this years' calendar so it would be a shame to miss the opportunity.
Date: Leap Day, 2012 Venue: The Bung Hole Theme: Bring a bottle of Port to share (blind) Time: 18:30 Attendees:
AHB;
DRT;
JDAW.
Any more?
How about bring a bottle of port that was declared on a leap year.
Disclosure: Distributor of Quevedo wines and Quinta do Gomariz
In case anyone does want to follow g-man's suggestion, here is a list of the years in which the Annual Leap Year Tasting has been possible, with generally declared vintages highlighted appropriately.
It appears that Leap Year Declarations were far more common in the distant past. Perhaps a Leap Year Vertical (1868 to 1924) would be quite good fun? (but not next week as my last Pipe of each are in need of a little more cellar time)
Edited by DRT to avoid criminal charges being brought.
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
DRT wrote:In case anyone does want to follow g-man's suggestion, here is a list of the years in which the Annual Leap Year Tasting has been possible, with generally declared vintages highlighted appropriately.
Next on my drinking list is a bottle of Croft 2004 LBV. Since DRT will never have tasted this port, I shall bring it with me as my contribution to the annual 29th Feb tasting.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
DRT wrote:Edited by DRT to avoid criminal charges being brought.
... but has it been edited enough...?
In the spirit of precision occaisonally noted on this board, I should point out that all those planning to bring a bottle of Warre 1900 along to this tasting would in fact be in breach of the theme, as 1900 was of course not a leap year; any such invalid bottles should of course be impounded and delivered to the leap year police, in this case me. Thank you.
DRT wrote:It appears that Leap Year Declarations were far more common in the distant past. Perhaps a Leap Year Vertical (1868 to 1924) would be quite good fun?
Don't forget (I'm sure you hadn't) that we already have a more recent Leap Year Vertical (1948-2012) planned for July; a second flight for the earlier Leap Years on the following day, perhaps?
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DRT wrote:Edited by DRT to avoid criminal charges being brought.
... but has it been edited enough...?
In the spirit of precision occaisonally noted on this board, I should point out that all those planning to bring a bottle of Warre 1900 along to this tasting would in fact be in breach of the theme, as 1900 was of course not a leap year; any such invalid bottles should of course be impounded and delivered to the leap year police, in this case me. Thank you.
Yes - given that the correection was issued promptly, I don't think Derek can be penalised for a quote of his original post!
RAYC wrote:
Yes - given that the correection was issued promptly, I don't think Derek can be penalised for a quote of his original post!
Your spelling is as bad as mine
Agreed, I scored a bit of an own goal there since I noticed the error in what must have been the quote rather than the original, thinking it had already been corrected for some other error. Ho hum, no 1900 bottles for me then
AHB wrote:Next on my drinking list is a bottle of Croft 2004 LBV. Since DRT will never have tasted this port, I shall bring it with me as my contribution to the annual 29th Feb tasting.
DRT need not worry as I have tried this wine and it definitely does taste of melons
I am in possession of a Leap Year VP that was given to Team by someone we know. It was gifted with no conditions regarding when it should be tasted but I promised that it would turn up at a suitable event.
Would there be any serious objection to this being a bonus bottle?
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
DRT wrote:I am in possession of a Leap Year VP that was given to Team by someone we know. It was gifted with no conditions regarding when it should be tasted but I promised that it would turn up at a suitable event.
Would there be any serious objection to this being a bonus bottle?
I will be leaving home early tomorrow and will be taking what I need with me. This bottle is therefore "in".
JDAW, could you please do what needs to be done on the placemat front, including a bonus bottle which should be credited to ‟RMW”.
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn