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WS1
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by WS1 » 13:08 Thu 21 Aug 2014
uncle tom wrote:Would you mind bringing a bottle with you?
Not at all, although a magnum comes to mind..
What a coincidence! I thought the same .......
But please consider some may wash their hair.......
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jdaw1
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by jdaw1 » 17:03 Thu 21 Aug 2014
My hair is very very short, so even if it did need cleaning, that would take only a moment.
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by AHB » 22:58 Thu 21 Aug 2014
I will ensure I have a hair cut before next Tuesday so that my hair dries instantly when washed.
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by WS1 » 12:42 Fri 22 Aug 2014
Just caught up with RAYC last night!
Sadly he cannot make Tuesday since off again cycling to the Douro.
His hair was unchanged!

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by AHB » 15:29 Sat 23 Aug 2014
I'm bringing a couple of bottles of Noval's 2013 harvest olive oil (for WS1) with me on Tuesday. Would anyone else like a bottle or two (at £6.50 a bottle)?
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by jdaw1 » 22:32 Sat 23 Aug 2014
Yes please. Some — what you can carry with ease.
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by CPR 1 » 18:07 Sun 24 Aug 2014
Yes please if you can carry 2 would be great. Thanks
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by jdaw1 » 18:29 Sun 24 Aug 2014
I won’t be able to change the
placemats on the day of the tasting. Changes to be submitted by close of play on Monday.
Alex: we have requested 120 glasses. Do you still believe that to be sufficient? If not, please call
The Bung Hole on
+44 20 7831 8365, or post here requesting that I do so.
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by AHB » 10:00 Mon 25 Aug 2014
jdaw1 wrote:I won’t be able to change the
placemats on the day of the tasting. Changes to be submitted by close of play on Monday.
The wines will be served double blind to most, but single blind to those who know what they are bringing. I'll handicap people with the advantage of tasting single blind appropriately, but please remove the crosses from the "What is it?" sheet. What this does mean, however, is that people will need to make a note of what they think each bottle is because I'm not going to let any clues go out before we've tasted everything!
jdaw1 wrote:Alex: we have requested 120 glasses. Do you still believe that to be sufficient? If not, please call
The Bung Hole on
+44 20 7831 8365, or post here requesting that I do so.
I estimate that we will need 90 glasses for Port and 20 glasses for wine so the current order for 120 glasses should give us a handful of spares.
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by AHB » 10:03 Mon 25 Aug 2014
CPR 1 wrote:Yes please if you can carry 2 would be great. Thanks
jdaw1 wrote:Yes please. Some — what you can carry with ease.
I'll bring a six pack so that the three of you can have two bottles each. That still leaves me with about 6 bottles more than I need if anyone else wants any.
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by jdaw1 » 10:45 Mon 25 Aug 2014
AHB wrote:please remove the crosses from the "What is it?" sheet.
Done:
placemats updated. Reload images with ⌘R or Control-R.
Do you want the decanter labels option to be on, and me to pre-make decanter labels?
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by AHB » 11:50 Mon 25 Aug 2014
jdaw1 wrote:AHB wrote:please remove the crosses from the "What is it?" sheet.
Done:
placemats updated. Reload images with ⌘R or Control-R.
Thank you.
jdaw1 wrote:Do you want the decanter labels option to be on, and me to pre-make decanter labels?
No need. I have already made blinded decanter labels and will use a willing volunteer from TBH to complete the final step.
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by PhilW » 20:02 Mon 25 Aug 2014
Really wishing I could join you tomorrow night - feels like far too long since my last tasting. However, on this occasion the instructions "nil by mouth from 8pm"
probably doesn't mean "go to London and drink a bottle's worth of port between 6 and 8pm", but hopefully will be back tasting very soon. Will be interested to hear the results of the black-glass tasting, intriguing

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by DRT » 20:09 Mon 25 Aug 2014
PhilW wrote:Really wishing I could join you tomorrow night - feels like far too long since my last tasting. However, on this occasion the instructions "nil by mouth from 8pm"
probably doesn't mean "go to London and drink a bottle's worth of port between 6 and 8pm", but hopefully will be back tasting very soon. Will be interested to hear the results of the black-glass tasting, intriguing

Best of luck, Phil, I hope it goes well.
I am in a similarly traumatic predicament. Tomorrow I shall be eating salad. Again.
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by jdaw1 » 20:39 Mon 25 Aug 2014
PhilW wrote:on this occasion the instructions "nil by mouth from 8pm" probably doesn't mean "go to London and drink a bottle's worth of port between 6 and 8pm"
This is one of those moments when common sense might have to trump pedantry. Alas.
Good luck.