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My strong preference is very informal, with a G70 to compare to the G80.

Yes, yes -- my strong preference is very informal, with a G70 to compare to the G80....plus CSD to bring a G? wrapped in foil...

OK - here is a suggestion: bring a Graham's VP and DRT will bring the team bottle bags so that we taste them all blind?

done & done

Let’s be more informal. Bring a vintage port, Graham or something else. Bring it blind, or bring it sighted. But definitely bring a vintage port.

Updated draft of the placemats.

• +CSD;
• +CSD’s ‟G???”.

Any other revelations, whether whole or partial?

jdaw1 wrote:Let’s be more informal. Bring a vintage port, Graham or something else.

Please clarify "a"? Is that singular or plural?

DRT wrote:Please clarify "a"? Is that singular or plural?

It is singular, as in:

• a bottle;
• a double magnum;
• a set of bottles;
• a dozen bottles;
• a pipe;
• a quinta’s production over the last two centuries.

Is there anything wrong with that singular?

jdaw1 wrote:Is there anything wrong with that singular?

That is a perfect clarification. Thank you.

Chris - as mentioned somewhere up-thread, let me know if you would like to put a pre-order in for the rib-eye on the bone. Deadline for confirmation with TCP is tomorrow morning.

All - assuming we stay at 6, I think that means we can squeeze into the board room.

Updated draft of the placemats.

• No G70.
• Restyled.

Last page to be printed on to labels.

Who is to print?

jdaw1 wrote:Who is to print?

Can do, but internet cache problems mean i require .pdf version by email.

RAYC wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:Who is to print?

Can do, but internet cache problems mean i require .pdf version by email.

Consider it done. When do you need the email by?

RAYC wrote:Can do, but internet cache problems mean i require .pdf version by email.

It might be that items in your corporate cache expire after a day. So if the file has not been updated that recently before printing, you might be OK. Might.

DRT wrote:Consider it done. When do you need the email by?

I think it would be tempting fate to print before Sunday afternoon! Therefore, any time before 4.30/5.00 p.m. on Sunday (both for this tasting and the FG/F tasting).

+THRA
+RLC

Booking moved to tunnel.

Updated draft of the placemats.

• +THRA;
• +RLC.

Last page to be printed on to labels.

I note that the Crusting Pipe closes at 10pm on a Sunday. This may be a Good Thing, considering what we have planed for Monday, but it might be worth bearing in mind.

JacobH wrote:I note that the Crusting Pipe closes at 10pm on a Sunday. This may be a Good Thing, considering what we have planed for Monday, but it might be worth bearing in mind.

But there are other places open late on a Sunday.

DRT wrote:

JacobH wrote:I note that the Crusting Pipe closes at 10pm on a Sunday. This may be a Good Thing, considering what we have planed for Monday, but it might be worth bearing in mind.

But there are other places open late on a Sunday.

Hmm...I think you mean the other one... His fondness for Vintage Port is, as yet, undetermined...

Additional troops noted, as such I will try and add a second bottle of Claret in my luggage for us to enjoy with our charred flesh.

Did we set a kickoff time for tonight?

6? 6:30? 7?

I aim to arrive between 6.00 and 6.30

Oy -- what the deuce did we drink on Sunday?

Answers on a postcard

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review thread here

Links in due course

Links:

Review of the evening as a whole

2009 cask sample [RLC to confirm naming permitted]
1995 Vesuvio
1991 Quinta de la Rosa
1988 Dow Quinta do Bomfim
1985 Martinez
1985 Taylor
1978 Taylor Vargellas
1970 Ramos Pinto
1970 Royal Oporto quinta [Das Carvalhas] - t.b.c.
1963 Graham

2006 Niepoort Charme
2004 Crasto Vinha da Ponte

NV Tactical Nuclear Penguin

Planning and arrangements
Paperwork (tasting mats, note sheets and bottle labels)