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Re: Quinta do Noval Tasting 1 September 2026 I’m a happy tri-national bunny.

I’m a happy tri-national bunny.

cem wrote: ↑09:20 Sat 15 Aug 2026I am now in Canada for Christmas/NY, so sadly I won't be able to attend this event, which was so much fun last year. Grrr. I'll be back in the UK in early January.

Does this also apply to your purported guests?

Edit: assuming that it does. If wrong, correct me soon.

Bertie3000 wrote: ↑16:27 Fri 14 Aug 2026so why not add it as ‘guest’ bottle.

@EverybodyElse: please, say nothing, just embrace the innocence.

The draft of the placemats have been updated. @Organiser: please check.

Please can jdaw1 … disclose bottles. I have: • N70, one bottle, and this would be an excellent use for it. • N75, given to me for a purpose not yet come to pass. If it were important, then of course this purpose would be more important, but I prefer not. • N03, in unopened OWC, and this would be an...

mr.portwine wrote: ↑13:01 Sun 12 Jul 2026Triumph Spitfire.

Which model?

At the risk of some shame, perhaps total disgrace, maybe even — and at least somewhat justified — permanent exile from this place and your fine company, I could offer a Nacional 1980.

The PostScript making the current draft of the placemats includes the following code, with whch some might have squabbles. Please squabble. /GeneralDeclarations [ 2024 2017 2016 2011 2007 2003 2000 1997 1994 1992 1985 1983 1980 1977 1975 1970 1966 1963 1960 1955 1948 1947 1945 1935 1934 1927 1924 19...

There is a draft of the placemats, images having been added to the first post. @Organiser: please check carefully.

No soup: outrage!

Pls:
• Scotch egg;
• English lamb;
• Welsh rarebit.

flash_uk wrote: ↑18:50 Mon 03 Aug 2026Julian - fun theme...how about second half of Feb 2027?

Sure.

Excellent news, but they didn’t tell me!

I am waiting for Zoom to update: 7.1.5, here I come.

Hello newcomer, and welcome.

Pls allow a suggestion: a handle=name that is an email address will attract even more spam. I suggest changing it.

Slight updates to the first post and to the draft of the placemats.

Maybe: pls file me in reserves, so as not to block a definite.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑06:57 Wed 17 Jun 2026I'm not doing well with dates.

CEM: when works?

Dates: Re: Tue 20 Oct 2026 was an error, and then Tue 10 Nov 2026 was another error. CEM: when works?

Likely yes.

And I’ll edit the first post to update.

Christopher wrote: ↑21:28 Wed 15 Jul 2026My son has just turned 20 , at that age it would be equivalent to my father buying 1950 for me. I think that’s ok!

OK, but wrong. You have bought him Port that is 18 years younger (not older) than himself, roughly equivalent to you having been bought 1992s. That is still OK, but different OK.

flash_uk wrote: ↑20:24 Mon 13 Jul 2026I just don’t share your concern.

Is this consensus? Is my cowardice misplaced?

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑19:41 Mon 13 Jul 2026If the cork is that bad, it’s time to open and drink. Otherwise, the cork will be just fine while Dipping upside down.

Maybe. But I don’t know how bad the cork is, so should hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

I do have to ask though - is this because you don't want to turn the bottle upside-down and dip it in the molten wax? Not convinced this is a more desirable approach versus dipping the bottle and turning it for 20 seconds while the wax sets a little. You two are braver than me. In my mind I see an ...

Glenn E. wrote: ↑23:17 Thu 09 Jul 2026Very nice!

mcoulson wrote: ↑05:45 Fri 10 Jul 2026That's a roaring success !!!

Agreed. But it would be ever better with a hinged box, facilitating grease-proof paper. Please, are any of our carpentry-capable people willing to make?

Well, 73cl was an early 1970s bottling, and I have a use for many full bottles of that era. Yes please.

Could we please see a picture of how a re-waxed bottle turns out using this method? This was using the cardboard chocolate box, not the not-yet-made reusable hinged wooden box. https://www.jdawiseman.com/2026/20260709_chocolate_box_waxing_2.png https://www.jdawiseman.com/2026/20260709_chocolate_box...

Outline image of desired wooden box, hinged, open 30°. Grease-proof paper in each half, close, latch, pour wax, etc.

Drawn as if box 60mm × 60mm, hole 20mm diameter. YMMV.

Could you please post some pictures so I can visualise the instructions This is the used, single-use-only, non-wooden chocolate box, after use with dark green wax. The cut on the left was to remove the box; in the wooden hoped-for version this would be achieved by hinge on opposite side, and clasp ...

PhilW wrote: ↑08:56 Tue 07 Jul 2026Different bottles will have slightly different size necks.

This is not a problem for the wooden hinged version, because each half is to be lined with grease-proof paper, make the hole in the box a mite too big. And then, if too big, double or triple or fold the paper.

I recently devised and successfully a variant waxing technique for bottles, the Chocolate Box. It worked as follows. Find a chocolate box. With matrimonial assistance, eat all the chocolates. Yes, this really is that genius: “Darling, I have some bottles to wax, please would you help eat these fabul...

I have an NN80 that I’m willing to donate. (And yes, I know what happened last time.)

Please can jdaw1 … disclose bottles. I have: • N70, one bottle, and this would be an excellent use for it. • N75, given to me for a purpose not yet come to pass. If it were important, then of course this purpose would be more important, but I prefer not. • N03, in unopened OWC, and this would be an...

There is a draft of the placemats, with pictures in the first post.

The style was inspired by the placemats of the Sandeman vertical in May 2011.

uncle tom wrote: ↑21:22 Tue 23 Jun 2026will check..

And?

Christopher & Co. of Ormond Yard SW17 (Tooting) - neither company nor address appears to still exist and the last registered office was in Covent Garden. Christopher & Co had offices at 94 Jermyn Street, which backed on to Ormond Yard SW1Y , into which there is an entrance from my former of...

Now that Blackett have produced more than one vintage Port, we should have an abbreviation for them. … should we use Bk I support Bk. Eyesight will not support Bl. Bk has been proposed, ergo is supported. Bk slightly preferred for me There is agreement, and “ Bk = Blackett” has been added to the of...

Is there a price for these 56 bottles?

uncle tom wrote: ↑16:00 Thu 18 Jun 2026a Dow 1896 with excellent provenance.

Please share that with others.

I'm not doing well with dates.

CEM: when works?

Or you may end up with someone being 'offed' the week or even the day before the event Mere minutes before: doorbell rings with a Sandeman 1851, Sandeman 1815, and Sandeman 1797; Mr Youngest-Vintage is evicted after being allowed to see the recently arrived bottles; Mr Second-Youngest-Vintage, feel...

I propose another rule: “AHB is dictator”.

His acolytes are vaguely aware that the dictator likes old, that the dictator likes large, that the dictator likes tappit hen more than tregnum, that the dictator likes good fill levels, and that the dictator likes time to write his tasting notes.

Foodstuffs being considered include Scouse, sighted and blind. Welsh rarebit training is soon to commence.

It is not a restaurant. Broadly (with vegetarian exception), we will be having the same thing — and plenty of it.

My best is a 1931. I would feel hard-done-by if that weren’t enough for a seat.

Ahh.Then wrong date. What about Tuesday 10^th November?

On Tuesday 10^th November 2026, might people be interested in a theme of ‘Blind mature SQVP’, echoing the themes of the tastings on Thu 7^th Sep 2017, Wed 14^th Mar 2018, and Tue 30^th Oct 2018 (“mature defined as >20 years since the vintage”)?

This post to hold arrangements as and when made. Theme: Blind mature SQVP ⟹︎ vintage ≤2005. When: Tuesday 10 th November 2026 . Where: Red Room, Boot & Flogger as booked on 15June. People: JDAW (two bottles); AHB ; CPR ; MPM ; NAC ; IDJ ; HTWH . Current draft of the placemats . https://www.jdaw...

hadge wrote: ↑08:16 Sat 13 Jun 2026How did you guess that i had a bonus bottle lined up already!

Do you want to be HTWH and †, or HTWH 1 and HTWH 2?

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑06:19 Sat 13 Jun 2026Looks good to me. Are they A3?

Believed fixed: please re-check the placemats. (Suits OK? If you prefer could be ‘Zeddemore’, ‘Venkman’, ‘Stantz’, and ‘Spengler’.)

There is a draft of the placemats, images of which have been added to the first post.

As ever, somebody please check.

Please could these comments go in the review thread.

Splendid evening, of two halves, They were pale and mature; and then they were baga-dark and baga-hollowness. Very very splendid were the 1926 and 1970 . Several of those absent, MJRM CPR JDF, sent their bottles despite owners’ absence: thank you kindly. My TNs posted: others, please do likewise ( m...

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