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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...

RP97, from IDJ. 100% opaque; smoke on nose; palate rough.

RP94, from JDAW. Special commendation to the many photos in the TN thread. Dark dark dark red, 95% opaque. Wait until 2031, at least. Drinkable, but very junior, with smoke.

RP85, from MPM. Black, 95% opaque. Nose had smoke. Palate had lots of big red cherry fruit, but also a slight baga hollowness.

RP83, from PW from IDJ. Black 98% opaque. Black, 98% opaque. This is a good 1983, with plums and big sweetness. But very baga.

RP82, from JDF, despite absence — thank you. Black, 98% opaque. Dark fruit, but bagaesque hollowness.

RP80. The colours changed: ≥1980 being near-black 98% opaque. Palate harmless: some dark fruit, but empty. Somebody near me — words stolen, credit not given by failure of memory — said “low-personality wine”, which was very correct.

RP77, from CPR — donated despite his absence, for which thanks. Colour bright red, 40% opaque. My TNs were becoming brief: light, maraschino cherries.

RP70, from AHB. How was this not unambiguous WoTN? Beautiful, big, grip, spice, red fruit, and wonderful texture. Very proper Port.

RP64, from AHB. Orange, 25% opaque. Bitter and weird, with pineapple late. Odd.

RP60, from MJRM. Orange, cloudy. Palate peculiar, weird orange citrus, maybe mandarin. Weird. No.

RP55 , from MJRM — absent, but kindly donated bottles, for which my hat doffed.Good Port here. Light, slight spirit, a lovely structure-giving bitterness, with the finish its best part. But less full strength than ’55s can be. Improved with time in the glass. MPM said “thin metallic”, which, though...

RP52, from MSC. Orange colour 25% opaque. Dry early palate; unbalanced; with oranges. Others liked it more than I did.

RP45, from NAC. Dark red, 40% opaque. Lots of fruit present: both red and dark cherry. Big and intense, but also slightly hollow. Showed much better early evening than late. I liked.

RP35, from CEM. Orange, 20% opaque. Nose faint, but clean. Soft soft lychee texture, very mature and gentle, with lovely sweetness.

RP34, from IDJ. Orange, 20% opaque. Nose strongly of burnt rubber. Palate better than nose, but I struggled to get past the burnt rubber.

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