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jdaw1 wrote: ↑21:04 Mon 29 Jun 2026
uncle tom wrote: ↑21:22 Tue 23 Jun 2026will check..
And?

Time had taken it's toll on the label and I didn't preserve the bottle, but you could be right

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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...

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how about the 66th port your bought or in value in your cellar The 66th most valuable in terms of purchase price per bottle is a Taylor 27 bought in 2012, the 66th oldest stash in terms of purchase date that I still have stock of takes me back to January 2006 and an owc of Offley 83 that I still ha...

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mosesbotbol wrote: ↑15:41 Thu 18 Jun 2026 Your 11th most valuable bottle.

Well there's an idea..

My eleventh most valuable bottle in terms of what I paid for it is a Dow 1896 with excellent provenance.

Not something to quaff casually at home though - needs a bigger occasion..

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I think you should open three bottles, since the number one in the UK charts when you were born was "Three steps to heaven" (Eddie Cochran). I suggest something '60 (birth year), something '66 (age) and something wonderful (heaven). Perhaps, Noval Nacional '60, Fonseca '66, and Graham '48...

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I get my first state pension payment next Tuesday - triple locked 'n' all - at least, for now..

What should I pop to celebrate?

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Christopher wrote: ↑13:02 Fri 15 May 2026 I was proposing to bring this Magum, seems appropriate

Looks rather fun!

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We have an event, Boot and Flogger booked

I don't have the list to match handles with initials, so I'll just stick myself down for now

1) THRA

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Have just noticed that I am absent from the list of attendees but am listed as supplying a bottle that I am unaware of..

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Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑15:13 Mon 13 Apr 2026 I’m planning to bring both of my bottles (Taylor and Síbio) with me to decant them at about 4pm to give them a couple of hours double decanted before we drink them.

Sounds sensible - I'll bring mine undecanted as well and will also make an early arrival

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jdaw1 wrote: ↑13:33 Mon 06 Apr 2026
uncle tom wrote: ↑13:18 Mon 06 Apr 2026..how does the last Thursday in September work for people, the 24th - any conflicts?
Boot & Flogger sometimes charges corkage on a Thursday, but — so far — not on a Tuesday.

OK - So does the 22nd September give anyone problems?

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OK - looks like we've got enough interest..

..how does the last Thursday in September work for people, the 24th - any conflicts?

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And my edit to help Tom out: (Thanks!) What: '63 @ 63 When: 18:00 for 18:30 on Tuesday 22nd September 2026 Where: Boot & Flogger Who: Uncle Tom - Tom (confirmed) flash_uk - Mike Meehan (confirmed) Christopher (confirmed) NigelM (confirmed) mcoulson - Martin (confirmed) CPR 1 - Charles (confirmed...

uncle tom · Re: Tue 21 April 2026: Elizabeth II’s 100th Taylor 1970 + Ch. La Lagune 1978

Taylor 1970 + Ch. La Lagune 1978

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Ham hock terrine
Sirloin medium rare with peppercorn sauce
Chips

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I have one or two interesting bottles, if there's space for me to squeeze in..

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Ham hock terrine
Sirloin medium rare with peppercorn sauce
Chips

(I notice that they now offer vanilla ice cream and Pedro Ximinez gravy as a dessert..
..wot I invented!)

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nac wrote: ↑14:56 Wed 25 Mar 2026 Tom

If you're OK to, please bring the Niepoort, plus the Graham and the RCV (as team adoptions).

Thanks
Neil

No probs

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jdaw1 wrote: ↑07:48 Wed 25 Mar 2026
uncle tom wrote: ↑07:20 Wed 25 Mar 2026I have a lone Real Compania Velha 60 that's been patiently waiting in my cellar for a tasting event for the past fifteen years.
I am not the organiser, but would much prefer having the Niepoort.

I was thinking about both

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I have a lone Real Compania Velha 60 that's been patiently waiting in my cellar for a tasting event for the past fifteen years.

Unless someone fancies doing an RCV/Royal Oporto vertical - have we ever done one? - could we find space for it?

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I have some most excellent G

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Here are the 153 brands of LBV known to me: Agri Roncao Alves da Sousa Averys Barao de Vilar Baronesa de Vilar Barros Berrys Borges Broadbent Bucheiro Bulas Burmester C. da Silva Presidential Cãdao Calem Calibre Casa de Sta.Eufemia Caves de Cerca Calibre Caves de Murca Caves Santa Marta Churchill Co...

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My Noval 1960 is hereby downgraded to a ‘believed Noval 1960’. It has no label, the capsule is not marked with the brand, and on removing the capsule I can’t make out the lettering on the cork. I’d better adopt, if adoption is a possibility or, if there’s something missing that is commercially avai...

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The guest spot is reserved for you, so you're in.

Wow - thankyou!

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Stick me down on the reserve list please..

I have 22 60s including two that are not 'the list' - Messias and Real Companhia Velha

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My bottle chosen, vintage known but only bottler's name known (Sandiford and Armstrong) A vintage I've never opened before - the Marquess of Salisbury was First Lord of the Treasury at the time (The title 'Prime Minister' was not officially adopted until a few years later) William McKinley was in th...

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Will be placing the steak order in the morning. Am assuming all will be on parade and none have turned veggie!

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mcoulson wrote: ↑19:58 Mon 24 Nov 2025 I'm happy to collect from Toby for you .. call him and place the order ... I'll sort the rest

Thanks - as I don't know what he has in stock, would you like to make the choice? Budget around £50-£60

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jdaw1 wrote: ↑20:20 Mon 24 Nov 2025 Do you want ‘placemats’, meaning sticky labels?

Yes please

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Anyone fancy being cheese meister this year?

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Put me down for exactly the same as PhilW - if I'm not too late!

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I've been angling for an excuse to pop a Croft 45 for years..
..still amazed that your random shout outs of tag numbers not only landed on Cr45 but landed on my most ullaged bottle, thereby upholding my 'survival of the fittest policy'

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Am struggling to get in here - what am I doing wrong..?

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Add me in please..

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uncle tom wrote: ↑08:22 Mon 23 Jun 2025 Lunch - Burger, no starter

Dinner - Soup, Sirloin MR, Peppercorn sauce, Green beans, no dessert

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Lunch - Burger, no starter

Dinner - my standard food order please

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Christopher wrote: ↑15:21 Sat 17 May 2025 Could I please ask if you have not let me know what you can bring already to this tasting please send me a PM or post here
Many thanks

Can provide almost any number of adoptions - am well overstocked

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JDAW wishes to be added

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mcoulson wrote: ↑12:38 Wed 30 Apr 2025 May I join in please ... I'm sure I have some 85 somewhere !!

Anyone needing to adopt - no problem

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The 85s were really awkward a decade ago, but are growing up now

Stick me down please - have loads of shippers

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Could bring Gould Campbell '77 Sure. Presumably GC77 magnum, as all the singles are corked. Or will you, as for Alex’s Dow, pop-and-pour? This case has been visited three times already between 2007 and 2022, and none of the bottles were corked. At 48 years the corked bottles are likely to have self...

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Room for a late addition?

Could bring Gould Campbell '77

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Christopher wrote: ↑15:00 Wed 26 Mar 2025 Hope you make it Tom. Would be great to have you there!

Thankyou! - have loads of 55's available, almost all proven stashes - could also supply a magnum of Taylor

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cem wrote: ↑22:20 Thu 20 Mar 2025 I have a lot of '55 and probably 20-25 different producers.

That's a lot of producers, must include some of the rare ones that never seem to come up for auction, like Smith Woodhouse and Delaforce

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Stick me down on the reserves pls.

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Cockburn's Special Reserve had it's genesis (I think..) in the mid 70s, and for three decades only appears to have had one design change, with the word Cockburn's changing from white to gold. Shortly before the Symingtons bought Cockburn's there was a radical design change, replacing the iconic semi...

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I've got about a dozen notes on this wine, and all but one had VA

If the wine is good and drinkable, it might not be genuine!

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My bottle selected - vintage known - shipper and bottler unknown, has been in my care for fifteen years

The vintage was also a US presidential election year, but on this occasion, William Taft won..

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Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑08:01 Sun 08 Dec 2024 Medium-rare for Wolfgang

Noted - but how would you like yours?

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Add me to the list please - standard food order

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