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Sadly I will not be able to join you, but I note that in the original experiment the only valid comparison between the first and second groups is not swished and swished, both through new muslin. I would strongly discourage swishing.

I use a stainless steel coffee filter to very good effect, but it does let through some extremely fine particles in younger Ports. For mature Vintage Port, or any mature Port that throws a crust, my very strong preference is good storage, minimal disturbance and freehand decanting under good light. ...

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Congratulations, Julian, on the publication of this second edition! Mine arrived this pm. It's now next to the first edition and pre publication version.Any more versionso and I fear that I will have to reinforce the shelves! I am going to have to re-shelve all of my Port books as a result of this ...

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑20:37 Wed 07 Sep 2022is {it} regarded as acceptable to eat a Pork Pie smothered in lashings of pickle?

No. Just no.

Having discussed climatic conditions and the effect on the harvest with a number of Port producers every year for almost two decades I suspect that 2022 will be generally described as "a difficult year where we made some very nice wines"

Following a reference in a recent post on filtration , and looking back at the testing and conclusions reach in 2014/15, I felt a postscript would be worthwhile to add notes from experiences gained over subsequent years, and particularly since I no longer use filter paper for decanting, as explaine...

That is a very interesting post, Jacob. During my career as a civil servant in the 1990's I was involved in a consultancy project to help with the re-establishment of a land register in Georgia to allow citizens to reclaim land and property that had been seized by the Soviet Union. We hosted a deleg...

I have been using one of these for about three years. It is excellent. I have a Bodum filter coffee maker which has one of those in a matching jug which is excellent for this sort of thing, because of the very large capacity in the filter. If I didn’t like my proper Port decanters as much, I’d prob...

akzy wrote: ↑10:54 Fri 29 Jul 2022 Provisional voting categories

1. Best tasting note
2. Best tasting
3. Biggest dissapointment at a tasting
4. Most accurate blind taster
5. Outstanding contribution to TPF
6. Best Port at a tasting
7. Best guest at a tasting

Category 4 should be awarded to The Monkey by default each year

I have been using one of these for about three years. It is excellent.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑18:11 Tue 19 Jul 2022

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑12:05 Tue 19 Jul 2022 It looks perfect to allow people to know what they ordered and not to steal my fries from other people.

What are fries? Don't tell me you have two delicious fried potato snacks in England?!?

Only two?

jdaw1 wrote: ↑18:52 Tue 19 Jul 2022 All fried-potato food is delicious. It’s extra delicious if fried in bacon fat, but even without that, is still delicious.

I agree, and as an Irish Scot it would be blasphemous not to. But I really do agree.

SushiNorth wrote: ↑23:26 Wed 11 May 2022 Just going to start tying together some threads/sites/search engines/etc.
Though I use SushiNorth here, will be posting more broadly than tpf with the moniker JoshDrinksPort .

It is possible to change your username here if you wish?

Sincere congratulations to Paul, very well deserved.

Given the undercover credentials, does that make his uncle Quarles Harris "Q"?

Posted on FTLOP on Bob's behalf.

I'm feeling quite smug about my Pirate guess

Glenn E. wrote: ↑00:33 Tue 07 Jun 2022 It seems to be back to normal today.

The internets are all back to work

Welcome to :tpf: and thank you for coming here for advice, which our members are always happy to share. 2021 is unlikely to be an outstanding year for Vintage Port so I would suggest the Port Bond options are not the best option as you might end up spending more money than you need to for the qualit...

ThePortForum.com has been rather slow for me for a couple of days. I've rebooted my computer just because, but it's only TPF and not any other sites. It could possibly be something crossing the Atlantic, too, but thought I'd post in case a reboot of TPF is warranted. Perhaps some of the UK Internet...

If anyone has a bottle of Croft 1869 it should appear at this tasting. I've searched my wine fridge but all of my Croft 1869 appears to have been stolen.

PhilW wrote: ↑16:02 Fri 03 Jun 2022when I remove a cork using this, I wouldn't be surprised to find it breaks up into eight pieces.

Is it a Pirate's corkscrew?

Glenn E. wrote: ↑18:11 Wed 20 Apr 2022 That's a great read! Mind if I cross-post it on FTLOP as well?

No problem

I stumbled across this essay today following a discussion with AHB and thought others here might enjoy reading it...

https://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~du ... _and_K.pdf

Posted on Instagram today...