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Very sorry, I can't make this event. I'm sure it will be fabulous. Happy Birthday to the Software. Will there be cake?

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Much excitement. Mine has just arrived, and it is indeed fabulous. Thank you.

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The first edition was fantastic, and on reading the email, I'm quite certain that the second edition will be even better. Looking forward to getting my hands on it. Many thanks to Mr (Dr, clearly worthy of a PhD) Wiseman for such a fabulous book.

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Sadly, I can no longer come to this tasting. It looks interesting, I like TTF, I'm sorry to have to miss it. Hope it goes well.

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Sandwiches, yes, good idea. Or perhaps pork pie soldiers dipped into a pot of whizzed up pickle. But the pastry might fall off, so you might have to further deconstruct the pie. And perhaps you like the texture as well as the flavour of pickle, so a complete non starter. And also, the pot might fill...

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That is Susanna's birthday. I expect she would like to come too. Charles will be getting on a bit. Fingers crossed.

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Good idea. Yes please. She also likes, I understand, Dubonnet. She has a good chance of making it, I think.

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I'm very sorry, but I have to withdraw from this tasting. I got Covid (again) nearly two weeks ago and my sense of taste has gone (again). Wine doesn't taste weird this time, but I only get basic sweet acid tannin, and no complexity at all. I had hoped for a quick recovery, but it is only improving ...

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In Ricky Gervais’s film, Cemetery Junction, about 15 minutes into it, Matthew Goode is sitting in a front room persuading a couple to buy a life assurance policy. On the mantelpiece behind his head is an empty Sandeman bottle. The camera never got close enough to make out the specific wine. So Matt...

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Yes please, I have a few.

DaveRL · Re: Taylor's Terra Feita Vertical, Wednesday 2 November 2022, B&F Yes please.

Yes please.

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Hahaha, the theme took me somewhat by surprise, but in a good way. I have just checked my cellar, and I'm not at all surprised to find I have exactly no suitable White aged Ports. We drank the Quevedo 30 just before Christmas (it was lovely) and just like that, the cellar was dry. That isn't quite t...

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This works for me. Yes please.

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Strangely inconsistent. They gave me a 15% offer when I looked at the site, so I was lucky.

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Looks like an interesting tasting. I'm glad Warre did well, often up there for me. Surprised the Graham didn't do better, Was something not quite right with the bottle, or just that other Ports were better? Julian B - have you been diddled out of a point, or you are taking longer to finish scoring, ...

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Pre-order placed. Awesome.

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Food order for me please (as already noted, to be as gluten free as possible).

No starter
Chargrilled Surrey Hills sirloin steak 240g (medium rare). Skinny fires. Peppercorn sauce
Side of green beans and shallots
No dessert

Thanks

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There are a few different styles. I'll buy some and test drive

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Watching cooking on tv, chefs often use long tweezers to place food on plates. They look interesting to get bits of cork out of bottles. Amazon have some. Thoughts?

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Sadly I have to drop off the reserves list. My elder son has just told me that we are going to Leeds Uni to look around the Engineering dept that day. This is a good thing, it will be fun, but the timing sucks. We went round Bristol Uni Engineering yesterday, and he let me know much earlier for that...

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Many congratulations to you both. Lovely news, I'm really pleased for you

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I'm happy for either, but I'm close enough that picking them up makes more sense than you carting mine into town.

DaveRL · Re: Wed 30 Nov 2022, The Software’s 20th Anniversary Yes please

Yes please

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A dozen bottles of the normal oil please, and also a bottle of the Centinario if there is enough interest. "strict selection of the very finest olive oil from Quinta do Noval, produced from ancient trees with very low yields". Interesting. "we found it so exceptional that we decided t...

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Apologies, i missed this post. Hadn't expected the space to become available. But no, I couldn't have come. Hope it was a good evening for you all.

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Yes please. A dozen if possible.

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I watched the Christie's sale. The prices seemed at times very high, but the wines were originally bought well and stored well, with a long history, which makes them worth a premium. That much premium? Not for some, no. Not for the amended to low shoulder D27. Those bidders were nuts. But for the W6...

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Confirm my reserve place, and to adopt please.

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Why not. Worth a try. The marketing will need to be carefully thought out. There is certainly a market for big Ozzie reds, so young fruity Ports could have significant appeal.

DaveRL · Re: 1985 Horizontal - 16 March 2022 Reserve list please, thanks.

Reserve list please, thanks.

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jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:57 Sun 14 Nov 2021
DRT wrote: ↑21:58 Sun 14 Nov 2021I can’t commit to this so please give my place to reserve #1
DaveRL: that’s you. Are you available?

Yes please, confirming my place, apologies for delay.

DaveRL

Yes, thank you. I'm sure it was a lot of work. Much appreciated

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Offley Boa Vista decanted 0930 this morning. Smells good.

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To be as Gluten Free as possible please.

Salmon
Special order rib eye medium rare, with Béarnaise sauce if available, chips and green beans please. Thanks.

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I’m at home with covid. Was meant to be in Portugal — extremely irritated. The NHS instructs that my “ last day of self-isolation is 2 October 2021 ”. If there are any immuno-vulnerable people attending this tasting, such that the 2nd–6th would be too tight for their needs, then I will withdraw. If...

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My food order: I'm Coeliac, they ask we flag this up so mine can be as gluten free as possible (they try not to cross contaminate when cooking, and leave such as croutons off) Chapel and Swan oak smoked salmon, horseradish crème fraîche, capers Steak (medium rare), Burton would of course be best, bu...

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I have O80 here, and some more at Seckfords, and my SW80 is also at Seckfords. I have yet to find the O80 here, but am sure it is buried here somewhere. You would think that having slowed my drinking down (a long covid side effect meant wine in particular tasted revolting), that the cellar here woul...

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Apologies, I'd forgotten all about this. I'm happy to reconfirm my place please. What a treat.

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Crusted is a terrible name and needs working on. Premium Blended Vintage Port, perhaps stating in the blurb on the back which years are blended, might be better?

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Yes please. I have 2001 and 1995.

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Disappointing. I bought it retail some 4 or 5 years ago from N.D. John, and it has been kept in our cellar since then. I had expected better.

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It did really well then. I'm impressed.

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Did you happen to notice how much was left in the bottle?

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Strange times.

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I'll be in Monday, works for me. I'll pm you my address.

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Certainly I could bring along another time, and will if it seems the best choice but I have another few D2000 so am happy for one to be sacrificed for an enjoyable horizontal. Dow probably should be present. Whatever works best for you all.

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Someone is welcome to pick up Dow 2000 from me in Chiswick if that is easiest.

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Very sorry, I am going to have to drop out. Gone down with some form of lurgy, and prefer not to spread it around. I'm having a rubbish winter with far too little Port consumption.

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