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jdaw1 wrote:Excellent. Take the Central line to go from TCP to The Steak Exchange.

hehe, maybe Alex is planning a steak/port Amuse Bouche at TCP before joining us

I wondered whether/if/when someone here might try this - your tasting note is very interesting and unusual for it. From the first few comments ('dominating VA', 'eye-watering acidity', 'showing little ... fruit') I was expecting a negative result - and then by the end, your score was one of the high...

Not sure if these are the ones you're after, but I noted these (specifically code 0038-06) from previous searches and I think may be ones that have been bought by people on TPF previously? Sadly only available in the US - I couldn't find any equivalent in the UK, so I recently ordered some of these ...

Sounds like this one was a lot more mature/open than the bottle we had at TCP a few months ago, which if I remember correctly was totally closed up; Interesting the variation between bottles/provenance if this is the case.

Is that normal price DRT? If so, I'm going to head to one as I'm very low on every day drinkers (although with last week's practice for the offline, I'm stocking up rather than emptying the cabinet at the moment). If it's the same as our local Tesco, it's a half-price offer; has been showing on the...

jdaw1 wrote:Thank you for the clear bug report. Please re-test.

Fix verified.

If you see the Warre 2000 lbv in your local Waitrose, it would be worth a try and interesting to know whether you feel the same way (particularly given that Warre seems to be your sweet spot). I thought I had picked one up previously, though my spreadsheet says not; I shall have to check tonight an...

AHB wrote:The Croft was absolutely magnificant, the Niepoort riddled with VA. Tasting notes are now online.

*Again* ?! my reticence to buy Niepoort at all increases further (which is a shame since apart from the VA it would be very nice port)

@Julian - ty for making the placemat postscript freely available online; used to great effect last night for non-TPF session. Also discovered another possible bug, as follows: - first define all the /Belowtitles as ( ) (i.e. a brackets with two spaces between; defining one member of the array this w...

We held the ruby/lbv/tawny/vintage tasting last night, and it was a big success. A couple of interesting results: - all bar one person present placed the Churchill 85 VP in first place, and the other person placed it second, - after the VP, the room was evenly split in two, with half the room placin...

Despite being contentious, the Warres Optima 10 year old is currently £7.11 a bottle (500mL) at Tesco. Decent price. Claiming to have the 2005 Noval LBV for £9.46 per bottle. Haven't seen the 2005 about so not sure about that? I presume that it will follow on from the 2004 in being a Quinta do Nova...

f(h,w)=wh/(ah+bw) An excellent form. It doesn’t quote solve the problem as asked, but if one is instead differentiating with respect to Ln[ h ] and Ln[ w ], so considering proportionate increases, it works well. f[ h , w ,H,W] = h w /( W h + H w ), or ”“1 if the denominator is ≤0. This is increas...

jdaw1 wrote:We should agree a start time. 18:00?

Good for me.

RAYC wrote:Anyone seen M&S starting to re-fill the shelves with VP yet? If so, what vintage?

I'm on the lookout for a 1989 if anyone sees it - around me last year i managed to find one bottle of it but otherwise it was all 1994.

Many other styles (tawny, ruby, white) but no VP at one local store here atm.

jdaw1 wrote:What should be f[!]? I’m stumped. Suggestions please.

Perhaps:
f(h,w)=wh/(ah+bw) for all h>=H,w>=W else 0 (invalid)
where a,b are positive constants essentially defining the ideal ratio; a>b, perhaps a=kb where k>1.0, likely ~2.

Thanks for all the suggestions; I'll be picking up a bottle over the next couple of days ready for this weekend. I think I would definitely like to try a good 20yr tawny myself sometime (to see if I can be convinced) but that a 10yr is probably more suitable for this tasting to fit the right place i...

jdaw1 wrote:When I am back at my computer this evening I will update. Meanwhile, perhaps other attendees could ensure that they have chosen.

Aye, both star (12 degrees) and bottle (also currently at 12 degrees) chosen and yearning to be opened...
BTW - What time are we aiming/booked for?

This discussion could be widened further by considering how misleading the terms 10, 20, 30, and Over 40 Years are given that they bear absolutely no relationship to the actual age of the wine in the bottle :? I thought I read somewhere that the indicated age must be less than the average age of th...

The value "/NonDecanterLabelGlassesNumCopies 1 def" appears a few lines below the comment "% Non-Glasses Pages %". Changing this value to zero appears to stop the glasses pages from being printed. Is this as intended, or what is this variable intended to control? This might be s...

Unfortunately, nothing further from Filtrox on this, but then single-bottle processing isn't exactly their target market ofc.
Have another plan up my sleeve, will report back later.

:lol: If I say "I agree with Rob" again, do I sound like a politician? ;) His tasting note above is about the same as mine, though I've only had it three times so far, two of which were Rob's bottles :lol: I'd add that it's slightly softer than the more heavyweight such as F85, and slightl...

The value "/NonDecanterLabelGlassesNumCopies 1 def" appears a few lines below the comment "% Non-Glasses Pages %". Changing this value to zero appears to stop the glasses pages from being printed. Is this as intended, or what is this variable intended to control? Also, perhaps a ...

The darkest of the 66s (noticeably darker than the others); Very good overall, though not superb (as I had expected) and behind the Grahams for me.

Another very good port, light to medium colour, very fruity to taste with a gentle sweetness and slight hint of acidity, very well balanced; good.

Superb and my WOTN... and the only 66 against which I wrote no notes (oops!)... must have been enjoying it too much