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In my limited experience Taylor 1983 is Taylor’s worst declaration since the war (unless they declared 1975?); and Taylor 1983 is the worst 1983 of the major houses. I am not a fan.

Ahh, a true American, rather than someone living in a beer-free country. Welcome.

Hasn’t changed. At least, not as of the notification of your reply.

Having rather enjoyed the Ramos Pinto at my 1985 horizontal in March , I bought Soho Wines ’ entire stock, that being a mere three bottles, for the trifling sum of $55 each. http://www.jdawiseman.com/ftlop/20070623-rp85-bottle.jpg Cork extracted easily with screwpull. Decanted through muslin, with l...

I wasn’t criticising; merely suggesting.

jdaw1 wrote:Is it possible to be notified automatically of new threads? That facility would keep things moving nicely.

Please?

And every time an admin does change a post, a line must be left on that post: “Edited by name-of-admin on date to remove something-that-describes-the-offence†.

Custom placemats As some users of this BB already know, at jdawiseman.com/papers/placemat/placemat.html is some free software, open-source as well, that makes elegant placemats for use in a port tasting (or the like). Clearly labelled placemats really do help avoid confusion later in the evening. T...

Recalling why we are here, here being both domain and thread… What are the rules on the administrators? • Manifest spam, obscenity, pornography (using a work-compatible definition), flaming, and automated submissions can go. • But admins pay two roles. They are god — in that they can change other’s...

I think admin is a person. post-alert@… would be my preference.

1. Reply notifications currently come from what appears to be Alex K’s real human email address. They should actually come from something that doesn’t mention a human’s name.

2. Is it possible to be notified automatically of new threads? That facility would keep things moving nicely.

Rule 42: no viagra advertisements.

Nacional 1962, Nacional 1980, and Nacional 1985 were tasted in a further celebration of the birth of my first child, Sophia Wiseman . Present were myself and the missus, and friends BAW ODM TZ SGO'S and RO'S; the first of these bringing some fines cheeses. All were decanted at about 3pm through musl...

Saturday 17th March 2007: again chez mon père, a 1985 horizontal, consisting mostly of houses new to me ( paperwork , more fancy-schmancy than that used the previous evening ). Notes are even briefer: my enthusiasm for note-taking had clearly diminished. Present: JDAW MAW RAW APPW JRW RKA JFH MF SRG...

What the wife could see.

Naughty girl took no notes! (Or at least, very few notes.)

Well, since people are being nice, I’ll post more. Bottles first. Cockburn 1908 revealing that it was bought at Sotheby’s New York (lot 1203, 20 May 2006). http://www.jdawiseman.com/ftlop/20070316-c08.jpg Sold at auction as ‟Cockburn, believed 1950’s” (Bonham’s, lot 711 on 27 Sep 2005), though actu...

People: in the lower picture yours truly is pouring the water. http://www.jdawiseman.com/ftlop/20070316-people-1.jpg http://www.jdawiseman.com/ftlop/20070316-people-2.jpg Observe the colour of the ’08s in the decanters, and the cloudiness of the Taylor 1908 in the glass of the man far left, he being...

Eight of the eleven decanters.

Readers with better decanter labelling technology are invited to share it.

Cockburn 1927, Army & Navy stores.

Pictures from the Friday, which I shall break into several posts.

The Taylor’s Special Quinta 1950 was identifiable only from the capsule.

Friday 16th March 2007: chez mon père, a sesquivertical of Cockburn and Taylor ( paperwork ). Present: JDAW MAW RAW WDBP RKA JFH MF SRG , and sort-of SVW. A vertical of Cockburn, with some matching Taylor vintages, and some mystery bottles. Having had very little experience of Cockburn, this was edu...

Peter Eells Timothy Taylor & Co. Limited Knowle Spring Brewery Keighley West Yorkshire BD21 1AW 11th April 2007 Dear Mr Eells, Earlier this year I visited The York, a fine pub near Angel tube station in London, wherein, with a friend, I thoroughly enjoyed six pints of Timothy Taylor Landlord. A ...

Clean, simple, easy to read, high-contrast: fantastic.

Graphic designer gone mad and a pestilence on the users who we hate anyway: bad.