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- 03:33 Sun 24 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1983 Taylor
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9522
T83: terrible
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.
- 03:30 Sun 24 Jun 2007
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Across the pond
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5607
Ahh, a true American, …
Ahh, a true American, rather than someone living in a beer-free country. Welcome.
- 00:41 Sun 24 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Reply notifications
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6525
Hasn’t changed as of the notification of your reply
Hasn’t changed. At least, not as of the notification of your reply.
- 23:49 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1985 Ramos Pinto
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8097
1985 Ramos Pinto
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...
- 23:03 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Reply notifications
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6525
Re: Reply notifications
I wasn’t criticising; merely suggesting.
Please?jdaw1 wrote:Is it possible to be notified automatically of new threads? That facility would keep things moving nicely.
- 18:14 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Forum Rules
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14108
More admin rules
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†.
- 15:08 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Software that makes placemats
- Replies: 1268
- Views: 1201709
Software that makes placemats
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...
- 12:54 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Forum Rules
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14108
Recalling why we are here, …
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...
- 12:47 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Reply notifications
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6525
I think admin is a person.
I think admin is a person. post-alert@… would be my preference.
- 03:06 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Reply notifications
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6525
Reply notifications
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.
2. Is it possible to be notified automatically of new threads? That facility would keep things moving nicely.
- 03:03 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Forum Rules
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14108
Rule 42
Rule 42: no viagra advertisements.
- 02:54 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Nacional 1962, 1980 and 1985
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8448
Nacional 1962, Nacional 1980, and Nacional 1985
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...
- 02:53 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Nacional 1962, 1980 and 1985
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8448
- 02:43 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: 1985: Nacional, Noval, Warre, Dow, Calem, Royal Oporto …
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7076
1985: Nacional, Noval, Warre, Dow, Calem, Royal Oporto …
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...
- 02:42 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: 1985: Nacional, Noval, Warre, Dow, Calem, Royal Oporto …
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7076
- 02:41 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Cockburn 1908, 27, 55, 60, 63, 70, 85; Taylor 08, 27, 50, 85
- Replies: 10
- Views: 25807
What the wife could see
What the wife could see.
Naughty girl took no notes! (Or at least, very few notes.)
Naughty girl took no notes! (Or at least, very few notes.)
- 02:41 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Cockburn 1908, 27, 55, 60, 63, 70, 85; Taylor 08, 27, 50, 85
- Replies: 10
- Views: 25807
Bottle pictures
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...
- 02:40 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Cockburn 1908, 27, 55, 60, 63, 70, 85; Taylor 08, 27, 50, 85
- Replies: 10
- Views: 25807
People: in the lower picture yours truly is pouring water
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...
- 02:40 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Cockburn 1908, 27, 55, 60, 63, 70, 85; Taylor 08, 27, 50, 85
- Replies: 10
- Views: 25807
Eight of the eleven decanters
Eight of the eleven decanters.
Readers with better decanter labelling technology are invited to share it.
Readers with better decanter labelling technology are invited to share it.
- 02:39 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Cockburn 1908, 27, 55, 60, 63, 70, 85; Taylor 08, 27, 50, 85
- Replies: 10
- Views: 25807
Cockburn 1927, Army & Navy stores.
Cockburn 1927, Army & Navy stores.
- 02:39 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Cockburn 1908, 27, 55, 60, 63, 70, 85; Taylor 08, 27, 50, 85
- Replies: 10
- Views: 25807
Taylor Special Quinta 1950: pictures of capsule
Pictures from the Friday, which I shall break into several posts.
The Taylor’s Special Quinta 1950 was identifiable only from the capsule.
The Taylor’s Special Quinta 1950 was identifiable only from the capsule.
- 02:38 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Cockburn 1908, 27, 55, 60, 63, 70, 85; Taylor 08, 27, 50, 85
- Replies: 10
- Views: 25807
Cockburn 1908, 27, 55, 60, 63, 70, 85; Taylor 08, 27, 50, 85
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...
- 02:37 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Reviews
- Topic: Cockburn 1908, 27, 55, 60, 63, 70, 85; Taylor 08, 27, 50, 85
- Replies: 10
- Views: 25807
- 02:22 Sat 23 Jun 2007
- Forum: Beer, Spirits, Cigars, and Pork Pies
- Topic: Timothy Taylor Landlord
- Replies: 27
- Views: 21776
Correspondence with Peter Eells
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 ...
- 20:52 Thu 21 Jun 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Give us a graphic
- Replies: 45
- Views: 28551
Clean, simple, easy to read, high-contrast: fantastic.
Clean, simple, easy to read, high-contrast: fantastic.
Graphic designer gone mad and a pestilence on the users who we hate anyway: bad.
Graphic designer gone mad and a pestilence on the users who we hate anyway: bad.