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winesecretary wrote: ↑21:31 Sun 22 Feb 2026 Palate, sadly, congruent, with a faecal finish.

Yikes.

winesecretary wrote: ↑21:31 Sun 22 Feb 2026 Flawed sample.

I'd hope so, given the previous comment!

I like the 2005s a lot. They may not have the same longevity as some others years, and seem to be earlier maturing, but also seem to be lovely. Probably time I opened a case. So, yes please. ChG, Ni, TTF, Q
(all currently unopened cases in storage, so would need notice please)

5th or 12th works for me ..... But why not hold it on the 7th ? For that matter how about the holding it on the 7th of July 2027 at 7pm ? You could also fix it at 14 people and hold it on two tables .... You'd have to let people have 7 points to vote with, there would be carnage. You could also hav...

I was fortunate to taste this recently, and agree with Alex that this is a lovely white colheita; I didn't score it quite as highly as Alex, my score being the equivalent of roughly 93-94 on Alex's scale, but it has a lovely intensity (less common in many white ports) and is very well balanced, very...

**Please note date change** The date has now been set as 19th January 2027, with Daniel Niepoort and David Guimaraens joining us as guests for the evening. Based on the bottles offered, the range of vintages/bottles will be the range of 1945 to 1977 for which both producers declared (45, 55, 60, 63,...

Tasted as part of this tasting pack. Vasconcellos 80yt Much, much darker with a greening rim, slightly thicker legs, and an incredible nose. Huge intensity, with lovely waves of complexity with toffee, burnt caramel, walnuts and hints of cigar, very well balanced by a wonderful huge acidity; great l...

Tasted as part of this tasting pack.

Vasconcellos 50yt
Slight more intense than the 40yt, but with much more complexity and depth. Slightly dryer, and only a hint of the orange, again with a slightly sour finish.
Rating: vg+

Tasted as part of this tasting pack.

Vasconcellos 40yt
Much more intensity than the 30yt, similar underlying flavour to the younger tawnies with the hint of seville orange in the back; much longer finish, with slight bitterness at the end, this was very enjoyable.
Rating: vg/vg+

Tasted as part of this tasting pack. Vasconcellos 30yt Similar in style to the 20yt, though much fuller (rather than more intense) flavour; Initially very fresh, full and rounder than the 20yt, perhaps a touch over-sweet to begin, but then later the acidity balances well, leading to a clean, slightl...

Tasted as part of this tasting pack.

Vasconcellos 20yt
A good 20 year tawny with lots of sevill oranges in the flavour; slight sourness initially, good acidity, then slightly sweet on finish with an odd edge.
Rating: g+

When you walk along the front in Vila Nova de Gaia as I did on a recent visit, you may notice a table in the middle of the street with several bottles covered in perspex boxes in front of a large white building, the left-hand side of which (behind the tables and bottles) is shut, while the the right...

'75 and '77 decanted at 13:30.
Eta B&F 5:30-45

Yes please, but I would need to adopt.

I like Ck67; it's a gentle and enjoyable softer port rather than powerhouse, and often found at quite reasonable prices.
I haven't seen another bottle of the "Joanna" bottling of Ck67 for a while now.

Sounds like a plan.

Yes please/reserve. Of not yet listed I have Adams (believed Royal Oporto Carvalhas), Justerini (which might be Taylor) and OBV.

Unlikely to make the date. Will be interested to hear how it goes.

Re: 66 @ 60 - Tuesday 17 March 2026 Yes please, F or S.

Yes please, F or S.

Alex Bridgeman wrote:
PhilW wrote: ↑07:17 Wed 21 Jan 2026
CPR 1 wrote: ↑22:40 Tue 20 Jan 2026 Scotch Egg
Ribeye (medium rare) with Peppercorn sauce, fries and spinach
Welsh rarebit
My dinner order identical to Charles' please.
Would happily upgrade to Tomahawk if someone would like to share one.
I'll share a tomahawk steak if you're happy with medium-rare?

Works for me.

CPR 1 wrote: ↑22:40 Tue 20 Jan 2026 Scotch Egg
Ribeye (medium rare) with Peppercorn sauce, fries and spinach
Welsh rarebit

My dinner order identical to Charles' please.
Would happily upgrade to Tomahawk if someone would like to share one.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑23:32 Tue 20 Jan 2026 The placemats have been updated. The ’48 and the ’80 are not yet credited to anybody.

I think the '80 could be:

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑22:19 Tue 20 Jan 2026 Attendees and Wines:
3. CPR1 (bringing 1980)

I would highly recommend the underground walking tour of the centuries-old streets and buildings under the royal mile, many of the current buildings having been simply built on top - look for "the real Mary King's close". It's many years since we did this, but I found it fascinating.

winesecretary wrote:Placeholder

I'm available! (I wish

I will post lists of who is to bring which bottles shortly. I've looked back at my original post, and need to update my list of currently available bottles: Available: 60, 66, 77, 85, 92, 03 all in excellent condition. (the only F70 I have to hand is a small stash from which previous bottles have b...

I will post lists of who is to bring which bottles shortly. I've looked back at my original post, and need to update my list of currently available bottles: Available: 60, 66, 77, 85, 92, 03 all in excellent condition. (the only F70 I have to hand is a small stash from which previous bottles have b...

- Date : 19th January 2027 at the Boot & Flogger - What : Fonseca + Niepoort dual vertical 1945-1977 (the vintages when both declared) - Bottles: Fonseca: 45, 55, 60, 63, 66, 70(magnum), 75, 77 Niepoort: 45, 55, 60, 63, 66, 70(dumpy)+70(tall), 75, 77 In 2012 I organised a "Fonseca vs Warre&...

mosesbotbol wrote:Did you like it?

I think he's on the fence, really.

10 or 11 should be OK for me.

jdaw1 wrote: and also perhaps slightly for my own comfort (southener).

Loving the throwaway disdain.

Your choice of sensor depends on several factors; perhaps the most important are required accuracy, cost, connectivity (wired, wireless) and with what logging/display/alarm/control capabilities. We've used Sensiron's SHT range for T/H sensors in several product design (typically around £20-25 per pa...

Recently, a Warre 1960 bbr-bottled, and a Fonseca 1977.
Both in-neck and great colour bottles, both from stashes where previous bottles have been excellent.
Both taken to the same event, somewhat embarrassingly; the W60 sufficiently corked to be undrinkable, the F77 still drinkable but... Bah!

You opened ports using a Coravin?

jdaw1 wrote:On Friday I did a very Port thing, that multiple others have done multiple times, but it was my first time. Vintages 1996 and 1997.

What did I do?

Threesome?

You opened two cases at the same time?

Pls do post here what is opened. The bottles were as follows: Gould Campbell 1920 Unknown (est 1900-ish), blank cork Croft 19xx (est 1935-55) Da Silva 1937 colheita, bottled 1972 Sandeman 1852 colheita, bottled 1886 (sic) Grahams 1917 Warre 1963 Unknown 1900, bottled in 1902 by Sandiford, Son and A...

idj123 wrote:
flash_uk wrote: ↑15:24 Thu 11 Dec 2025 ETA crosskeys @ 1645
I got here at 3.30pm this year-go figure!

A man is thirsty!

Personally, given the wine is only 33yr old, I'd simply decant the full bottle, and allow any left in the decanter to evolve a little for the second day; sometimes with a wine this young it can even be better on the second day. No faff, and you and your friends can drink as much or as little as you ...

Draft of the ‘ placemats ’, meaning sticky labels and TN sheets and voting pages. Satisfactory? Who is to print? Point of order: First post attendees list includes Industry Guest, but placemats do not. Do we have one? If so, needs adding to placemat (even if anonymised); if not, then potential for ...

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑14:34 Tue 09 Dec 2025 And an unrelated question. Does anyone have a set of Port tongs they’d be happy to use to open bottles?

I’ve got a pretty full load and it would help if I don’t need to bring tongs.

Yes, I can bring tongs.

Great question; one for the producers perhaps; though their websites, and other suppliers, have a wonderful array of different answers... Taylor's website: "around thirty grape varieties can be used to make Port" Sandeman's website: "There are over one hundred grape varieties authoris...

I'll be via train, not staying over, so no taxi need for me this year.

Draft of the ‘ placemats ’, meaning sticky labels and TN sheets and voting pages. Satisfactory? Who is to print? Point of order: First post attendees list includes Industry Guest, but placemats do not. Do we have one? If so, needs adding to placemat (even if anonymised); if not, then potential for ...

I'm happy to collect from Toby for you .. call him and place the order ... I'll sort the rest Thanks - as I don't know what he has in stock, would you like to make the choice? Budget around £50-£60 Leave this all with me .... Am assuming you've got it sorted, but if any last minute issues give me a...

There is a recent article here
https://www.chemistryworld.com/features ... 83.article
which may/may not be the same as the magazine.

The things Rose Port does to a man. Indeed; I was going to make some kind of comment along the lines of "that'll teach us not to drink Pink Port" execpt I enjoyed the post too much. That said I'm going with a much simpler statistical-lies approach of drawing a curve of TPF attendee deaths...

I’d quite like to organise a ‘port that we don’t like’ tasting at some point - sort of ‘bring a bottle of a port that you just don’t get on with - and explain why’. I suspect most of us have a few bottles like that. Hmm. Cruz '89. Because you'd have to have not had Vintage port for 7 months to be d...

Alex M wrote:May I propose the following theme?

‘Vintage Port that you would like to drink if you had not Vintage Port for 7 months’.

I'm not sure that we've had a Nebuchadnezzar tasting before.

Conclusions: 1934 Fonseca , cold-stored, is Hall-of-Glory grade wonderful. 1948 Taylor , cold-stored, is Hall-of-Glory grade wonderful. Cold storage is wonderful. We all know how much cool, dark, constant temperature storage matter, and particularly for these older wines it seems the cooler the bet...

Placemats updated. Somebody please check carefully. Please. All checked and no issues found. burger (with cheese) I feel very foolish for my order of a cheeseless burger. Please add cheese, and then kindly let no more be said of this moment of carelessness. This issue has been resolved Present food...

Update for my default please:
- Scotch egg
- Ribeye (medium-rare), fries, peppercorn sauce

Thanks.

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