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To mark the end of a ‘challenging’ year, but one that has been improved no end by lots of virtual tastings, it seems only right to see the old out and the new in with style, meaning yet another zoom tasting! All those interested in adding to their alcohol intake for the festive season, please sign up below. A host maybe required if Mike cannot.

SCD
nac
Glenn
GEAG
RN
AHB
Jdaw
WS1
JacobH
Justin
Axel

Possibly. Will confirm closer to event.

Yes please!

I hope so.

I believe I will be able to attend. There's a small possibility I won't but I'll update closer to the time if so.

Probably. But put me on the list please.

Definite maybe. Yes please.

Please add me as well as a likely attendee

Provisional, too, for me, please.

Possibly

I also try to join...

WS1 wrote: ↑09:06 Sat 19 Dec 2020 Please add me as well as a likely attendee

Seeing Wolfgang is hoping to join reminds me of a decade ago when Wolfgang, Rob, someone else who I forget and I met for dinner and Port in the days between Christmas and New Year. We didn't discuss which Port we should bring and all chose independently and brought the bottles blind.

We all brought Cockburn 1955. It did make for a splendid dinner.

AHB wrote: ↑19:29 Sat 26 Dec 2020We all brought Cockburn 1955. It did make for a splendid dinner.

“A very boring offline”, as reported.

Has a time been set for this yet?

g-man wrote: ↑12:00 Mon 28 Dec 2020 Has a time been set for this yet?

7pm gmt is the norm for these

jdaw1 wrote: ↑00:30 Sun 27 Dec 2020

AHB wrote: ↑19:29 Sat 26 Dec 2020We all brought Cockburn 1955. It did make for a splendid dinner.

“A very boring offline”, as reported.

Reading this prompted me to wonder if a tasting of different bottlers of the same Port should go onto the list of potential future events?

If so, what are the candidates?

As a starter, I think I’ve got a four or five variants of Warre 70 and suspect others are available.

If this was a tasting for 12/14 then we’d probably need to do two or three different wines.

Thoughts?

nac wrote: ↑16:26 Mon 28 Dec 2020Reading this prompted me to wonder if a tasting of different bottlers of the same Port should go onto the list of potential future events?

See Corks and bottles: Oporto versus London; Comparing the bottlers; and UK v Oporto bottling.

And I am very definitely in. Yes please. (It was my idea, over a decade ago.)

Doggett wrote: ↑13:46 Mon 28 Dec 2020

g-man wrote: ↑12:00 Mon 28 Dec 2020 Has a time been set for this yet?

7pm gmt is the norm for these

May I get added too please if there is room

I do have a paid zoom account too if needed

OK, everyone should have received an invite now. Please shout here if not!

Thank you!

Is the theme to open something good, or something from a challenging year like the 75'? We might turn away JDAW if so

I have a bottle that matches the theme of “A challenging year”.

g-man wrote: ↑19:54 Mon 28 Dec 2020 Thank you!

Is the theme to open something good, or something from a challenging year like the 75'? We might turn away JDAW if so

The theme is usally "Open a bottle of Port you're going to enjoy drinking since you won't be able to share it with anyone."

AHB wrote: ↑23:26 Mon 28 Dec 2020

g-man wrote: ↑19:54 Mon 28 Dec 2020Is the theme to open something good, or something from a challenging year like the 75'? We might turn away JDAW if so

The theme is usally "Open a bottle of Port you're going to enjoy drinking since you won't be able to share it with anyone."

That reasoning is strange. Surely if I am going to share a bottle with somebody else then it is more important that it be enjoyable.

I may be able to join and so can I be added to the roster please?

Hi,

after having driven back to Blighty from Germany yesterday the status from likely attendee can switch to attendee. Just opened a Cockburns 70 for tonight. Am a bit confused as from a lot believed to be Taylors 70......

Anyway happy to be back in England for tonight's tasting as my German WLAN would have not been able to cope as still the old telephone line from ~80 years ago

regards

WS1