2019: An Informal Offline, 21st May 2019, at the B&F

[winesecretary]

A number of us gathered at the B&F for to taste (mostly) blind (mostly) ports.

Review of the evening as a whole

These blind:
2007 Marks & Spencer (JDAW)
Fonseca Bin 27 (1980s bottling) (JDAW)
1968 Noval Colheita (AHB)
Graham's Crusted (bottled 1985) (AHB)
1977 Quarles Harris (BBR version) (AJM)
2001 Fortnum & Mason (Niepoort Secundum) (WPS)
1957 D'Oliveira's Old Wine Meio Doce (late 1970s bottling) (GEAG)

These sighted:
Quinta de Mourao Porto San Leonardo 30 year old Tawny (AHB's first guest)
Quinta de Lamelas 20 year old Tawny (AHB's second guest)
Adega de Favaios Moscatel do Douro NV (AHB)

Placemats

Planning and arrangements

[I shall be placing tasting notes in the tasting notes thread; I would be obliged if someone would link links.]
Late edit in August 2025 by AHB: apologies for it taking over 6 years to get the links done - many thanks to George for having posted his tasting notes shortly after the event.

[winesecretary]

My first TPF visit; I hope for many more. I am grateful for being made welcome by all present: a friendly crowd. We drank some interesting, and some admirable, port. WOTN (restricted to those tasted blind) was AJM's BBR/QH 1977; with AHB's 1968 Noval Colheita second and the 1957 D'Oliveira's Meio Doce third.

[Alex Bridgeman]

It's taken me just over 6 years to comply with George's request, but it's now done! One more thing off my to do list.

I've also added my tasting notes to George's for all the wines tasted.