LBVs: New York, Thursday 8th May 2008?
LBVs: New York, Thursday 8th May 2008?
With planning for the April tasting suggesting LBVs, let’s do something a little more random in May. Bottles of Barros 1947 and 1952 are ‘cluttering’ my collection: would there be interest in a theme of Old and Odd, though vintage nonetheless?
I’ll be in the UK the third week of May (including a tasting in Wokingham), so early May works far better for me.
Thoughts?
[Edited title to include date, following this post.]
[Edited title again to change from “O&O† to “LBVs† due to Alex becoming unavailable.]
I’ll be in the UK the third week of May (including a tasting in Wokingham), so early May works far better for me.
Thoughts?
[Edited title to include date, following this post.]
[Edited title again to change from “O&O† to “LBVs† due to Alex becoming unavailable.]
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When? What? Where?
When? Please suggest early-May dates.
What? It seems that people aren’t objecting to O&O. Please say what treats you have.
And where? One possibility, date dependent, is, again, the increasingly traditional Bistro Citron:
What? It seems that people aren’t objecting to O&O. Please say what treats you have.
And where? One possibility, date dependent, is, again, the increasingly traditional Bistro Citron:
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=7164#7164]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Unless there’s a better plan, we’ll meet at the place that is becoming usual:[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=6792#6792]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Same place:[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=5272#5272]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:my local French restaurant, Bistro Citron, NY 10024-5131, which is on the east side of Columbus Avenue between west 82nd and west 83rd streets. Good nosh, and the best fries in Manhattan.
Subway from downtown take the B or C to 81st street: don’t take the A or D as they are express from Columbus Circle to somewhere functionally equivalent to Canada.
Hopper 1938 and 1942
If people need to adopt, I also have bottles sold at auction as Hopper 1938 and 1942. They really should be tasted side-by-side: for sale all-or-nothing.
Just realised: it’s a B52 Stratofortress!jdaw1 wrote:Barros … 1952
Re: Hopper 1938 and 1942
what if i find a hoopers 44?jdaw1 wrote:If people need to adopt, I also have bottles sold at auction as Hopper 1938 and 1942. They really should be tasted side-by-side: for sale all-or-nothing.
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Re: Hopper 1938 and 1942
Works for me. Not sure of spelling — will try to find auction catalogue.g-man wrote:what if i find a hoopers 44?
Re: Hopper 1938 and 1942
think it's hooper's ... bought buy royal oporto in 1951jdaw1 wrote:Works for me. Not sure of spelling — will try to find auction catalogue.g-man wrote:what if i find a hoopers 44?
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Jay,jfacciol wrote:Sounds like fun and who better to open some odd bottles with?
I could contribute a bottle of Schonfield 1873, which is what the wax capsule says. Good, bad, I have no idea. It was an add-on in a lot that I purchased a number of years ago.
Are you sure that you have the name right? I believe that this could be an English bottled port from the long disappeared merchant Schofield Brothers. If it is, then I believe - but it is a very tenuous belief - that this is the Sandeman 1873.
Of course, if you open it then please tell us what it is and what you think of it!
Alex
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Hooper 1938 and 1942
Sotheby’s have sent me a copy of the relevant pages of the catalogue, and—my fault—they are indeed Hooper, not Hopper.jdaw1 wrote:If people need to adopt, I also have bottles sold at auction as Hopper 1938 and 1942. They really should be tasted side-by-side: for sale all-or-nothing.
Re: Hooper 1938 and 1942
will let you know about the 44/45? hooper'sjdaw1 wrote:Sotheby’s have sent me a copy of the relevant pages of the catalogue, and—my fault—they are indeed Hooper, not Hopper.jdaw1 wrote:If people need to adopt, I also have bottles sold at auction as Hopper 1938 and 1942. They really should be tasted side-by-side: for sale all-or-nothing.
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No. What dates work for you?
No. What dates work for you?
Alex, well done. It is indeed Schofield Brothers. It has a nicely embossed yellow lead capsule with 1873 prominently displayed. There is a handwritten tag from a prior owner indicating that this was a Manchester importer. Broadbent confirms Manchester.
If Alex can make it, let's try for a date that works for him also.
If Alex can make it, let's try for a date that works for him also.
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I've kept quiet up until now on the dates as I have been happy to watch the organisation unfold before my eyes. However, I am required to present myself to plaintiff's counsel in Pittsburgh for examination some time in May and could probably swing by New York on my way home. The only dates that would work would be Thursday May 8 or (at a push) Friday May 9.
However, since my travel has not yet been arranged, please do not let me influence the choice of dates if the 8th or 9th would be inconvenient for others.
Alex
However, since my travel has not yet been arranged, please do not let me influence the choice of dates if the 8th or 9th would be inconvenient for others.
Alex
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Alex: if you “swing by† on your way to the US, …
Alex: if you “swing by† on your way to the US, then it would be easier for you to bring something interesting (or at least, old and odd). Just an observation.
And as nobody else has much of an opinion on dates, we could gather around your availability.
And as nobody else has much of an opinion on dates, we could gather around your availability.
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This is true. The week in question is a public holiday in the UK so I would likely not travel out until the Tuesday. This would, theoretically, mean that I could attend a tasting in New York on Tuesday 6 May.
However, I have discovered that I am required to be in Phildelphia and not Pittsburgh. This opens up the advantage of using the train to get to New York and therefore being able to treat with more respect an Old and Odd bottle. Because of this, my preferred date would still be Thursday 8 May with Friday being my second preference.
Alex
However, I have discovered that I am required to be in Phildelphia and not Pittsburgh. This opens up the advantage of using the train to get to New York and therefore being able to treat with more respect an Old and Odd bottle. Because of this, my preferred date would still be Thursday 8 May with Friday being my second preference.
Alex
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Old & Odd, on Thursday 8th May 2008? Works for me + AHB.
Old & Odd, on Thursday 8th May 2008? Works for me. Works for AHB. Others?
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