Thu 28 Dec 2023: Bring A Bottle Or Two

[nac]

There is a draft of the food order.

Mike: guessed your main, please instruct re starter.

Cliff, Tony: please instruct.

Think you’re missing desert orders for myself and Alex M.

[cem]

Starter: gravlax melba toast
Main Steak (M-R) roasted tomato, fries + extra red cabbage (no peppercorn sauce)
No desert

Thanks Julian

[CPR 1]

You are missing my Welsh rarebit again

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[jdaw1]

The draft of the food order has been updated.

[jdaw1]

Updates:

• Mike’s attendance is in doubt. Mike: if you can, show on the night.

• Cliff has requested another circle, his fourth.

• Tony’s food is “gravlax and the bangers and mash” (food order believed finished, somebody please check).

• Tony is bringing “wine and something really off piste (fortified)”.

So we are eight people, with Port (9 bottles and 1 magnum), non-Port fortified (1 bottle), and unfortified (3 bottles). In CH₃CH₂OH terms, that’s ≈1¾ bottles of Port per man. Which is more than enough. (If anybody says they’ll bring more, then I’ll uninvite my magnum.)

I will request 120 glasses.

I propose an early start. 17:00?

[Alex M]

Concur with request for 1700 start. Rail replacement buses in every direction!

[Alex Bridgeman]

I haven't told you the size of my one bottle. You have assumed it will be 750ml. It might be only 50ml. It might be 9000ml. Who knows what will appear when I arrive...

[jdaw1]

I haven't told you the size of my one bottle. You have assumed it will be 750ml. It might be only 50ml. It might be 9000ml. Who knows what will appear when I arrive...

On the placemats how should your bottle be Overtitle’d?

[Alex Bridgeman]

I think an overtitle of *NICE PORT* would be accurate.

[jdaw1]

I think an overtitle of *NICE PORT* would be accurate.

Done.

And food order sent.

[nac]

Concur with request for 1700 start. Rail replacement buses in every direction!

Currently unsure if can arrive by 1700. Was planning 1800 but will endeavour to be there earlier.

[jdaw1]

The Red Room has been booked from 13:30, which is when Cliff and I will start.

Do with this information as you see fit.

[idj123]

Sounds like Cliff and Julian will have shared 6 bottles of Port before the rest of us arrive! For my own part, my eta will be about 5.30pm currently and I will be accompanied by a bottle of fortified wine.

[jdaw1]

Peeps: reminder that this is happening tomorrow = Thursday 28 December 2023.

[forest26]

Hoping to be with you before 4pm with two bottles. Might have to leave a little earlier than usual to avoid replacement bus.

[nac]

Peeps: reminder that this is happening tomorrow = Thursday 28 December 2023.

Hadn’t forgotten. Worst case should arrive by 1730, but hopefully earlier.

Very much looking forward to this.

[Alex Bridgeman]

I’ll probably arrive around 16.30 +/- 30 minutes.

[idj123]

All being well with the intended train I should be with you about 5pm. Like Tony, I might have to be strict with time of leaving given the frequency of the trains this evening.

[nac]

Non-fortified double decanted and VacUVined at 0900 this morning.
VP opened and decanted shortly after, then 2.5 hrs in decanter before back in bottle and VacUVined.

[Alex Bridgeman]

I can't be bothered to start a review thread for the wines we had at this blind tasting, so I've created this list of links to the (fortified) wines we had that evening:

1970 Delaforce
1964 Dow LBV
1970 Fonseca
1985 Fonseca
1955 Graham
1966 Graham
1975 Graham
1945 Kobenhagen
1962 Quinta do Noval Nacional
1963 Sandeman
1968 Sandeman
1948 Taylor