1970 Horizontal, flights 1-4, Friday 3 October 2025

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1970 Horizontal - update

Hi everyone

On Monday 22 Sept I will publish the food menu and will be asking for food pre-orders - this needs a rapid response!
The menu will include some larger steak options which have a supplement cost which will be added to your costs.

Once I have a complete set of food orders, I'll let everyone know their cash contribution which should be paid in advance. For those without a mechanism for GBP payment, we can sort something else out - I'll be in touch directly.

Best
Mike

[jdaw1]

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Bottle pictures;
• Planning, flight 0, Thu 2^nd Oct 2025;
• Planning, flights 1–4, Fri 3^rd Oct 2025;
• Placemats;
• Flight 0 (Thu 2^nd Oct 2025):
  • Andresen;
  • Hutcheson;
  • Martins (Hutcheson);
  • Dalva (C. da Silva);
  • Dalva;
  • Borges;
  • Barros;
  • Cabral;
  • Diez Hermanos;
  • Feist;
  • Osborne;
  • Santos Júnior;
  • Dolamore;
  • Hunt Roope (Tuke Holdsworth);
  • Maia;
  • Pousada;
  • Thienpoint (Butler Nephew);
  • Mackenzie;
  • Messias Quinta do Cachão;
  • Royal Oporto Quinta das Carvalhas;
  • Graham tregnum; 
• Flight 1 (Fri 3^rd Oct 2025):
  • Quarles Harris;
  • Gould Campbell;
  • Gould Campbell LBV;
  • BBR;
  • Warre;
  • Dow;
  • Graham;
  • Smith Woodhouse;
  • Noval;
  • Noval Nacional;
• Flight 2 (Fri 3^rd Oct 2025):
  • Taylor Vargellas;
  • Taylor;
  • Fonseca;
  • Croft Quinta da Roêda;
  • Croft;
  • Avery;
  • Ferreira;
  • Sandeman;
  • Offley Boa Vista;
• Flight 3 (Fri 3^rd Oct 2025):
  • Martinez;
  • Cockburn;
  • Kopke São Luiz;
  • Rebello Valente;
  • Cálem;
  • Cálem Quinta da Foz;
  • Burmester;
  • Niepoort;
  • Sibio;
• Flight 4 (Fri 3^rd Oct 2025):
  • Ramos Pinto;
  • Delaforce;
  • Gonzalez Byass;
  • Poças;
  • Krohn;
  • Morgan Brothers;
  • Butler Nephew;
  • Royal Oporto;
  • Feuerheerd;

[Axel P]

Maybe some background info for the 1970 Avery Port from the company:

I have only found the "possible" blends for the 60, 63 and 66 I can almost say they are correct but every so often there is a note saying - also added...

- there are some hints at the 70 but not a "full" recipe

In the main they are all blends of Sandeman, Fonseca and Taylor - in that order of magnitude

Roughly 2-3 times as much Sandeman as Fonseca and a dash (portion of a cask) of Taylor

However what I can find for the 1970 is a pipe of Sandeman a pipe of Fonseca and 12 gallons of Taylor.

We may have made less '70 - for many reasons but I note that in

1960 a pipe of Sandeman was £175 and in 1970 it was £350...

Fonseca '60 was £190 and '70 was £500

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One or two bottles now standing up, awaiting decanting later in the week.

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Flight 1, decapsuled.

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Flight 2, decapsuled.

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Flight 3, decapsuled.

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Flight 4, decapsuled.

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Someone has devoted ~ > 40 hours of effort over the past months to prepare for this tasting.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Someone has devoted ~ > 40 hours of effort over the past months to prepare for this tasting.

Thank you Julian, it’s very much appreciated!

[Christopher]

I have informed our host seperately but infortuye I have had to drop out of this tasting. Very sorry about that and I hope you have a great evening

[PhilW]

Someone has devoted ~ > 40 hours of effort over the past months to prepare for this tasting.

Thank you Julian, it’s very much appreciated!

Hear, hear; the huge efforts involved in planning, preparation and logistics for this tasting are much appreciated.

[Mike J. W.]

Maybe some background info for the 1970 Avery Port from the company:

I have only found the "possible" blends for the 60, 63 and 66 I can almost say they are correct but every so often there is a note saying - also added...

- there are some hints at the 70 but not a "full" recipe

In the main they are all blends of Sandeman, Fonseca and Taylor - in that order of magnitude

Roughly 2-3 times as much Sandeman as Fonseca and a dash (portion of a cask) of Taylor

However what I can find for the 1970 is a pipe of Sandeman a pipe of Fonseca and 12 gallons of Taylor.

We may have made less '70 - for many reasons but I note that in

1960 a pipe of Sandeman was £175 and in 1970 it was £350...

Fonseca '60 was £190 and '70 was £500

If I did my math right, that would be roughly 68 pence per 750 ml bottle for the 1970 Fonseca (assumes a 550 liter pipe). That's crazy.

[hadge]

Someone has devoted ~ > 40 hours of effort over the past months to prepare for this tasting.

well done and huge thank you to both of you for all of your hard work in pulling this together! I'm very excited by this tasting!