So, err, what's the best shipper, eh?

[DRT]

Honoured Guest x 2 (looking promising)

Please let me know if you want to be upgraded from possible to confirmed.

Please upgrade me from ‟confirmed” to ‟Honoured Guest”.

Will Right Honourable Decanting Assistant do?

[jdaw1]

Not what I had in mind, but better than Acting Deputy Vice Junior Under Decanting Assistant.

[DRT]

Not what I had in mind, but better than Acting Deputy Vice Junior Under Decanting Assistant.

You can't have that one anyway. That's AHB's title.

[Alex Bridgeman]

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[Alex Bridgeman]

Honoured Guest x 2 (looking promising)

Please let me know if you want to be upgraded from possible to confirmed.

Please upgrade me from ‟confirmed” to ‟Honoured Guest”.

But I'm not sure that you look promising

[jdaw1]

I was hoping that somebody else shares my view that we are all honoured guests.

[DRT]

• A preference has been expressed to hold this on a Firday, although scanning the thread above I can't determine the reasoning
• Tom will be blowing things up on 6th November
• Axel, Tom and Christopher are drinking Niepoorts in Germany on 27th November
• The invited guest from the Symington family cannot make 20th November due to a company AGM on the same date
• The only Friday in November that seems to suit all is the 13th, but the RAF Club isn't available that day.

Options are:

1. choose a night other than a Friday
2. choose another venue (Criusting Pipe?) and go for 13th November
3. invite a different guest on the 20th November
4. do this without guests from the producers on 20th November

Does anyone have any firm views on any of these things or any other suggested options?

[jdaw1]

Would Saturday work rather than ‘Firday’?

[DRT]

Would Saturday work rather than ‘Firday’?

Works for me.

[Alex Bridgeman]

My preference would be to keep the date of Friday 13th, but investigate other possible venues.

I'll have a dig around and see what I can come up with.

[Alex Bridgeman]

I'm hoping to bring a guest with me who I have long been trying to persuade to attend one of our offlines. Please could I therefore be AHB +1 for the purposes of headcounts.

Alex

[DRT]

Updated list...

When?:
November 2009, preferrably a Friday night, but not the 6th or 27th.


Where?
The RAF Club, London (or perhaps somewhere else)

Attendees ("possible" unless stated otherwise ):

1. DRT (confirmed)
2. JDAW (confirmed)
3. Axel (confirmed)
4. AHB (confirmed)
5. AHB+1 (confirmed)
6. Wolfgang (confirmed)
7. Jacob (confirmed)
8. Ghandi (confirmed)
9. Christopher (confirmed)
10. Ben (needs a baby-sitter)
11. Uncle Tom (needs to blow everything up before 13th Nov)
12. RonnieRoots (needs to book a flight)
13. Invited Guest #1 (looking promising, but not on 20th Nov)
14. Invited Guest #2 (to be invited by IG#1)

Please let me know if you want to be upgraded from possible to confirmed.

Derek

[JacobH]

A Saturday should work for me, too. Can also give a hand finding alternative venues, if desired.

Is there any significance in the Guests being downgraded from ‘Honoured’ to ‘Invited’?

[DRT]

Is there any significance in the Guests being downgraded from ‘Honoured’ to ‘Invited’?

Only to stop JDAW moaning.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Only to stop JDAW moaning.

Has it worked?

[DRT]

Only to stop JDAW moaning.

Has it worked?

Probably not.

[jdaw1]

Looks tickety-boo to me. Why, is somebody being hypersensitive?

[DRT]

Looks tickety-boo to me. Why, is somebody being hypersensitive?

Not now that you've stopped moaning about not being an "Honored Guest".

[jdaw1]

Honoured Guest x 2 (looking promising)

Please let me know if you want to be upgraded from possible to confirmed.

Please upgrade me from ‟confirmed” to ‟Honoured Guest”.

Will Right Honourable Decanting Assistant do?

Not now that you've stopped moaning about not being an "Honored Guest".

I might moan about your inconsistent use of British and American spelling.

[Axel P]

Shall we invite another guest not from the company. E.g. some other wine critique like Godfrey Spence, Richard Mayson or so? I could ask if wanted. Then we have one producer and one other guest.

On the other hand I would not go and change date and/or location due to this. We could alternatively live with one of them, too, can we?

Axel

[Alex Bridgeman]

On the other hand I would not go and change date and/or location due to this. We could alternatively live with one of them, too, can we?

Personally, I would very much prefer to have a representative from each of the families. If we are doing a "taste off", comparing Taylor's best to the Symington's best then it would be much more fun to do this with both families participating.

My preference would be to look for a date where both could attend - changing the date or venue if required.

[jdaw1]

I agree.

[DRT]

So do I.

[Axel P]

Saturday 21th possible? I do not know wether the Symingtons are available on this night. I can try Sat 14th as well at the Club. Do we have any confirmation from the Taylors side?

Axel

[DRT]

This offline is now confirmed for Friday 13th November 2009 at the RAF Club in London.

When?:
Friday 13th November 2009


Where?
The RAF Club, London

Attendees ("possible" unless stated otherwise ):

1. DRT (confirmed)
2. JDAW (confirmed)
3. Axel (confirmed)
4. AHB (confirmed)
5. AHB+1 (confirmed)
6. Wolfgang (confirmed)
7. Jacob (confirmed)
8. Ghandi (confirmed)
9. Christopher (confirmed)
10. Invited Guest #1 (confirmed)
11. Ben (needs a baby-sitter)
12. Uncle Tom (needs to blow everything up before 13th Nov)
13. RonnieRoots (needs to book a flight)
14. Invited Guest #2 (has been invited by IG#1 and given tentative acceptance - awaiting confirmation)

Please let me know if you want to be upgraded to confirmed.

Reserves:

1. KillerB is "in the mix"

[KillerB]

Throw me into the mix on this as well

[DRT]

Throw me into the mix on this as well

I will have to make you 1st Reserve as we are maxed out at 14 at the moment. Four have yet to confirm and others confirmed before knowing the date so watch this space

[KillerB]

Throw me into the mix on this as well

I will have to make you 1st Reserve as we are maxed out at 14 at the moment. Four have yet to confirm and others confirmed before knowing the date so watch this space

I realised that, which explains the terminology, sort of.

[jdaw1]

Provided that we weren’t reblending the port with some added KillerB, that’s OK.

[DRT]

Question:

Given that this thread deviated from the original theme, should I start a new thread now that time and place have been confirmed or should I change the title of this thread?

[jdaw1]

Given that this thread deviated from the original theme, should I start a new thread now that time and place have been confirmed or should I change the title of this thread?

Yes. But do it by posting in this topic and then splitting that post to a new topic. (I suspect that the split will drag with it all of this topic’s subscriptions: perhaps people will let me know by PM whether it works.)

[Ghandih]

Umm. Has the split happened? I'm trying to keep occasional tabs on my baby, even though it's gone off and found a career of its own...

[DRT]

Umm. Has the split happened? I'm trying to keep occasional tabs on my baby, even though it's gone off and found a career of its own...

It has now: The Great Taylor Fladgate v Symington Head-to-head Tasting