London 15 May - 1970 tasting

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 06:39 Tue 17 Apr 2012

I'll be in London from 13 to 18 May, anyone up for a get together one of those days?

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Date now confirmed: Tuesday 15 May, Theme: 1970, Location: The Bung Hole Cellars

Attendees:

RMW: T70
DRT: RO70
AHB: W70
RAYC: Ck70 (+ROC70, received as gift from THRA)
RLC
JDAW: D70
CMAG: F70
THRA: G70

Post by **DRT** » 11:32 Tue 17 Apr 2012

I should be in town that week but don't yet know on which dates.

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 12:15 Tue 17 Apr 2012

I am unlikely to be in town on 13th, but will be there for all other dates and would of course be an enthusiastic attendee of any event that is planned!

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 14:38 Tue 17 Apr 2012

Wonderful! As a follow up to your '66 evening today, would it be a very silly idea to move on to 1970?

Post by **DRT** » 15:13 Tue 17 Apr 2012

RonnieRoots wrote:Wonderful! As a follow up to your '66 evening today, would it be a very silly idea to move on to 1970?

Oh alright then. But only if you allow us to have placemats this time

Deleted_User_1 · Post by **Deleted_User_1** » 15:21 Tue 17 Apr 2012

Count me in and no objection to a 1970 theme

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 23:11 Tue 17 Apr 2012

Better suggest a date sooner rather than later.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 09:24 Wed 18 Apr 2012

DRT wrote:
RonnieRoots wrote:Wonderful! As a follow up to your '66 evening today, would it be a very silly idea to move on to 1970?
Oh alright then. But only if you allow us to have placemats this time

Oh alright then, but only if you promise to show up this time.

How about Tuesday 15 May?

Post by **jdaw1** » 13:50 Wed 18 Apr 2012

RonnieRoots wrote:Wonderful! As a follow up to your '66 evening today, would it be a very silly idea to move on to 1970?

Works for me.

RonnieRoots wrote:How about Tuesday 15 May?

Works for me.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 17:52 Wed 18 Apr 2012

Should work for me.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 14:26 Thu 19 Apr 2012

AHB wrote:Should work for me.

Completely without influence from me, someone has asked whether I would be available for a meeting in London on the afternoon of Tuesday 15th May. My attendance looks very likely. I can bring either Cockburn or Warre - please suggest which you would prefer me to bring.

Post by **jdaw1** » 15:20 Thu 19 Apr 2012

Dow, or one of my few Kopke St Luiz?

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 16:21 Thu 19 Apr 2012

AHB wrote: I can bring either Cockburn or Warre - please suggest which you would prefer me to bring.

I can bring the other, so perhaps AHB and i could consult on our respective stock levels and decide between us which way round.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 21:45 Thu 19 Apr 2012

RAYC wrote:
AHB wrote: I can bring either Cockburn or Warre - please suggest which you would prefer me to bring.
I can bring the other, so perhaps AHB and i could consult on our respective stock levels and decide between us which way round.

Ok. I'll email you tomorrow.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 08:22 Fri 20 Apr 2012

I fly directly from Oman and am in a course during shop opening hours, so I would be very grateful if I can adopt a bottle from someone.

(Or I could order a bottle of G70 from BBR if someone else is able to go by their shop to collect it.)

jdaw1 wrote:Dow, or one of my few Kopke St Luiz?

The Dow is one of my favourites of the vintage.

Post by **jdaw1** » 08:42 Fri 20 Apr 2012

RonnieRoots wrote:The Dow is one of my favourites of the vintage.

I have decided, all by myself and quite independently, to bring Dow.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 09:05 Fri 20 Apr 2012

RonnieRoots wrote:I fly directly from Oman and am in a course during shop opening hours, so I would be very grateful if I can adopt a bottle from someone.

(Or I could order a bottle of G70 from BBR if someone else is able to go by their shop to collect it.)

jdaw1 wrote:Dow, or one of my few Kopke St Luiz?
The Dow is one of my favourites of the vintage.

I could easily call by BBR to collect something. BBR Basingstoke is probably slightly easier than BBR London if ready in the next 2 weeks.

Or you could order from the Davy wine shop and have it delivered direct to the Bunghole Cellars. It's worth calling Davy's on +44 208 858 9147 to see if they have anything not shown on their list.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 09:06 Fri 20 Apr 2012

Ronnie,

Could I ask a favour - could you change the title of the thread to show the agreed date for us getting together.

And I also realised that I have made an assumption that we will be meeting in the Bunghole Cellars - can you confirm that this works for you?

Thanks.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 10:30 Fri 20 Apr 2012

AHB wrote:Ronnie,

Could I ask a favour - could you change the title of the thread to show the agreed date for us getting together.

Done!

AHB wrote:And I also realised that I have made an assumption that we will be meeting in the Bunghole Cellars - can you confirm that this works for you?

Thanks.

The Bunghole is fine with me. Never been there before and it's always fun to try something new.

Alex, I'll try both BBR and Davy's and see what they have available. If Davy's can deliver to TBH it's probably the easiest option, but their website only shows the Warre 70, and that's already taken by you or Rob.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 12:49 Fri 20 Apr 2012

Ronnie - I'm happy to bring the Dalva '70 instead of the Warre, if you want to buy the Warre from Davy's to make life easy for us all. That would not be a problem.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 06:09 Sat 21 Apr 2012

Another arrangement has been made, with thanks to AHB who is willing to take delivery. My contribution will be the Taylor 70.

Could I ask one of the regular visitors of TBH to make the necessary reservations there? Thanks!

Post by **jdaw1** » 16:45 Sat 21 Apr 2012

I am in Sussex, and can easily locate Dow, Kopke St Luiz (supplies less critical than foretold), and Cockburn. But I would need to be instructed soon.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 17:13 Sat 21 Apr 2012

Dow please. I'd love to taste that again.

Post by **jdaw1** » 18:11 Sat 21 Apr 2012

Dow is already in. Adopters might require?

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 09:50 Tue 01 May 2012

Received an e-mail from AHB telling me that the Taylor 1970 has arrived and looks fine. That's good news!

Christopher · Post by **Christopher** » 17:51 Mon 07 May 2012

Please count me in, I can bring a Fonseca 70.

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 17:57 Mon 07 May 2012

Christopher wrote:Please count me in, I can bring a Fonseca 70.

Oh...alright then, I suppose...

Post by **DRT** » 18:45 Mon 07 May 2012

jdaw1 wrote:Dow is already in. Adopters might require?

Me please!

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:12 Mon 07 May 2012

First draft of the placemats.

Executive decisions have been made about what AHB and RAYC are bringing, and what DRT is adopting from me. Please verify or correct.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 07:20 Tue 08 May 2012

jdaw1 wrote:First draft of the placemats.
Executive decisions have been made about what AHB and RAYC are bringing, and what DRT is adopting from me. Please verify or correct.

I'm assuming the draft was prepared before Christopher voiced his intention to join us.

RO70? Is this the Carvalhas that won wine of the night in April last year?

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 09:10 Tue 08 May 2012

jdaw1 wrote:First draft of the placemats.
Executive decisions have been made about what AHB and RAYC are bringing, and what DRT is adopting from me. Please verify or correct.

Did you incorporate the fact that I'm left-handed into the placemats?

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 09:10 Tue 08 May 2012

Christopher wrote:Please count me in, I can bring a Fonseca 70.

Excellent! I'll amend the first post.

Post by **jdaw1** » 09:32 Tue 08 May 2012

And, this evening, I’ll fix the placemats to add Christopher and mirror Ronnie.

Post by **DRT** » 10:25 Tue 08 May 2012

jdaw1 wrote:First draft of the placemats.
Executive decisions have been made about what AHB and RAYC are bringing, and what DRT is adopting from me. Please verify or correct.

Fine with me, thanks.

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:53 Tue 08 May 2012

AHB wrote:RO70? Is this the Carvalhas that won wine of the night in April last year?

I really don’t like the uneven heights of the digits in ‟1970” presumably mis-typset lower-case digits.

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:54 Tue 08 May 2012

Updated draft of the placemats.

Ronnie left’d;
+CMAG and +F70;
RLC’s bottle still undecided.

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:00 Wed 09 May 2012

Alex: I now have a W70 in London, as well as D70 and RO70. Derek could adopt the W70, and he and I jointly bring the RO70.

But only if you have something other than Warre that you could bring. Do you?

Or we could just suffer the hardship of a second Warre 1970.

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 12:55 Fri 11 May 2012

THRA is in and has declared Graham.

If felt necessary, this would be a nice occasion for me to bring the RO Carvahlas (gifted to me last year very generously by THRA) to taste alongside the regular RO.

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:45 Fri 11 May 2012

Placemats will be updated on Sunday night.

Yes please to the ROC.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 11:20 Sat 12 May 2012

RAYC wrote:THRA is in and has declared Graham.

If felt necessary, this would be a nice occasion for me to bring the RO Carvahlas (gifted to me last year very generously by THRA) to taste alongside the regular RO.

Very good, this is beginning to look like a proper tasting.

Post by **jdaw1** » 18:43 Sun 13 May 2012

Updated draft of the placemats.

+G from THRA;
+ROC from RAYC from THRA;
RLC’s bottle still undecided.

Please could somebody review and approve?

Cookie: a detail is awaited from you.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:20 Sun 13 May 2012

jdaw1 wrote:Please could somebody review and approve?

I have reviewed and am happy to approve - but could we have the psychedelic lines in colour just to really make the eyes ache?

Who will print? I can print if I do so tomorrow but will not be able to print on Tuesday.

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:27 Sun 13 May 2012

I can print in B&W, even late on Tuesday.

(If you want the lines zapped, say so clearly.)

Deleted_User_1 · Post by **Deleted_User_1** » 21:48 Sun 13 May 2012

My contribution will be a Sandeman '70 and if there is no objection I would like to invite Sandy to join us and he will contribute an OBV'70.
Hope that is acceptable to all.

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:57 Sun 13 May 2012

Updated draft of the placemats.

+S from Cookie THRA;
+OBV, from additional guest NDS.

Please could somebody review and approve?

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 12:54 Mon 14 May 2012

We now seem to be missing the squiggly lines...

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:23 Mon 14 May 2012

jdaw1 wrote:(If you want the lines zapped, say so clearly.)

I like the lines. I don't want them zapped.

But I want them in colour for maximum impact!

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:24 Mon 14 May 2012

jdaw1 wrote:I can print in B&W, even late on Tuesday.

I will leave you to print

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 14:07 Mon 14 May 2012

AHB wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:(If you want the lines zapped, say so clearly.)
I like the lines. I don't want them zapped.

But I want them in colour for maximum impact!

I second that.

As a compromise: how about coloured lines, printed in black and white?

Post by **jdaw1** » 15:20 Mon 14 May 2012

Lines look good with four glasses per page. Not so much with five or six. Hence zapped.

Do you want to have three pages, each of four glasses? That starts to use a lot of table space.