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jdaw1 wrote: ↑19:49 Mon 03 Feb 2025There is now a draft of the food order. Usual rules: if it is wrong, that is your fault for not checking. Check your order!

CPR 1 wrote: ↑21:55 Tue 04 Feb 2025I suspect 18 is about right for a Monday night.....

hadge wrote: ↑22:07 Tue 04 Feb 2025i would go with the wide range

mcoulson wrote: ↑21:59 Tue 04 Feb 2025Plus is it actually possible to have too much port ?

jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:34 Tue 04 Feb 2025

CPR 1 wrote: ↑21:55 Tue 04 Feb 2025I suspect 18 is about right for a Monday night.....

hadge wrote: ↑22:07 Tue 04 Feb 2025i would go with the wide range

mcoulson wrote: ↑21:59 Tue 04 Feb 2025Plus is it actually possible to have too much port ?

Charles wants 18; Harry wants 24; Martin wants 36. Maybe twenty isn’t wrong.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:56 Tue 04 Feb 2025 Current draft of the placemats has been updated to reflect latest knowledge.

Luckily nobody will have noticed the addition of a mystery “Ben L.”, who is a backup in the event that Rob C. is a no-show. Indeed, Ben L. has already refused the tentative invitation — that doesn’t matter, he actually wants to play and if necessary he would find means.

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  • 2000 Taylor;
  • 2000 Fonseca;
  • 2000 Croft;
  • 2000 Dow;
  • 2000 Warre;
  • 2000 Graham;
  • 2000 Quinta do Vesuvio;
  • 2000 Martinez;
  • 2000 Cockburn;
  • 2000 Gould Campbell;
  • 2000 Smith Woodhouse;
  • 2000 Quarles Harris;
  • 2000 Sainsbury's Taste The Difference;
  • 2000 Niepoort;
  • 2000 Niepoort Secundum;
  • 2000 Sandeman;
  • 2000 Sandeman Vau;
  • 2000 Portal;
  • 2000 Osborne;
  • 2000 Quinta do Passadouro;
• The placemats (and discussion about);
• The food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

winesecretary wrote: ↑21:07 Sun 02 Feb 2025I will drop my ports off at the B&F this week and ask that they be opened and decanted on the morning of the tasting. If you are travelling with your port, then opening and double decanting the night before should offer a similar experience.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑21:10 Sun 02 Feb 2025

winesecretary wrote: ↑21:07 Sun 02 Feb 2025decanting the night before should offer a similar experience.

I could do so the night before, or in the morning, or Audouze at the two times. Which preferred?

winesecretary wrote: ↑21:14 Sun 02 Feb 2025please open night before, leave open, double decant morning and seal.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑18:37 Fri 07 Feb 2025 Harry H. is in. (Do we have enough bottles?)

winesecretary wrote: ↑20:24 Fri 07 Feb 2025 @ idj - Real Compania Velha? Were we that bad in a previous life?

Seriously, 20 really is enough, chaps…

winesecretary wrote: ↑20:24 Fri 07 Feb 2025 Seriously, 20 really is enough, chaps…

PhilW wrote: ↑20:30 Fri 07 Feb 2025I think you're thinking of Real Vinicola; nothing wrong with some good RCV.

wrote: ↑13:51 Tue 28 May 2013RCV = Real Companhia Velha
RO = Royal Oporto
ROC = Royal Oporto Quinta das Carvalhas
ROCo = Royal Oporto Quinta do Corval
RVn = Real Vinicola

winesecretary wrote: ↑21:07 Sun 02 Feb 2025I will drop my ports off at the B&F this week and ask that they be opened and decanted on the morning of the tasting. If you are travelling with your port, then opening and double decanting the night before should offer a similar experience.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑21:10 Sun 02 Feb 2025

winesecretary wrote: ↑21:07 Sun 02 Feb 2025decanting the night before should offer a similar experience.

I could do so the night before, or in the morning, or Audouze at the two times. Which preferred?

winesecretary wrote: ↑21:14 Sun 02 Feb 2025please open night before, leave open, double decant morning and seal.

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑17:18 Sun 09 Feb 2025What time should said willing pair of hands plan to arrive?

nac wrote: ↑10:22 Tue 04 Feb 2025I'll be in the office on Monday 10th, so can print the placemats then.
Will do them early afternoon to catch any late changes. Aim to then be at B&F for 1700.

mcoulson wrote: ↑23:27 Sun 09 Feb 2025 I'll do the printing .......

nac wrote: ↑17:22 Fri 07 Feb 2025 Picture & provenance added for T, F, G, V, Mz, SW & QH.

nac wrote: ↑06:17 Mon 10 Feb 2025

mcoulson wrote: ↑23:27 Sun 09 Feb 2025 I'll do the printing .......

Many thanks.

nac wrote: ↑08:15 Mon 10 Feb 2025

nac wrote: ↑17:22 Fri 07 Feb 2025 Picture & provenance added for T, F, G, V, Mz, SW & QH.

Bottles opened & decanted 0730-0810 this morning.

No obvious faults at this stage.

All corks looked pretty much new, with little or no staining.

Varying amounts of sediment. From Taylor with loads to Martinez with very little.

All the Symington stable wines had a secondary PET capsule under the foil.