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1920 Graham?

Warre 1917

I think Julian's gone to bed. I'm off now too. Night Glenn.

Good night to you both.

1920 Gould Campbell?

Warre 1924

Glenn E. wrote:1920 Cockburn?

Yes.

AHB wrote:Warre 1924

Yes, but too late.

From the Wine Society catalogue of September 1950.


Glenn is up.

Interesting observation about the corks..

Tom

Please post comments on the corks in Corks: Oporto versus London.

Glenn is still up.

Er... I seem to be without a question. I'll ponder one this afternoon and will ask it this evening provided someone doesn't step in with their own question first.

I'll accept Glenn's challenge as the runner up to the last question, and submit my own question before he does.

How many different bottles (or half bottles or magnums) of port have I drunk from so far during 2009?

Glenn E. wrote:Er... I seem to be without a question. I'll ponder one this afternoon and will ask it this evening provided someone doesn't step in with their own question first.

AHB wrote:I'll accept Glenn's challenge as the runner up to the last question, and submit my own question before he does.

I do like the friendliness of this thread, coupled with its light competitiveness. Truly what matters is the taking part rather than the winning.

AHB wrote:How many different bottles (or half bottles or magnums) of port have I drunk from so far during 2009?

Years is ≈200 days old. You’ve drunk port on ≈150 of those. Ten of those days have been tasting days, scoring an average of ≈15 each: that’s 150 towards the total. On the other ≈140 port days you’ve had ≈one, which you’ve had on average ≈three times this year, so that adds a very precise 46⅔.

196? Yikes that’s not small.

jdaw1 wrote:196? Yikes that’s not small.

Indeed, that is not a small number. Nevertheless, it is too small to be correct.

Damn: I should have rounded to nearest rather than rounding down.

250?

285?

197?

245?

198?

201?

200?

227?

199?

224?

RonnieRoots wrote:250

Too many

DRT wrote:285?

Too many

jdaw1 wrote:197?

Too few

DRT wrote:245?

Too few

jdaw1 wrote:198?

Too few

DRT wrote:201?

Too few

jdaw1 wrote:200?

Too few

DRT wrote:227?

Too few

jdaw1 wrote:199?

Too few

DRT wrote:224?

Too few

247!

249

246?

Glenn E. wrote:247!

Too many! Sorry Glenn, and you probably had a question ready too.

Tell you what - I've just opened, decanted and tasted another bottle this evening.

So you're right - Glenn's up.

AHB wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:247!

Too many! Sorry Glenn, and you probably had a question ready too.

Tell you what - I've just opened, decanted and tasted another bottle this evening.

So you're right - Glenn's up.

Yes, I made sure to think of a question this time around just in case.

I plan to open a 1992 Graham's Malvedos Vintage Port tonight. Since I don't drink as much as pretty much everyone else here, I can usually only have one bottle open at a time. Which means I just finished a bottle that I'd been working on for most of a week... what was it?

Ferreira Duque de Braganca 20YOT

Graham 1985 - well, we can dream

RonnieRoots wrote:Ferreira Duque de Braganca 20YOT

Correct category of Port, wrong producer, wrong age (lumping vintage and indication of age into one category)

AHB wrote:Graham 1985 - well, we can dream

Wrong category, wrong producer, wrong age.

Both yummy guesses, though!

Rocha Colheita 1991

Warre 1994 colheita

Cálem 10Y tawny.

Graham's The Tawny

Taylor 40Y tawny?

Kopke 30YOT

Kopke 1991 colheita

Ramos-Pinto 20YR?

Niepoort Colheita 1986

Apologies for the slow response...

RonnieRoots wrote:Rocha Colheita 1991

Correct category, wrong producer, wrong age.

AHB wrote:Warre 1994 Colheita

Correct category, wrong producer, wrong age.

jdaw1 wrote:Cálem 10Y tawny

Correct category, wrong producer, wrong age.

AHB wrote:Graham's The Tawny

Correct category, wrong producer, wrong age.

jdaw1 wrote:Taylor 40Y tawny?

Correct category, wrong producer, correct age.

RonnieRoots wrote:Kopke 30YOT

Correct category, wrong producer, wrong age.

AHB wrote:Kopke 1991 colheita

Correct category, wrong producer, wrong age.

DRT wrote:Ramos-Pinto 20YR?

Correct category, wrong producer, wrong age. But a well-reasoned guess given that it is still my favorite 20-yr old.

RonnieRoots wrote:Niepoort Colheita 1986

Correct category, wrong producer, wrong age.

I think that catches me up!

Barros 40 year old

AHB wrote:Barros 40 year old

Correct category, wrong producer, correct age.

The bottle was part of a major purchase this year...

Noval 40YR Tawny?

DRT wrote:Noval 40YR Tawny?

Correct! I suppose that clue was a bit of a giveaway considering what you'd already figured out.

DRT is up.

Glenn E. wrote:

DRT wrote:DRT is up.

First one in gets to ask the next question as I'm not around much for the next 2 days

OK, if no one else bites, I will. When checking my current inventory I noticed that Fonseca has taken over the number 1 position from Taylor when it comes to the total number of bottles owned per producer. How many bottles of Fonseca do I currently have?

27

Hmm. That seems high to me. I'll start at 20.

46?