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jdaw1 wrote:

jdaw1, in an email to Johnny Symington, wrote:I have your two bottles (doff hat, thank you kind sir) of the Graham 1952 tawny. I plan bring them refrigerated, not to decant, and serve direct from the bottle. If this is less than perfect, please tell me what should be done.

For the Dalva Golden White 1952, does anybody have a better suggestion than refrigerating, not decanting, and serving direct from the bottle?

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1924 Offley (THRA);
• 1952 Graham Single Harvest Tawny (Flora) (JADS);
• 1952 Graham Single Harvest Tawny (Fauna) (JADS);
• 1952 Dalva Golden White (JDAW);
• 1955 Graham (DJ);
• 1955 Dow (DRT);
• 1960 Dow (IDJ) (IDJ);
• 1960 Dow (BMHR) (BMHR);
• 1960 Croft (WPS);
• 1960 Warre (W60) (PW);
• 1960 Warre (£) (PW);
• 1963 Taylor (JDAW);
• 1963 Cockburn (RAYC);
• 1970 Dow (WPS);
• 1970 Fonseca (CMAG);
• 1977 Taylor (CPR);
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Food order (except that the B&F doesn’t do skinny fries);
• Planning and arrangements.

PhilW wrote:Very good. Noting that she did not say whether she would drop by.

The Telgraph wrote: The Queen is expected to address the people of Britain and the Commonwealth in a short speech at a Scottish railway station when she sets her record on September 9

The Queen is expected to make a rare public speech thanking her British and Commonwealth subjects for 63 years of support when she becomes our longest-reigning monarch on Wednesday.

Her Majesty, who had originally wanted to spend the landmark day in private, has already bowed to the clamour for a public appearance by agreeing to interrupt her holiday at Balmoral and open a railway in the Borders.

Now she is said to be contemplating going even further by speaking at the end of her journey aboard a steam train, when she would be likely to pay tribute to her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, the woman whose record reign she will overtake.

The Queen rarely speaks in public, confining herself to set piece events such as her Christmas message, the State opening of Parliament and speeches at State banquets when she is entertaining or visiting other leaders.

On 10th July 2015, by ordinary ‘snail mail’ non-electronic post, jdaw1 wrote:Sir Christopher Geidt KCB, KCVO, OBE
The Private Secretary to Her Majesty The Queen
Buckingham Palace, London SW1A 1AA

10^th July 2015

Dear Sir Christopher,

On the 9^th of September Her Majesty will surpass Victoria to become our longest-reigning monarch. Some friends and I, some loyal subjects and some citizens of allies, plan to celebrate this occasion with a Port tasting in SE1. The list of Ports is not yet fixed, but is likely to include some bottles from 1952, and some from other excellent years.^†

It has been reported that “The Queen’s hope is for a quiet day”, so we will celebrate quietly. We are very willing to host a representative of The Queen — whether a member of the Royal family, you, or somebody else — but we do understand that this is unlikely.

We wish Her Majesty the very best on the surpassing of Victoria’s sovereign record.

God save the Queen.



Julian D. A. Wiseman

† Planning for this tasting can be followed at www.ThePortForum.com/viewtopic.php?t=9935

jdaw1 wrote:A few days after sending it I realised that I had omitted “The Right Honourable” from Sir Christopher’s titles. Hopefully it was apparent from the rest of the letter that no disrespect was intended.

DRT wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:A few days after sending it I realised that I had omitted “The Right Honourable” from Sir Christopher’s titles. Hopefully it was apparent from the rest of the letter that no disrespect was intended.

No doubt that is why Her Majesty isn't coming. Nothing else could explain it.

djewesbury wrote:Someone take the boy away. Delete all his posts. And never speak of this again.

By email, Ben Read wrote:… Dow 60 now standing up in the cellar ready for decanting. I will have a little flexibility on the day so if there is a preferred decanting time let me know.

jdaw1 wrote:

By email, Ben Read wrote:… Dow 60 now standing up in the cellar ready for decanting. I will have a little flexibility on the day so if there is a preferred decanting time let me know.

Similar question from me about Taylor 1963.

Unless there is a contrary consensus, the T63 will be decanted at 14:00.

PhilW wrote:I propose 15:00 as decant time for all port from the '60s. Primarily because it is the time I will have to decant the W60 (the alternative for me being 6am) due to other commitments.

PhilW wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:

By email, Ben Read wrote:… Dow 60 now standing up in the cellar ready for decanting. I will have a little flexibility on the day so if there is a preferred decanting time let me know.

Similar question from me about Taylor 1963.

Unless there is a contrary consensus, the T63 will be decanted at 14:00.

I propose 15:00 as decant time for all pot from the '60s. Primarily because it is the time I will have to decant the W60 (the alternative for me being 6am) due to other commitments.

idj123 wrote:I had been thinking of decant times before I'd seen the recent posts. Unfortunately,this is going to be problematic for me since I will be in work and even if I were to be able to decant from work, I will already have had to bring an undecanted bottle with me on the train into work (which wouldn't be ideal). Therefore (and as is the normally the case for me), I will alas have little choice but to decant around 7am.

idj123 wrote:Incidentally, if Julian is intending issuing a toast to HM at around 5.30pm (when I understand that she formally succeeds QV) followed by a rousing rendition of God Save the Queen then I'm unlikely to make it-my eta being about 6pm!

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=92654#p92654]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:A matter of protocol. At a typical feast the Loyal Toast is done after the food, but before the Port. That sequencing ill fits our arrangements. So I propose that we keep the part of doing it before the Port: we will start, at 6½pm, with the Loyal Toast, done with the Graham Single Harvest Tawny 1952.

Objections are hereby scorned as ‘disloyal’, and ignored. Nay, cast out. The Loyal Toast will be at 6½pm, with the Graham Single Harvest Tawny 1952.

djewesbury wrote:See you at 6.31.

jdaw1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:See you at 6.31.

Her Majesty’s presence on the throne has caused your presence at a magnificent port tasting. Your niggardly ingratitude is unfitting.

jdaw1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:See you at 6.31.

Her Majesty’s presence on the throne has caused your presence at a magnificent port tasting. Your niggardly ingratitude is unfitting.

DRT wrote:As is fitting in any free society, protesters are free to stand outside the door and refuse to take part so long as they do not infringe the civil liberties of those who do.

AHB wrote:

DRT wrote:As is fitting in any free society, protesters are free to stand outside the door and refuse to take part so long as they do not infringe the civil liberties of those who do.

I presume that you mean the protesters are free to stand outside until closing time or until all the port has been consumed, whichever is the earliest?

jdaw1 wrote:There is a toast to ‘The Constitution’: what should I do? Of course, find my wine/Port/Madeira/etc glass(es), ensure that they are adequately supplied, and toast ‘The Constitution’. Partly because I don’t have a chip on my shoulder about a war that happened over two centuries ago.

jdaw1 wrote:Imagine being at a dinner in the USA, and there is a toast to ‘The Constitution’. I have grumbles about the US Constitution: the second amendment is wrong, the first amendment has bad consequences, and there is the business of the 60% fraction. That nice Mr Trump dislikes the fourteenth, other right-wing Republicans probably dislike the sixteenth, the eighteenth was always ludicrous, the twenty-second has ill-considered bad consequences, and even the seventh has needless costs. (Happily, it seems that nobody cares about the third amendment.)

There is a toast to ‘The Constitution’: what should I do? Of course, find my wine/Port/Madeira/etc glass(es), ensure that they are adequately supplied, and toast ‘The Constitution’. Partly because I don’t have a chip on my shoulder about a war that happened over two centuries ago.

DRT wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:There is a toast to ‘The Constitution’: what should I do? Of course, find my wine/Port/Madeira/etc glass(es), ensure that they are adequately supplied, and toast ‘The Constitution’. Partly because I don’t have a chip on my shoulder about a war that happened over two centuries ago.

Indeed.

PhilW wrote:Please be advised, especially if you're the first there doing glasses: Having decanted the W60 I am unconvinced by its colour, so have decanted a second bottle from a different source (which looks much better) and will be bringing both.

jdaw1 wrote:Problems. We've been moved to the Green Room, without so much as a by-your-leave.

Some of the boxes of glasses were discovered today to be empty. Bring glasses!