One quiz at a time

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:30 Tue 05 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:A paris goblet?

Not.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:31 Tue 05 Nov 2013

I clearly have to wait for Glenn.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 10:47 Tue 05 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote: The tape measure is here.

Followed the link, got a guess, now all we have to do is wait.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 11:09 Tue 05 Nov 2013

A white wine glass stolen from the Bunghole

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 11:24 Tue 05 Nov 2013

AHB wrote:A white wine glass stolen from the Bunghole

It's a set up!

An ISO tasting glass?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 12:31 Tue 05 Nov 2013

AHB wrote:A white wine glass stolen from the Bunghole

No!

LGTrotter wrote: An ISO tasting glass?

Alex already guessed this. An INAO glass is an ISO glass. And the diameter of one of them is 60mm unless I'm mistaken. So, no.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:42 Tue 05 Nov 2013

An IVDP tasting glass - the one with the square stem and the annoying thumb indentation.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 13:44 Tue 05 Nov 2013

AHB wrote:An IVDP tasting glass - the one with the square stem and the annoying thumb indentation.

Correct. I find the indentation can be used for all sorts of fingers. But I think it would actually work better lower down the stem; that way you could hold the base of the glass as well, which is useful when you want to swirl the port. Hmm. I find the bowl of these very nice, larger than my standard ISO glasses, finer, with a less pronounced rim; but the square stem is... unusual.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 19:44 Tue 05 Nov 2013

For the record, AHB was correct twice. The square-stemmed Sandeman-branded tasting glasses he guessed earlier are, in fact, IVDP tasting glasses.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:12 Tue 05 Nov 2013

Glenn E. wrote:For the record, AHB was correct twice. The square-stemmed Sandeman-branded tasting glasses he guessed earlier are, in fact, IVDP tasting glasses.

OK. My question is a simple one. Which vintage port do I have in my glass this evening?

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 20:50 Tue 05 Nov 2013

1963 Noval Nacional

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:56 Tue 05 Nov 2013

I wish!

Younger and not that producer.

Post by **DRT** » 21:49 Tue 05 Nov 2013

Delaforce 1977?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 21:56 Tue 05 Nov 2013

Younger and not Delaforce

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 22:56 Tue 05 Nov 2013

Fonseca 83

TLW · Post by **TLW** » 22:56 Tue 05 Nov 2013

1983 Warre?

Post by **DRT** » 23:04 Tue 05 Nov 2013

2011 Quevedo

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:15 Tue 05 Nov 2013

This is all very civilised
Warre 80

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:41 Tue 05 Nov 2013

Glenn E. wrote:For the record, AHB was correct twice. The square-stemmed Sandeman-branded tasting glasses he guessed earlier are, in fact, IVDP tasting glasses.

Yes, but I think it wasn't his turn. Or he was being coy. Or something. I knew they were IVDP glasses; but there was some sort of reason why I couldn't give it then.......

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:41 Tue 05 Nov 2013

1992 Taylor

Post by **DRT** » 23:49 Tue 05 Nov 2013

Do we know it is a vintage port?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:52 Tue 05 Nov 2013

AHB wrote:Which vintage port do I have in my glass this evening?

Er, yes.

Post by **DRT** » 00:02 Wed 06 Nov 2013

Warre 1985?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:25 Wed 06 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
AHB wrote:Which vintage port do I have in my glass this evening?
Er, yes.

I'm glad it's not just me that can't be bothered to read the thread before guessing.
Something else from another time. There; that's a guess.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:26 Wed 06 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
AHB wrote:Which vintage port do I have in my glass this evening?
Er, yes.
I'm glad it's not just me that can't be bothered to read the thread before guessing.
Something else from another time. There; that's a guess.

CORRECT! With some of Roy's leg in it.

TLW · Post by **TLW** » 01:19 Wed 06 Nov 2013

91 Guimarens

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 08:10 Wed 06 Nov 2013

I guess that technically the answer now is "nothing", but no-one has guessed that as their answer so I am going to change the question to be "What vintage port did I have in my glass at the time I posed my previous question?"

So far DRT has guessed the correct vintage (2011) and while in the right sort of ball park with his shipper guess, it was not Quevedo.

No-one else has guessed the right shipper yet either.

Post by **PhilW** » 09:47 Wed 06 Nov 2013

Skeffington '11

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 10:46 Wed 06 Nov 2013

Dona Matilde?

JWEW · Post by **JWEW** » 11:13 Wed 06 Nov 2013

2011 Quinta de la Rosa?

Post by **PhilW** » 11:47 Wed 06 Nov 2013

2011 Quinta do Infantado

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:25 Wed 06 Nov 2013

No, no, no and no, but keep going through the smaller producers - and take a look at who I thought produced the better ports in 2011.

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 14:06 Wed 06 Nov 2013

Damn....i was guessing a replacement for the corked sample.

Vale Dona Maria?

JWEW · Post by **JWEW** » 14:11 Wed 06 Nov 2013

2011, Quinta da Senhora do Convento ?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 14:12 Wed 06 Nov 2013

Not Dona Maria, not Senhora do Convento (though that is a damn good port).

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 14:23 Wed 06 Nov 2013

Duorum...

Post by **PhilW** » 14:54 Wed 06 Nov 2013

Burmester?

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 16:16 Wed 06 Nov 2013

2011 Ferreira?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:10 Wed 06 Nov 2013

No, no and no

And it is one of the better ports this vintage.

Post by **PhilW** » 20:15 Wed 06 Nov 2013

2011 Pintas?

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 20:29 Wed 06 Nov 2013

Sagrado

Post by **PhilW** » 20:33 Wed 06 Nov 2013

2011 Quinta Vale Meao

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 21:03 Wed 06 Nov 2013

Offley Boa Vista?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 21:06 Wed 06 Nov 2013

Phil wins the prize! It was the Pintas 2011.

Post by **PhilW** » 21:46 Wed 06 Nov 2013

It was my birthday just over a week ago, and a delicious cake was made for me which I have just finished. What shape was it?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 21:52 Wed 06 Nov 2013

It was shaped as a heart. Because it was given wholeheartedly to you by a very special person....

Post by **DRT** » 22:06 Wed 06 Nov 2013

The shape of a port bottle.

Post by **PhilW** » 22:19 Wed 06 Nov 2013

AW77 wrote:It was shaped as a heart

No.

DRT wrote:The shape of a port bottle.

No, though the home-made card I received with the (home-made) cake was; the shape of the cake is not port-related.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 22:30 Wed 06 Nov 2013

Round?

Too obvious?

Post by **DRT** » 22:54 Wed 06 Nov 2013

Was it the shape of a triangle divided by infinity and multiplied by pi cubed?