Emergency, Mon 14 Apr 2025

[uncle tom]

Could bring Gould Campbell '77

Sure. Presumably GC77 magnum, as all the singles are corked. Or will you, as for Alex’s Dow, pop-and-pour?

This case has been visited three times already between 2007 and 2022, and none of the bottles were corked. At 48 years the corked bottles are likely to have self healed by now, in any event.

Will decant before I travel and check carefully, spares are available

[jdaw1]

New page, so I will re-post the links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• • 1977 Gould Campbell;
  • 1977 Dow;
  • 1977 Warre;
  • 1977 Graham;
  • 1977 Smith Woodhouse;
  • 1977 Ramos Pinto;
  • 1977 Sandeman;
  • 1977 Fonseca;
  • 1977 Taylor;
  • 1977 Niepoort;
  • Wine Society crusted bot. 2013;
  • Croft Pink & tonic;
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

[Mike J. W.]

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• • 1977 Gould Campbell;
  • 1977 Dow;
  • 1977 Warre;
  • 1977 Graham;
  • 1977 Smith Woodhouse;
  • 1977 Ramos Pinto;
  • 1977 Sandeman;
  • 1977 Fonseca;
  • 1977 Taylor;
  • 1977 Niepoort;
  • Wine Society crusted bot. 2013;
  • Croft Pink & tonic;
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

This line up calls to mind the old Sesame Street vignette..."One of these things is not like the others.".

[jdaw1]

This line up calls to mind the old Sesame Street vignette..."One of these things is not like the others.".

Sure. An emergency was declared, and people requested something. Then the emergency acquired a theme, so do I bring the previously requested, or theme-compatible?

Standard rule in these pages: if the question is “A or B?”, then the answer is “both!”.

And the answer is “Gould Campbell”, as it is the only brand in abeyance.

[Mike J. W.]

I agree that "both" is always the answer in these instances. Why ask the question when the answer is invariably going to be "both"?

[jdaw1]

Why ask the question when the answer is invariably going to be "both"?

The question was not asked: why would it be. Until, at the end, somebody noticed that “One of these things is not like the others.”

[jdaw1]

Please do post bottle pictures in relevant threads (GC77, D77, W77, G77, SW77, RP77, S77, F77, T77, Ni77, WineSoc crusted, Pink & tonic).

WineSoc crusted done.

[nac]

My bottles (S, W, G) will de decanted first thing tomorrow morning.
Will try to post pictures.

[nac]

My bottles (S, W, G) will de decanted first thing tomorrow morning.
Will try to post pictures.

Bottles decanted 0815-0830 this morning. Seven hours in decanter before going back into bottle.
QA samples good.

[Alex Bridgeman]

I’m running about 15 minutes late. Apologies.

[idj123]

Bottle double decanted at 12.30pm. Hopefully all good. SWR not updating online information means have arrived to a cancelled train and thus my eta is now 6.45pm ish. If required, could someone let the staff know that I will have my starter at 7pm…