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March 22nd appears free in my diary at the moment. I'm interested and will offer the bottles I have available by PM when requested to do so.

Just checked the german source of the Malvedos 79. Price is for halfe bottles. Do you think it is worth buying two of them? Opinions, please.

Axel

DrDirk, I think there's likely to be quite a bit of adoption for this tasting, so I don't think a lack of a bottle at this point will be a problem. Could you reconfirm for the 22nd?

Axel P wrote:Sorry to be such a nerd, but I do have birthday on the 24th so my wife will not give me authorised leave on the night before. Is the 22nd possible as well?

It is for me and, I assume, BenR. I will amend accordingly. I hope DRT will still be willing even though it is only just within seven days of the 28th...

Axel P wrote:Just checked the german source of the Malvedos 79. Price is for halfe bottles. Do you think it is worth buying two of them? Opinions, please.

If we are unlikely to find the Malvedos 1979 somewhere else, it might be worth getting them, even in half-bottles.

This sounds fantastic. The 22nd is also good for me. Thanks a lot.

Dirk

Suits me too! In my diary!

Monday 22 March 2010: I’m in.

jdaw1 wrote:Monday 22 March 2010: I’m in.

Perfect. I'm in too.

22nd of March is also good for me. Please count me in.

Great stuff. First post amended accordingly. Assuming that Axel had a sensible reason for the limits he has imposed at his tastings, I think we're probably looking for about 6-or-so more participants.

22nd is booked. I just got the 79 halves for 50 EUR total and will save it.

Axel

Reserve me a +1 please.

Axel P wrote:22nd is booked. I just got the 79 halves for 50 EUR total and will save it.

jdaw1 wrote:Reserve me a +1 please.

Done.

Questions: should the ’61 be purchased? Should an honoured guest be invited? (And what about the ’12?)

JacobH wrote:

Axel P wrote:22nd is booked. I just got the 79 halves for 50 EUR total and will save it.

jdaw1 wrote:Reserve me a +1 please.

Done.

Questions: should the ’61 be purchased? Should an honoured guest be invited? (And what about the ’12?)

My ‟+1” if he accepts is an honoured guest, though nothing to do with the Symingtons.

Axel P wrote:I just got the 79 halves for 50 EUR

1.26 Euro per bottle is a very good deal

JacobH wrote: Questions: should the ’61 be purchased? Should an honoured guest be invited?

Please keep a place for a little while

DRT wrote:1.26 Euro per bottle is a very good deal

jdaw1 wrote:

Ok, I guess its halfes, isnt it?
Axel

I've rather overlooked this thread, but I should be back in Blighty by this date..

I can't offer much help filling the identified gaps in the lineup, although I would note that the Malvedos '57 appears to have been marketed as a Crusted port, and gets listed from time to time.

What I could add is the Graham '42.. ex stock.. (and can probably mitigate the cost of some less scarce players)

- Room for a little 'un?

Tom

uncle tom wrote:I've rather overlooked this thread, but I should be back in Blighty by this date..

I can't offer much help filling the identified gaps in the lineup, although I would note that the Malvedos '57 appears to have been marketed as a Crusted port, and gets listed from time to time.

What I could add is the Graham '42.. ex stock.. (and can probably mitigate the cost of some less scarce players)

- Room for a little 'un?

Excellent. I’ve added you to the list of attendees and the ’42 to the list of possible Ports.

Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any Graham’s Crusted available, retail, from anything older than the 1990s. But we should keep our eyes on the auctions in case any turn up between now and then.

For anyone reading this post, we now have 3-ish spaces left. If you would like to attend please either reply or contact me by private message. Don’t be shy!

Hi Jacob,

After careful consideration I am afraid to say I have to drop out of this tasting for personal reasons. This is sad but unfortunately unavoidable.

regards
WS1

WS1 wrote:After careful consideration I am afraid to say I have to drop out of this tasting for personal reasons. This is sad but unfortunately unavoidable.

Many thanks for letting me know. I've taken you off the list

Thanks particularly to the help of Derek, this tasting is now beginning to come together.

The proposed final line-up of Ports is the following:

1. 1957 Malvedos
2. 1958 Malvedos
3. 1962 Malvedos
4. 1964 Malvedos
5. 1965 Malvedos
6. 1966 Graham
7. 1968 Malvedos
8. 1970 Graham
9. 1976 Malvedos
10. 1978 Malvedos
11. 1979 Malvedos
12. 1982 Malvedos
13. 1984 Malvedos
14. 1985 Graham
15. 1986 Malvedos
16. 1987 Malvedos
17. 1988 Malvedos
18. 1990 Malvedos

As the number of wines from Quinta dos Malvedos has increased, it seemed sensible to reduce the number of Graham VPs to one from each decade we are seriously surveying. They should provide interesting waypoints throughout the vintages.

There are currently two spaces left on this tasting. If you would like to attend, please reply here or contact me.

Based on which, the current draft of the paperwork, entailing the first use of the PageOrdering! parameters.

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=29121#p29121]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Changes:

• !
• PageOrderingGlasses, PageOrderingTastingNotePages and PageOrderingPlaceNames replace the less-powerful NamesInOuterLoop.

Jacob (, Derek),

thanks a lot for the organisation. If there is anything I can contribute, please let me know.

Are you planning to have my Malvedos 79 included or do you have seperate ones? I would be more than happy to bring mine to the tasting, although they are 2 half bottles.

Axel

Sessions of eight and ten ports need to be sub-divided into flights. A possibility is:

• Before dinner
  • ’57 ’58;
  • ’62 ’64 ’65 ’66;
  • ’68 ’70.
• After dinner
  • ’76 ’78’ 79 ’82;
  • ’84 ’85 ’86
  • ’87 ’88 ’90.

Any disagreements?

If that’s OK, should the first session’s middle flight be on one page, even though that forces a slight disordering of the glasses? (Because the first session’s other page would hold ’57 ’58 and ’68 ’70.)

Axel P wrote:Are you planning to have my Malvedos 79 included or do you have seperate ones? I would be more than happy to bring mine to the tasting, although they are 2 half bottles.

Yes, please; I think it might be fun to see how two halves compare to the regular 78.

Once everything is settled (hopefully soon), I will contact everyone attending to discuss finances.

Julian: can't we use A3 paper and so have the pre/post dinner selections on one sheet?

Current draft of the paperwork.

• A3, as requested.
• Flighted subject to team approval. This entailed the first use of the FlightSeparations! parameters.

  [url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=30085#p30085]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Separating flights within a page (pdf).

I would love to attend...I have a '76 Malvados.

Cookie

Cookie wrote:I would love to attend...I have a '76 Malvados.

Great stuff. I've added you to the list

First post!

Hi Jacob and Co. -- I would like to attend this tasting, if there is still space.

As a word of introduction, I was born and rasied in Manhattan (with a few stints in London to build character). I've been living over here most recently for the last 9 months or so, stationed out of Notting Hill. I was supposed to stop buying wine once I moved over here...but the port is just so cheap relative to the US!

I've been interested in wine for about 3 years (I am 25), with a particular focus on bordeaux, champagne, and port.

I am reasonably active on a variety of boards, including Wine-pages, wineberserkers, FTLOP and ebob.

I am always open for offlines, and look forward to popping some corks with you all sometime soon.

Chris Doty wrote:Hi Jacob and Co. -- I would like to attend this tasting, if there is still space.

Hi, Chris, welcome to . There certainly is space for you; I’ll put you down and contact you via. PM to give some further details.

Chris Doty wrote:I've been interested in wine for about 3 years (I am 25), with a particular focus on bordeaux, champagne, and port.

No doubt attendance at a few tastings will help you get over your claret and champagne problem .

JacobH wrote:

Chris Doty wrote:Hi Jacob and Co. -- I would like to attend this tasting, if there is still space.

Hi, Chris, welcome to . There certainly is space for you; I’ll put you down and contact you via. PM to give some further details.

Chris Doty wrote:I've been interested in wine for about 3 years (I am 25), with a particular focus on bordeaux, champagne, and port.

No doubt attendance at a few tastings will help you get over your claret and champagne problem .

I still have a Claret and Champagne problem.

Welcome Chris, looking forward to meeting you.

Thanks, Killer.

Sounds like it'll be a wonderful tasting.

What kind of stems do people generally bring to port OLs?

Greetings Chris.

The TPF Offline Guide might help.

KillerB wrote:I still have a Claret and Champagne problem.

It’s because you don’t come down to London for tastings enough

Chris Doty wrote:Thanks, Killer.

Sounds like it'll be a wonderful tasting.

What kind of stems do people generally bring to port OLs?

Glasses - depends on the venue. We all have a stock of ISO glasses and will bring along some for the evening or rely on the venue.

I has been drawn to my attention that there was a mistake in the first post in this thread. To confirm, the tasting will take place on Monday, 22nd March, 2010, not Tuesday, 22nd March (which does not exist this year). Apologies for any confusion caused.

AndyV has now been added to the list of attendees

Will anybody except Andy need rooms at the RAF Club (about 70 GBP). Need answer asap as they are tight on space.

Axel

Yes please.

Yes please. But haven't I booked one already?

I'm going to stay overnight at the New Cavendish, so if anyone is left without a room at the RAF Club then let me know.

So I do have rooms for Derek, Julian and me and another from Sun to Tuesday for Andy. Any more requests?

Axel

If there is space at the RAF Club then Uncle Tom and I would like 2 rooms.

Thanks

Cookie

Hello Axel,

just came back from India. I hope you booked a room for me too and only forget to mentioned it like we disussed before my vaccations. Thanks a lot.

Dirk

Jacob, any idea aobut the timing?

Best

Axel

I believe all participants have now been contacted by email or PM to confirm the arrangements for the evening. If you could transfer any monies due to me as soon as possible, I would be grateful as most of it will need to be transferred on to others before the tasting.

If there are any problems, please do not hesitate to contact me.

I forgot to ask for permission for this, and for reasons that are entirely sensible and lightly embarrassing I’m not allowed.

My GM90 is in  it’s with AHB. Consider it a token of apology. If my sudden absence incurs costs for the team please let me know.

Placemats I’ll do anyway.

jdaw1 wrote:I forgot to ask for permission for this, and for reasons that are entirely sensible and lightly embarrassing I’m not allowed.

My GM90 is in  it’s with AHB. Consider it a token of apology. If my sudden absence incurs costs for the team please let me know.

Placemats I’ll do anyway.

Julian, say it ain't so! I was looking forward to sharing some Port with you and I'm flying some 5,000+ miles, 10 1/2 hours, and I have to deal with the TSA and UK Customs to do so. Doesn't that at least earn you some favorable points so you can come?

jdaw1 wrote:I forgot to ask for permission for this, and for reasons that are entirely sensible and lightly embarrassing I’m not allowed.

Have you considered telling SCP-DFF that she is being entirely unreasonable and that her behaviour is unacceptable and an infringement of your basic human rights?

In the unlikely event that the above doesn't make SCP-DFF see sense, do you want us to come to Paris in a white van and kindnap you on 21st March?

Andy Velebil wrote:Julian, say it ain't so! I was looking forward to sharing some Port with you and I'm flying some 5,000+ miles, 10 1/2 hours, and I have to deal with the TSA and UK Customs to do so. Doesn't that at least earn you some favorable points so you can come?

DRT wrote:kindnap

Thank you, most kind, and ‟kindnap” is an excellent word.

But it really is my fault. I should have known. It would cost me a year of permissions not to attend the other matter. I am very embarrassed, and will pay for such costs as I have caused to be incurred. Sorry team.