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Including Constantino and Messias Quinta do Cachão.RAYC wrote:No doubt there are others as well.
For ports with enough age to be at risk, I don’t mind duplication. And if both are fabulous, well, is that so terrible?RAYC wrote:without resorting to duplication
A very good point.jdaw1 wrote:For ports with enough age to be at risk, I don’t mind duplication. And if both are fabulous, well, is that so terrible?RAYC wrote:without resorting to duplication
I wouldn’t want you to be needled by the asymmetry. Sure subject to a broader consensus.DRT wrote:Should we buy a team Niepoort 1966 to make it six on each page?
I have corrected my question in this post.jdaw1 wrote:I wouldn’t want you to be needled by the asymmetry. Sure subject to a broader consensus.DRT wrote:Should we buy a team Niepoort 1966 {WARNING: tenuous attempt at a reasonable argument approaching} to make it six on each page?
we currently have but one bottle per person.DRT wrote:Eight mouths and eleven Ports is almost enough for a school night.
In general i'm not a fan of shipping bottles within the last month to six weeks before a tasting, since i think i have found more success from my own bottles when adopting WS1's regime. My vote would therefore be for a confirmed Dow 66 before chasing down EUR200+ bottles of unknown provenance from Europe. However, i am happy to stump up if others want (subject to a minimum of a three-way split of the cost)DRT wrote:
Should we buy a team Niepoort 1966 to make it six on each page?
DRT wrote:Eight mouths and eleven Ports is almost enough for a school night.
RAYC wrote:we currently have but one bottle per person.
Eight people.Chris Doty wrote:CSD - Croft
AHB - Graham
JDAW - Dow?
DRT - Gould
PhilW - Warre
Danny J
RAYC* - Fonseca
WS1 - Noval
Eleven bottles.jdaw1 wrote:
All seconded.RAYC wrote:In general i'm not a fan of shipping bottles within the last month to six weeks before a tasting, since i think i have found more success from my own bottles when adopting WS1's regime. My vote would therefore be for a confirmed Dow 66 before chasing down EUR200+ bottles of unknown provenance from Europe. However, i am happy to stump up if others want (subject to a minimum of a three-way split of the cost)
There have been recent developments which have not been reflected in CSD's first post, but which have been in jdaw1's placemats...(clue is in the circlearrays)DRT wrote:DRT wrote:Eight mouths and eleven Ports is almost enough for a school night.RAYC wrote:we currently have but one bottle per person.Eight people.Chris Doty wrote:CSD - Croft
AHB - Graham
JDAW - Dow?
DRT - Gould
PhilW - Warre
Danny J
RAYC* - Fonseca
WS1 - NovalEleven bottles.jdaw1 wrote:
You can quickly tell this if you have an 11 inch MacBook Air and 30 year old eyesdjewesbury wrote:BMHR, THRA and JB are all left off the list of people (you can quickly tell this since each bottle on the placemats is shown as being brought by a different person). So, 11 people.
Wait eight years and try the same trick.djewesbury wrote:iPhone and 40 year old eyes!! And I beat Rob to it!
Rob’s post was sooner.djewesbury wrote:And I beat Rob to it!
jdaw1 wrote:Rob’s post was sooner.djewesbury wrote:And I beat Rob to it!
I'm so old I thought you were first indjewesbury wrote:Oh well. See, I'm old enough that I didn't notice that.
thirded. or fourthed/however many.jdaw1 wrote:All seconded.RAYC wrote:In general i'm not a fan of shipping bottles within the last month to six weeks before a tasting, since i think i have found more success from my own bottles when adopting WS1's regime. My vote would therefore be for a confirmed Dow 66 before chasing down EUR200+ bottles of unknown provenance from Europe. However, i am happy to stump up if others want (subject to a minimum of a three-way split of the cost)
!RAYC wrote:In terms of adoption, i don't know whether jdaw1's +1 has taken the other port you refer to but there might be a Niepoort 1966 available to adopt for EUR250ish - as a combined contribution with the Offley (split between two people), that's probably top end in financial terms but not out of line with what DRT is contributing and probably a good "last minute" option.
Rare please.Davy's Bar and Grill (a.k.a. The Bunghole) wrote:- Handmade steak burger made from 100% steak aged for a minimum of 21 days, served with fries and relish.
jdaw1 wrote:No starter it’s my diet day.
Is this an annual event?RAYC wrote:Bunghole are also sending the menu which i will post when received: pre-ordering of main-courses would be appreciated by them.
Answers by email (not PM) or in thread please.Davy's Bar and Grill (a.k.a. The Bunghole) wrote:From the Grill:
Traditionally-matured, grass-fed beef. All served with fries and a grilled tomato. All our beef is sourced and hand selected from cattle that are naturally reared on traditional farms. Our beef is then matured for a minimum of 21 days to ensure maximum tenderness and flavour.
- Sirloin steak 220g £22.75
- Bone-in rib 350g £25.50
- Chateaubriand exquisitely tender fillet head to share. 500g £59.95 serves two
- Fillet steak the classic lean steak, a milder flavour with a succulent tenderness all of its own. Aged for 21 days. 220g £24.75
- Béarnaise or peppercorn sauce £1.95
- Handmade steak burger made from 100% steak aged for a minimum of 21 days, served with fries and relish.
Tell us how you would like it cooked.
Other mains:
- Fish cakes with creamed spinach £12.50
- Bangers and mash, Cumberland sausages served with traditional mashed potatoes and onion gravy £10.95
- Calves liver and bacon with mustard onions and mash £15.25
- Megrim sole with chicory, leeks and cockles £13.50
- Aubergine and red lentil moussaka with feta, artichoke and basil vinaigrette £13.95
- Spiced crab linguine £10.75
Rob,RAYC wrote:benread - t.b.c.
Bunghole are also sending the menu which i will post when received: pre-ordering of main-courses would be appreciated by them.
Doty is organising - i was just doing a round up!benread wrote: Consider me more 'c' than 'tbc'. I have sent you an email via TPF.
I'm in. I'd hope that everyone would want to contribute to such a worthy endeavour... Split that way the cost is very fair. If only some choose to chip in but everyone drinks it seems a bit unfair; likewise we could hardly limit it to those who'd paid.RAYC wrote:Ni66 arrived today - nice looking bottle (bottling date is 69: 3yr post-harvest) - so time for a decision.
Probably best way to determine is for those who want to open it to state the minimum number of other people that they'd consider sharing the cost with (EUR245 for bottle + EUR 35 express shipping).
I commend Rob for the purchase, but agree with Rob's previously raised concern of opening a "rare" bottle which has just potentially been through a lot due to travel and consequent likely temperature variations, and wonder if it might be able to show better if saved for a future occasion when it has had time to recover. Others with more experience may be better placed to comment on the validity or otherwise of this effect.djewesbury wrote:I'm in. I'd hope that everyone would want to contribute to such a worthy endeavour... Split that way the cost is very fair. If only some choose to chip in but everyone drinks it seems a bit unfair; likewise we could hardly limit it to those who'd paid.RAYC wrote:Ni66 arrived today - nice looking bottle (bottling date is 69: 3yr post-harvest) - so time for a decision.
Probably best way to determine is for those who want to open it to state the minimum number of other people that they'd consider sharing the cost with (EUR245 for bottle + EUR 35 express shipping).
Rise to the occasion,
Very interesting to me for birth year reasons; I've recommended a few friends to choose their "birth year" bottles based on bottling date rather than harvest where it improves the options. For 69 we seem to be limited to TV69 and D69colheita so to be able to add a (hopefully very) good 66 bottled in 69 to that list is excellent, if I can now ever find any more of it, of course! (but at least I know to watch out for it).RAYC wrote:Ni66 arrived today - nice looking bottle (bottling date is 69: 3yr post-harvest)
I'd hope this was minimised. It was packed in polystyrene, and, since i was worried about the humid weather, collection was arranged to be late in the afternoon (4.30-5ish) yesterday and it was delivered to me by 10ish this morning. But it clearly will have been shaken up some during transport...PhilW wrote:and consequent likely temperature variations
I can print if neededjdaw1 wrote:On whose good printer should the placemats be printed? There is no complex clipping, so printing should be swift.
72 (me) is even worse.. Definitely better to go for the 70s there.PhilW wrote:Very interesting to me for birth year reasons; I've recommended a few friends to choose their "birth year" bottles based on bottling date rather than harvest where it improves the options. For 69 we seem to be limited to TV69 and D69colheita so to be able to add a (hopefully very) good 66 bottled in 69 to that list is excellent, if I can now ever find any more of it, of course! (but at least I know to watch out for it).RAYC wrote:Ni66 arrived today - nice looking bottle (bottling date is 69: 3yr post-harvest)
I think this should be all or nothing for the reasons that Phil has stated above. Unless everyone is happy to contribute I suggest it is left for another occasion. I'm in if everyone else is.RAYC wrote:Probably best way to determine is for those who want to open it to state the minimum number of other people that they'd consider sharing the cost with (EUR245 for bottle + EUR 35 express shipping).
There's a rather nice G69 colheita...plus the Prince of Wales "investiture port" is pretty good if you ever come across that.PhilW wrote:Very interesting to me for birth year reasons; I've recommended a few friends to choose their "birth year" bottles based on bottling date rather than harvest where it improves the options. For 69 we seem to be limited to TV69 and D69colheita so to be able to add a (hopefully very) good 66 bottled in 69 to that list is excellent, if I can now ever find any more of it, of course! (but at least I know to watch out for it).RAYC wrote:Ni66 arrived today - nice looking bottle (bottling date is 69: 3yr post-harvest)
]Not even close!RAYC wrote:nb - this organisation thread must now be a contender for worst post-to-bottle ratio on the site [well, for a London tasting at least...!
Page count - yes. Page-to-bottle ratio? Not so sure! The Malvedos tasting had 10 pages but resulted in 28 bottles. The Cockburn tasting had 9 pages but resulted in 25 bottles (2.77 bottles per page). TPF offline 2 - you are correct - had 12 pages for a miserly 11 bottles and some t-shirts, but that's the only one that really jumps out at me!DRT wrote:Not even close!RAYC wrote:nb - this organisation thread must now be a contender for worst post-to-bottle ratio on the site [well, for a London tasting at least...!
This thread has five pages so far. Looking back in this section of the forum we have three threads with seven pages, two with nine pages, two with ten pages and one with twelve pages. All are UK tastings.
 