I enjoyed our tasting on Wednesday 25th very much and it would be fabulous if another could be arranged. I'm happy to host on Zoom again. If I floated Weds 1 April or Tuesday 7 April, how would one of these suit for folks?
Yes please. I couldn't do Wednesday 1st, the toad work. Tuesday 7th April I would be there, with my port ready-decanted and an expectant expression. I might even put on a dinner jacket although, alas, no cat will be available to assist me with the tasting.
Yes please. Both dates work for me, although I am trying to have three dry days per week so Tuesday 7th would be preferred. But if my arm were to be twisted I would make an exception for both dates.
Top Ports in 2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
Tuesday April 7 might actually work for me. I have Zoom but do not have a camera, so I might have to be a voice-only participant.
Or more correctly, I have 2 cameras (both very old) and approximately 23986710948 USB Type A-to-something else cables but precisely 0 USB Type A-to-USB Type A cables. You'd think those would be everywhere, but alas that does not seem to be the case in my house.
Glenn E. wrote: ↑19:25 Tue 31 Mar 2020Tuesday April 7 might actually work for me. I have Zoom but do not have a camera, so I might have to be a voice-only participant.
Added.
Doggett wrote: ↑21:04 Tue 31 Mar 2020Could I please request a correction on the paperwork to me being SCD, rather than SDC. Thank you, SD...C
Sorry, done. Not my first time with that typo.
flash_uk wrote: ↑21:47 Tue 31 Mar 2020Too much paperwork there I think? A wine of the night sheet is included - we only need “What is it?”
Fixed.
Justin K wrote: ↑23:37 Tue 31 Mar 2020I should be able to make it, have zoom app just never used it
Added.
AHB wrote: ↑18:25 Wed 01 Apr 2020Our mystery guest will be Oscar Quevedo, live from Portugal for part of our session.
AHB wrote:Can I suggest that in honour of our mystery guest we adopt a theme of "Open a bottle of Quevedo Port, if you can."
I think it might be more fun for our guest to guess a range of whatever we open just as one of us, rather than all being his own wines tbh (unless it was his own but he didn't know ofc). Just my 2p though.
AHB wrote:Can I suggest that in honour of our mystery guest we adopt a theme of "Open a bottle of Quevedo Port, if you can."
I think it might be more fun for our guest to guess a range of whatever we open just as one of us, rather than all being his own wines tbh (unless it was his own but he didn't know ofc). Just my 2p though.
I was working on the assumption that most of us would not have a Quevedo Port at home and would have to open something else (Neil - anything that is Port would qualify, if you have no Quevedo). That way we would give Oscar a nice balance between being able to talk about his own Ports, and effectively give us a sort-of tutored tasting, and him having to guess what we're drinking in the way that everyone else is.
Does this make more sense?
Top Ports in 2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
Should there be space - or rather, the necessary bandwidth - I would be delighted to join. I have not yet had the chance to meet any of you - to my great regret - though I did have a lovely chat with Oscar Quevedo at his property, last summer.
jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:19 Fri 03 Apr 2020
Current draft of the paperwork has been updated.
Will W. wrote: ↑21:15 Fri 03 Apr 2020Should there be space - or rather, the necessary bandwidth - I would be delighted to join.
Added. I’ve guessed your initials to be WTW: if wrong, please correct.
Thanks so very much J. My initials are WHW, though I'll change my middle name to Taylor as the price of admission. I shall stand by for, in due course, joining instructions by PM.
jdaw1 wrote: ↑18:44 Sat 04 Apr 2020
Current draft of the paperwork has been updated.
Will W. wrote: ↑22:50 Fri 03 Apr 2020My initials are WHW
Fixed. Google was not unambiguous — but I chose wrongly. “William”, or “Will”?
"Will" or "Bill," in accordance with others' preferences; most call me Bill. "William" conjures visions in my mind of short pants and propeller beanies.
At 1800 tomorrow (& finishing at approx 1845), 67 Pall Mall are holding a free-for-all virtual tasting with Jasper Morris MW. The theme is Red Burgundy 09 vs 10.
I have a printer - although I would require careful supervision, having never met any of the participants and being unsure, at this point, of the object of the exercise beyond convivial drinking. At any rate, I shall stand by to be pressed into service.
Will W. wrote: ↑15:25 Tue 07 Apr 2020unsure, at this point, of the object of the exercise beyond convivial drinking.
Convivial drinking very very important. Subsidiary objective can be seen in the likes of this post (names of wines in left column; names of guessers in top row; returning officer enters guesses one guesser at a time; when all guessed bottles revealed; point for correct year + point for correct shipper; totalling confirms that most of us are rubbish guessers).
Will W. wrote: ↑15:25 Tue 07 Apr 2020unsure, at this point, of the object of the exercise beyond convivial drinking.
Convivial drinking very very important. Subsidiary objective can be seen in the likes of this post (names of wines in left column; names of guessers in top row; returning officer enters guesses one guesser at a time; when all guessed bottles revealed; point for correct year + point for correct shipper; totalling confirms that most of us are rubbish guessers).
Got it. If there is nobody better qualified (which would be anyone else), I shall give it a go. Could you (J) email me the forms and, if possible, send me a link to the port shipper abbreviations, which I know to be somewhere on this website? Also, at what time do we start? I was thinking 1930hrs though would appear to have screwed up already my first tasking (i.e., arriving on time).
CPR 1 wrote: ↑15:44 Tue 07 Apr 2020
Can I check what time we are starting today? Mike's invite suggests 18:00. I will struggle with that.
Was assuming 1930.
My assumption too
Mike's zoom invite is for 19:00, so I was assuming then. Seems likely people may come & go?
I must confess I didn’t check but assumed (wrongly) that it was the same as last time. I will be there for 1900 after seeing if I can learn some of Jasper Morris’ wisdom, taking advantage of the info that Neil posted.