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uncle tom wrote: ↑16:14 Tue 09 Jun 2020Why not!

nac wrote: ↑08:28 Wed 10 Jun 2020 Just noticed that Tuesday 16th was meant to be the date of the Warre 350 tasting. As such, will open something starting with a W.

Theme?

winesecretary wrote: ↑20:29 Wed 10 Jun 2020 Warre 1970 (i.e. tercentenary vintage) for me then. A wine I first had with a wine buff classics master at the school wine society in early 1991. It was the star of that evening, at the beginning of its drinking window, but rich and warm. The classics master had obtained it from the choirmaster, who had won a case of it from the headmaster, in a bet that the choirmaster couldn't work the choir (of which I was a member) up to sing a particularly difficult Bach anthem. They were simpler times...

Glenn E. wrote: ↑21:35 Thu 11 Jun 2020 I may have to get creative. I generally don't like Warre's style

Glenn E. wrote: ↑21:35 Thu 11 Jun 2020I may have to get creative. I generally don't like Warre's style,

I may have to get creative. I generally don't like Warre's style, so have none on hand except for a 1964 Grande Reserve that's... reserved... for a later date. Oh, and a 1937 Grande Reserve that should be shared with multiple people in person because it's fabulous.

There's a decent chance that I have something bottled by Whitwham's, but finding it would require look at each bottle in turn by hand.

Last resort: Whatever looks tasty on Tuesday morning.

uncle tom wrote: ↑05:57 Fri 12 Jun 2020 White port would qualify

jdaw1 wrote:Does not compute. Warre is excellent and under-rated. Even by those who rate it ‘excellent’.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑22:52 Sat 13 Jun 2020

jdaw1 wrote:Does not compute. Warre is excellent and under-rated. Even by those who rate it ‘excellent’.

Care for some brown sticky stuff?

winesecretary wrote: ↑15:14 Mon 15 Jun 2020 @rich_n - please do drink the Warre 2007 LBV and post a new tasting note [Constandia added a tasting note on 20 May 2020 to the one I wrote on 17 November 2019. Hers needs to be split off from mine into a separate tasting note. Not just because it was a different bottle but also because it sounds as though her bottle was very different from mine. Mine was rubbish. Hers sounds as if it was rather better. And, where there is divergence, more notes are particularly desirable.]

AHB wrote: ↑21:59 Mon 15 Jun 2020 Just out of interest, and a topic we could discuss tomorrow perhaps, but would anyone be interested in a blind tasting when we have our next Zoom tasting in about 2 weeks?

If people are interested and willing to cover the postage costs (of about £5 per person in the UK and who knows outside the UK) I’m willing to decant one of my bottles into sample bottles and post them out a few days before the next tasting.

AHB wrote:Just out of interest, and a topic we could discuss tomorrow perhaps, but would anyone be interested in a blind tasting when we have our next Zoom tasting in about 2 weeks?

If people are interested and willing to cover the postage costs (of about £5 per person in the UK and who knows outside the UK) I’m willing to decant one of my bottles into sample bottles and post them out a few days before the next tasting.

flash_uk wrote: ↑22:11 Mon 15 Jun 2020 Should I open Warre ‘70 or Warre Cavadinha’82 for this tasting. Thoughts before 0700 tomorrow please!

AHB wrote: ↑21:59 Mon 15 Jun 2020 Just out of interest, and a topic we could discuss tomorrow perhaps, but would anyone be interested in a blind tasting when we have our next Zoom tasting in about 2 weeks?

If people are interested and willing to cover the postage costs (of about £5 per person in the UK and who knows outside the UK) I’m willing to decant one of my bottles into sample bottles and post them out a few days before the next tasting.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑22:22 Mon 15 Jun 2020I suspect that postage to Seattle would be prohibitive, but would enjoy watching everyone else participate in something similar to what I did with the Stone Terraces tasting for the Sammamish Port Club.

AHB wrote: ↑21:59 Mon 15 Jun 2020 Just out of interest, and a topic we could discuss tomorrow perhaps, but would anyone be interested in a blind tasting when we have our next Zoom tasting in about 2 weeks?

If people are interested and willing to cover the postage costs (of about £5 per person in the UK and who knows outside the UK) I’m willing to decant one of my bottles into sample bottles and post them out a few days before the next tasting.

flash_uk wrote: ↑06:22 Tue 16 Jun 2020 Warre ’70 duly double decanted at 0700, many thanks for the guidance! Colour as expected for a ’70, nose of fruit - all seems well.

AHB wrote: ↑08:07 Tue 16 Jun 2020

Glenn E. wrote: ↑22:22 Mon 15 Jun 2020I suspect that postage to Seattle would be prohibitive, but would enjoy watching everyone else participate in something similar to what I did with the Stone Terraces tasting for the Sammamish Port Club.

From a quick look at the Royal Mail website it looks like it would cost a little under $10 for a sample bottle to go through the post with delivery target being 6-7 days. I'm happy to give it a try if you'd like to!

uncle tom wrote:It is June 16th, it is 7pm - I've not done one of these before - where is the action?

Glenn E. wrote: ↑18:13 Tue 16 Jun 2020

AHB wrote: ↑08:07 Tue 16 Jun 2020

Glenn E. wrote: ↑22:22 Mon 15 Jun 2020I suspect that postage to Seattle would be prohibitive, but would enjoy watching everyone else participate in something similar to what I did with the Stone Terraces tasting for the Sammamish Port Club.

From a quick look at the Royal Mail website it looks like it would cost a little under $10 for a sample bottle to go through the post with delivery target being 6-7 days. I'm happy to give it a try if you'd like to!

That's cheap enough to be worth a try! Though I would prefer to work out an alternate payment plan with you, as wiring $10 to your account would cost me an additional $35 in wire fees thanks to our lovely antiquated banking system in the US.

Do you still have my address? If not I will email it to you.