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Have tried a number of the 97s and quite liked them, so thought a tasting of more might be nice. They're 25 in 2022 so why not?

RESCHEDULED - Red Room, B&F booked for Tuesday 24th May 2022.

Attendees [has...]:

1. NAC [Ch, D, F, GC, QH, NS, Ps (mag), Rs, SV (hlv), T, W] - confirmed for 24/5
2. AHB [BBR (mag), G, Mz, MzEV, SW, V] - confirmed for 24/5
3. GEAG [D, F, Os, Pç, VDM, Ni, V] - confirmed for 24/5
4. MPM [D, G, Mz] - confirmed for 24/5
5. JDAW [RP] - confirmed for 24/5
6. TC - confirmed for 24/5
7. CPR [D, F, V, B] - confirmed for 24/5
8. IDJ [D, G, RP?, GC, V, CaF] - confirmed for 24/5
9. RichN [D] - confirmed for 24/5
10. THRA [N, NS] - confirmed for 24/5
11. WillW [RP, Br, B, SV, Nv, Os, Pç, Pt, ROC] - confirmed for 24/5
12. HTWH [GC, G, D, Ni, F (mag)] - confirmed for 24/5
13. PhilW
14. CMAG

Reserves:
None

Please indicate what you have available.

The Book and associated Addendum record the following [comments re availability, etc.]:

Desired/required
Avoid/exclude

• BBR (Warre) [not needed if we're having Warre?]
• Burmester
• Calem
• Calem Foz
• Calem Sagrado
• Churchill [not in The Book, but exists]
• Cockburn
• Croft Roeda
• Delaforce Corte
• Dow
• Ferreira
• Feuerheerd
• Fonseca
• Gould Campbell
• Graham
• Hooper
• Kopke
• Krohn
• Krohn Retiro Novo
• Martinez
• Martinez Eira Velha
• Morgan
• Niepoort [potential VA issues]
• Niepoort Passadouro
• Noval
• Noval Nacional [rare, £1300+/bt, suggest we ignore this]
• Noval Silval
• Offley Boa Vista
• Quarles Harris
• Ramos Pinto
• Royal Oporto
• Royal Oporto Carvalhas
• Sandeman
• Sandeman Vau
• Smith Woodhouse
• Smith Woodhouse Madalena
• Taylor
• Taylor Vargellas Vinha Velha [rare, £300+/bt, suggest we ignore this]
• Vesuvio
• Warre

Current draft of the food order.

Current draft of the placemats.

The line-up:

1. Taylor - NAC for Team adoption
2. Fonseca - NAC for Team adoption
3. Quarles Harris - NAC for Team adoption
4. Warre - NAC
5. Martinez - AHB
6. Vale Donna Maria - GEAG
7. Sandeman Vau - MPW adopting from WillW
8. Ramos Pinto - JDAW
9. Smith Woodhouse - TC
10. Vesuvio - CPR
11. Gould Campbell - IDJ
12. Dow - RichN
13. Noval - THRA for Team adoption
14. Noval Silval - THRA
15. Burmester - WillW
16. Graham - HTWH
17. Croft Roeda - PhilW
18. Vale da Figueira - CMAG adopting from AHB

Placemats to be updated...

Yes please.

Yes please

yes please

Yes please!

Confirming officially here having said yes to Neil in person.

Yes please

Yes please! I think I only have Dow but as long as I'm in the country I'd be up for this.

Yes please. I have a Fonseca and Graham’s available.

Yes please. Will check what I have.

Sounds good, yes please.

CPR 1 wrote: ↑13:12 Mon 07 Jun 2021yes please

I should have D,F or V easily available. and apparently some Burmester if I look carefully!

yes please

I agree we should ignore TVVV and NN, more than enough options already.

hadge wrote: ↑16:28 Mon 07 Jun 2021yes please

...and that's 14.

Reserve list open.

3.5 hours to fill a tasting. Almost sedate.

In the interests of sanity and liver function I propose that we limit this to 16 bottles.

What should definitely be included and what should definitely be avoided?

Checking what I have was a bit of a surprise - not in storage I have only the Vesuvio 1997.

Available from duty paid storage I also have BB&R Selection (Warre) in magnum, Martinez, Martinez Eira Velha, Graham, Smith Woodhouse.

I'd prefer to avoid the Niepoort - just too unreliable

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑19:34 Mon 07 Jun 2021 I'd prefer to avoid the Niepoort - just too unreliable

I don't know what you're talking about. It's completely reliable! It is reliably tainted by VA so powerful that it bothers even me.

nac wrote: ↑18:13 Mon 07 Jun 2021In the interests of sanity and liver function

An interest of only a minority of us.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑21:45 Mon 07 Jun 2021

nac wrote: ↑18:13 Mon 07 Jun 2021In the interests of sanity and liver function

An interest of only a minority of us.

I am in that minority!

I’d rather have two tastings each of 14-16 different Ports than one tasting of 28-32 different wines.

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑23:29 Mon 07 Jun 2021
I am in that minority!

I’d rather have two tastings each of 14-16 different Ports than one tasting of 28-32 different wines.

I agree with this.

I also agree. Albeit in saying so noting the possibility of two tastings separated by a week. Possibly a 'minors' tasting (e.g. the Osborne, Pocas and Quinta Vale Dona Maria) and a 'majors' (D,F,V etc.) tasting?