Emergency - Constantino 1947 - and friends..

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I quite enjoy writing Excel VB code - my magnum opus to date has been a piece of code, now nearly 2000 lines long and with nearly 60 defined variables, whose sole purpose was to choose my next bottle of port to drink at home. It started out quite humbly, and every time I disagreed with it's call, I worked out why I disagreed and revised the code.

- But it's getting angry with me now..

I've never drunk a Constantino at home, nor a 1947; It has a top shoulder level, which puts it in the bottom 0.7% of bottles in my cellar, level-wise, and I'm also being reminded that I am 29.3% overstocked on 1947 VP..

This is an iconic wine - the heir to N31 in one of my distant notes - it demands to be shared..

B&F - soon - what suits?
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Yes please.

Tuesday 10th October? Or Tuesday 24th October.
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Yes please ..... 24th works for me ....
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Tuesday the 10th is already taken. The 24th would be a yes from me.
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Selfishly, I would prefer 17 October, as it’s half term the following week and I’m not about. However, this date hasn’t been offered up and so I suspect does not suit others.
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idj123 wrote: 11:36 Sun 01 Oct 2023 Selfishly, I would prefer 17 October, as it’s half term the following week and I’m not about. However, this date hasn’t been offered up and so I suspect does not suit others.
I'm fine with the 17th ..... I'm trying to work out what I can bring along to be friends with the Constantino :-)
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I could probably make the 24th. I can’t make the 10th (or 17th).
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Not 17th for me.
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Would be lovely to catch up soon been ages but sadly I cannot do this month.
I find this wine seriously strange and am rather surprised you see it as the heir to N31 but let’s see how you get on.
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OK - looking like the 24th..

..any more takers? My bottle doesn't mind younger friends!
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:( In the intervening period I've now booked a holiday and will be away until the 26th
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Well I can't do a '47 but how about one of these ??

63 Cockburn, Croft, fonseca or '58 Sandeman or '55 Taylor's

What shall I bring ??
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Well damn! I now can’t make it on the 24th. I’m at the opera.
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Alex Bridgeman wrote: 14:08 Mon 16 Oct 2023 Well damn! I now can’t make it on the 24th. I’m at the opera.
So it'll be a Night at the Opera? Queen or the Marx Brothers?
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sadly can't make this
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Tom, This looks like you me and Julian unless a re-jig of the date to allow other friends to attend .... which feels like the right thing to do .....
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Tom, This looks like you me and Julian unless a re-jig of the date to allow other friends to attend .... which feels like the right thing to do .....
Agree - dates in mid Nov that work better for people?
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uncle tom wrote: 18:29 Thu 19 Oct 2023
Tom, This looks like you me and Julian unless a re-jig of the date to allow other friends to attend .... which feels like the right thing to do .....
Agree - dates in mid Nov that work better for people?
14th or the 21st or the 28th work for me

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14th or the 21st or the 28th work for me
I can manage any of those
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November is looking a bit congested in my diary. Choose a date which works for everyone else and I’ll attend if there’s space around the table and in my diary.
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All these new potential dates work for me.
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All ok for me.

Tom - suggest strike a date early otherwise other things will encroach.
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flash_uk wrote: 09:37 Sun 22 Oct 2023All ok for me.

Tom - suggest strike a date early otherwise other things will encroach.
Ditto me.
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jdaw1 wrote: 23:33 Sat 21 Oct 2023[David Guimaraens] might be available for an emergency the week before [the Croft tasting on 7ᵗʰ November 2023]. If so, a separate thread will happen.
Could it be this thread?
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jdaw1 wrote: 14:43 Sun 22 Oct 2023
jdaw1 wrote: 23:33 Sat 21 Oct 2023[David Guimaraens] might be available for an emergency the week before [the Croft tasting on 7ᵗʰ November 2023]. If so, a separate thread will happen.
Could it be this thread?
The only day the previous week thats difficult for me is the 1st .....
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