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Ben,

The mental calculation tells me that you were born (hopefully for a port lover) in 1970, possibly 1969.

Were you born in 1970? If so, I can see an excuse coming along for an offline involving as many vintage ports from 1970 as we can get our hands on...

Alex

It was indeed 1970! To date I have managed just one bottle of 1970, some years ago on my birthday in The Wine Library, Trinity Square. Unfortunately I cannot recall the house.

A nice idea when the opportunity arises. I would be keen.

It also raises a question that I may post eslewhere for more general debate - what should I lay down for my son, due to be born this year? A good subject for debate I think!

1970 is a grade-A splendid vintage.

1970 Tasting on the cards? Excellent, count me in, I should be able to find something. Fonseca will be WOTN.

1970 Horizontal. I'm in.

Possible donations from my cellar:

• Warre
• Morgan
• Dalva
• Royal Oporto
• Dow
• Noval
• Gonzalez Byass
• I think I have others

KillerB wrote:Fonseca will be WOTN.

Agreed.

Derek

Wait! You can’t do a 1970 horizontal until I’m in the country. I’m an admin, so I make the rules. (Errr, well, you know, err hello KillerB, err, something. Anyway, those are the rules.)

In the UK I have 1970:

• Cockburn;
• Croft;
• Delaforce;
• Fonseca magnums;
• Hutcheson;
• Noval;
• Offley Boa Vista;
• Royal Oporto;
• Sandeman;
• Taylor;
• Warre.

Derek T. wrote:

KillerB wrote:Fonseca will be WOTN.

Agreed.

jdaw1 wrote:In the UK I have 1970:

• Cockburn;
• Croft;
• Delaforce;
• Fonseca magnums;
• Hutcheson;
• Noval;
• Offley Boa Vista;
• Royal Oporto;
• Sandeman;
• Taylor;
• Warre.

Correction to KillerB's statement with which I agreed: Fonseca magnum will be WOTN

jdaw1 wrote:Wait! You can’t do a 1970 horizontal until I’m in the country. I’m an admin, so I make the rules. (Errr, well, you know, err hello KillerB, err, something. Anyway, those are the rules.)

Agreed. I'm also an Admin so that's two Admin's to one so it's definately a rule.

Derek

PS: Please, please, please agree with us KillerB?

Derek T. wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:Wait! You can’t do a 1970 horizontal until I’m in the country. I’m an admin, so I make the rules. (Errr, well, you know, err hello KillerB, err, something. Anyway, those are the rules.)

Agreed. I'm also an Admin so that's two Admin's to one so it's definately a rule.

Derek

PS: Please, please, please agree with us KillerB?

Sadly, I think you may have blown your chances of having KillerB agree with you through your spelling of "definately".

You know you were warned...

In my cellar, I have a single bottle of port from the 1970 vintage. It is Fonseca. However, I'm happy to adopt or acquire.

I'm also a little worried that we may rush into this tasting rather precipitously and try to arrange it for Julian's coming trip to the UK in May. If so, I will likely not be able to attend for the reasons previously mentioned which have led to my hosting of the 1980 horizontal

I therefore petition that since we have already given JDAW an event to look forward to in May (The Most Modest Ever 1980 Horizontal Tasting?), that we should save the 1970 tasting for a later visit. We've seen how eagerly he reacted to the suggestion - if we wait for his next visit then he has an incentive to be invited to speak at another seminar in London sooner rather than later.

If Julian is providing the magnum of the night then I am willing to wait.

AHB wrote: Sadly, I think you may have blown your chances of having KillerB agree with you through your spelling of "definately".

KillerB wrote:If Julian is providing the magnum of the night then I am willing to wait.

I defanitely agree with that

Derek

Do count me in as well. I could contribute:

Niepoort VP (cool bottle)
Niepoort Colheita
Grahams VP (Grahams bottling)
Grahams VP (Army&Navy bottling) - no Airforce bottling, that sucks
Messias VP
Andresen VP

and would be more than happy to participate

Axel

AHB wrote:I therefore petition that since we have already given JDAW an event to look forward to in May (The Most Modest Ever 1980 Horizontal Tasting?), that we should save the 1970 tasting for a later visit.

That was my intention — I second AHB’s petition.

1970s so far admitted to be available:

1. Vintage Port
2. Andresen (AP);
3. Cockburn (JDAW);
4. Croft (JDAW);
5. Dalva (DRT)
6. Delaforce (JDAW);
7. Dow (DRT);
8. Fonseca (AHB);
9. Fonseca magnum (JDAW);
10. Gonzalez Byass (DRT);
11. Graham’s, Oporto-bottled (AP);
12. Graham’s, Army&Navy-bottled (AP);
13. Hutcheson (JDAW);
14. Messias (AP);
15. Morgan (DRT);
16. Niepoort (AP);
17. Noval (DRT, JDAW);
18. Offley Boa Vista (JDAW);
19. Royal Oporto (DRT, JDAW);
20. Sandeman (JDAW);
21. Taylor (JDAW);
22. Warre (DRT, JDAW);
    
    Non-VP
23. Niepoort Colheita.

People:

1. KillerB;
2. Derek T.;
3. jdaw1;
4. AHB;
5. Axel P;
6. benread.

That’s a quorum. Might take us more than one session to drink the lot though.

(This post will be updated from time to time, so please don’t refer to bottles by number — these might change.)

I could not miss that opportunity, being the year of my birth! Dates permitting of course.

When's the date?

When I’m in the UK, but not the imminent trip featuring the 1980 horizontal in Wokingham. So, pro tem, merely TBD.

g-man wrote:When's the date?

No date set yet but we have agreed to do it when Jdaw is in the UK. The event will be publicised well in advanced so just keep watching this thread.

Derek

This loooks very interesting. I have next to no 1970, and guess is is becoming pretty rare.