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DRT wrote: ↑01:15 Tue 15 Feb 2022Or perhaps Fonseca Guimaraens 1988, albeit not a SQVP.

You can’t guess. And not a Fonseca SQVP.

DRT wrote: ↑01:16 Tue 15 Feb 2022 Oh, I've got it! Smith Woodhouse Madalena 1988

You still can’t guess. But good use of the clues:

jdaw1 wrote: ↑00:13 Tue 15 Feb 2022

MigSU wrote: ↑00:08 Tue 15 Feb 2022It's the 1988 Dow Bomfim.

Correct year

jdaw1 wrote: ↑01:05 Tue 15 Feb 2022Clue: the standard abbreviation for this quinta is “SWM”.

DRT wrote: ↑01:17 Tue 15 Feb 2022Roriz 1888?

You still can’t guess. And the book lacks evidence of a Kopke Roriz 1888. Have you proper evidence, or are you guessing?

DRT wrote: ↑01:18 Tue 15 Feb 2022Is it my question now?

Almost, but not quite.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑01:19 Tue 15 Feb 2022

DRT wrote: ↑01:17 Tue 15 Feb 2022Roriz 1888?

You still can’t guess. And the book lacks evidence of a Kopke Roriz 1888. Have you proper evidence, or are you guessing?

The KR1888 is the only one I have had that was 30% opaque, the others being 25-28%.

Is it Cruz 1988?

DRT wrote: ↑01:27 Tue 15 Feb 2022Is it Cruz 1988?

You made the most recent valid guess — WC88 — so still can’t guess.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑00:37 Tue 15 Feb 2022

MigSU wrote: ↑00:25 Tue 15 Feb 2022Then it has to be the 1988 Smith Woodhouse Madalena. If not, then I'm storming out.

You guessed immediately previously, so you may not guess until another has done so. You must hope that the next guesser is merciful.

Despite the illegal guess, it goes to MigSU. MigSU’s question.

I have deleted that post and have turned myself in to the authorities.

Guess which VP I'm having.

Clues:

- 1670

- Mugabe; Gibraltar; Tito.

Warre 1980.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑00:22 Wed 16 Feb 2022Warre 1980.

Too easy

The Port was very good, though.

Next question?

This evening, a decanter of dirty bacterial Port went down the sink. Name shipper and vintage.

Ps98.

Ck83

Cr82

W85 on the grounds that is one of the ones that you were opening in preparation for tonight.

Ni77

PhilW wrote: ↑17:26 Wed 16 Mar 2022 W85 on the grounds that is one of the ones that you were opening in preparation for tonight.

The W85 was excellent.

TTD 2000

akzy wrote: ↑00:29 Thu 17 Mar 2022

PhilW wrote: ↑17:26 Wed 16 Mar 2022 W85 on the grounds that is one of the ones that you were opening in preparation for tonight.

The W85 was excellent.

Well, I was thinking it must have been either the F85 or W85 being the bottles being opened for the '85 horizontal, and that it was so bad that a different bottle was subsequently decanted after the duffer. However, if W85 is wrong, I absolutely refuse to believe it could have been an F85 (denial is not just a river in Egypt) and will go for my most-experienced-bacterial-vp of D63 for my next guess.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑21:57 Tue 15 Mar 2022 This evening, a decanter of dirty bacterial Port went down the sink. Name shipper and vintage.

Seizing ancient powers; Julian still to let us know the answer to his question if possible sometime, but the guesses have gone unanswered for long enough, so a new question:

What have I recently bought, that I don't really need? (that I don't really need)

Some port?

Doggett wrote: ↑13:21 Mon 30 May 2022Some port?

Nope. (I've bought very little port this year to date, primarily for reasons mentioned at the last tasting; neither relate to the answer to this question).

A car?

A paddle board?

A wine storage cabinet? No, wait, another wine storage cabinet?

MigSU wrote: ↑17:47 Mon 30 May 2022A car?

Doggett wrote: ↑18:08 Mon 30 May 2022A paddle board?

No (to both - though I like Simon's broad thinking!). The answer is not unrelated to port.

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑18:28 Mon 30 May 2022A wine storage cabinet? No, wait, another wine storage cabinet?

No.