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2010 is the fiftieth anniversary of both the 1960 vintage and Uncle Tom. To celebrate this happy coincidence, we have decided to organise a horizontal of 1960 vintage port. The location will be London, but the exact venue will be chosen nearer the time.

Anyone who would be interested in helping to celebrate Uncle Tom's half century, please say so here. Please also mention any 1960 vintages that you may be able to offer for this tasting.

CONFIRMED
1) THRA
2) AHB
3) Oscar Quevedo
4) DRT
5) Chris Doty
6) *vacancy
7) RLC
8) KillerB
9) Keytohiway
10) JDAW
11) Giles Wigoder
12) *vacancy
13) Gustavo Devesas (looking to adopt)
14) Raul Alex (looking to adopt)

VINTAGES AVAILABLE
Cockburn
Ferreira
Dow
Croft
Martinez
Ferriera
Quinta do Rei
Quinta do Noval
Warre (a donation from Dominic Symington)
Sandeman
Fonseca
Delaforce
Taylor
Graham
Dow

uncle tom wrote:I have:
Gonzalez Byass
Sibio (Q.)

Smith Woodhouse and Calem would also be very welcome.

As you think about this tasting, please bear in mind that there is also a 1978 tasting on the previous Friday.

Gustavo and Raul added by DRT on 7 Apr 2010
Noval (OQ) and Warre (DMS) added by DRT on 20 Apr 2010

I'm in - and I hope that's my Cockburn you've already added to the list as it's the only 1960 I have

Sounds like a grand time. Please count me in. I believe I have a bottle of 1960 Croft running around here somewhere.

I will need to secure permission and special dispensation, being a Wednesday. Subject to that, it would seem a suitable moment to open one of my 2 remaining bottles of 1960 Dow, laid down for me at birth by my grandfather. I also believe his firm imported them.

Hi there,

if still possible I also would like to attend. Will bring the Niepoort 1960 if this is OK.

regards

WS1

WS1 wrote:if still possible I also would like to attend. Will bring the Niepoort 1960 if this is OK.

Wolfgang, I must warn you that this event has all the signs of turning into a Tasting

DRT wrote:

WS1 wrote:if still possible I also would like to attend. Will bring the Niepoort 1960 if this is OK.

Wolfgang, I must warn you that this event has all the signs of turning into a Tasting

Yep, you are right, this goes straight into a tasting. In this case I do not mind since it is Tom's birthday, a 1960 horicontal is a good thing and I like the 1960s Ports very much. Have also one bt da Silvas Quinta do Noval 1960 which was not metioned so far. All in all I think I can handle this

regrads

WS1

Please add me to the list of confirmed...I have a Martinez '60 to contribute.

Cookie

Please add me in, I will probably have to adopt but will look around for something in the meantime.

Coming to UK in May...are Yanks allowed in?

keytohwy

keytohwy wrote:Coming to UK in May...are Yanks allowed in?

keytohwy

No problem - just don't come over with a supply of chocolate and stockings and try to steal all our women

Your name will be added to the list. Will you be alone or do you need to reserve a +1?

Derek

Subject to permission, I’m in.

jdaw1 wrote:Subject to permission, I’m in.

Please remember to ask.

AHB wrote:VINTAGES AVAILABLE
Cockburn
Ferreira
Dow, subject to special dispensation
Croft
Niepoort

I have Sandeman and Fonseca.

DRT wrote:

keytohwy wrote:Coming to UK in May...are Yanks allowed in?

keytohwy

No problem - just don't come over with a supply of chocolate and stockings and try to steal all our women

Your name will be added to the list. Will you be alone or do you need to reserve a +1?

Derek

Fair enough. Both of my grandfathers did that already. I married a Berkshire girl, but technically, she was already living in the US.

Anyway, glad to come. I'll most likely be alone, but will firm that up closer to the date.

No 60's in my cellar, but I'll look around. Do two 85's equal a 60?

Looking forward to it,
keytohwy

keytohwy wrote:I'll most likely be alone, but will firm that up closer to the date.

No 60's in my cellar, but I'll look around. Do two 85's equal a 60?

The tasting will be limited to 14 people so we may not be able to add a +1 later.

Sorry, this will be a 1960 line-up only but we are likely to have some bottles that can be "adopted" at reasonable cost. Keep an eye on this thread as things evolve, I'm sure it will all work out fine

DRT wrote:

keytohwy wrote:I'll most likely be alone, but will firm that up closer to the date.

No 60's in my cellar, but I'll look around. Do two 85's equal a 60?

The tasting will be limited to 14 people so we may not be able to add a +1 later.

Sorry, this will be a 1960 line-up only but we are likely to have some bottles that can be "adopted" at reasonable cost. Keep an eye on this thread as things evolve, I'm sure it will all work out fine

Got it, thanks! Not sure how well it would travel from here anyway. But again, I'll keep my eye out here. I've got a 1970 horizontal going for my 40th this year, so I've been scouring some of the local shops anyway.

keytohwy

Just a quick note to say that I've just updated the first post on this thread to reflect the people who have said that they would like to attend this offline. Unless anyone has an alternative suggestion, would the Crusting Pipe seem an appropriate place to welcome an American visitor with a Berkshire wife to his first port offline in London?

DRT wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:Subject to permission, I’m in.

Please remember to ask.

This is how my husband likes to communicate with me. There's no longer open, live, one-on-one discussing. Ok, so he asked. Sure he can go. But that depends on a lot of things.

Stay tuned.

SCP-DFF.

SCP-DFF wrote:But that depends on a lot of things.

This is going to be expensive. I suspect that offering to share a bottle of Cruz 1975 won’t be enough: this might even take as much as two bottles of 1970.

jdaw1 wrote:

SCP-DFF wrote:But that depends on a lot of things.

This is going to be expensive. I suspect that offering to share a bottle of Cruz 1975 won’t be enough: this might even take as much as two bottles of 1970.

You say that as if sharing two bottles of 1970 VP is a bad thing!

Despite progress made at a dinner with JDAW1 while in Paris, SCP-DFW still does not drink Port with her husband.

Hi there,

apologies, but I fear I cannot come and have to drop out. Looks like I will be in Paris on the 19th of May on a conference.

Enjoy uncle Toms birthday tasting.

regards

WS1

WS1 wrote:Hi there,

apologies, but I fear I cannot come and have to drop out. Looks like I will be in Paris on the 19th of May on a conference.

Enjoy uncle Toms birthday tasting.

regards

WS1

Attendee list updated.

If JDAW forgets to ask for permission, perhaps TPF could see the first, multi-location offline with simultaneous offlines with the same theme in London and Paris on 19th May.

AHB wrote:As you think about this tasting, please bear in mind that there is also a 1978 tasting on the previous Friday.

AHB is obviously thinking what I'm thinking

Giles Wigoder will be added to the list of attendees shortly

Could I be penciled in, please? Though I'm afraid I'm in KillerB, Keytohiway's category, so I will defer to them if not enough bottles can be found...

JGH added to the list

OK! OK! Husband can go. AND he can go to the tasting on the 14th May. I have no idea which one that is. I just know he wants to go to a tasting on the 14th and the 19th. (I'm so good to my hubby.)

Have fun boys!

SCP-DFF

SCP-DFF wrote:(I'm so good to my hubby.)

Yes, you are. He is a very lucky man!

Ahh, you’re not understanding the important part of the message.

SCP-DFF wrote:Have fun boys!

By this the Supreme Commander means that our tastings should be as complete as possible. And we wouldn’t want to fail the Supreme Commander!

Therefore we want, at least (for there might be more 1960s):

• Burmester;
• Cálem;
• Cockburn;
• Croft;
• Delaforce;
• Dow;
• Ferreira;
• Fonseca;
• Graham;
• Kopke;
• Krohn;
• Martinez (Harvey);
• Messias Quinta do Cachão;
• Quinta do Noval;
• Quinta do Noval Nacional;
• Offley Boa Vista;
• Osborne;
• Poças;
• Quarles Harris;
• Ramos-Pinto;
• Robertson Rebello Valente;
• Sandeman;
• Quinta do Sibio;
• Smith Woodhouse;
• Taylor;
• Tuke Holdsworth;
• Warre.

Others that probably but not certainly were declared include:

• Barros;
• Borges & Irmão;
• Cálem Quinta da Foz;
• Constantino;
• Feuerheerd;
• González Byass;
• Morgan;
• Niepoort;
• Quinta de la Rosa;
• Royal Oporto.

jdaw1 wrote:Ahh, you’re not understanding the important part of the message.

SCP-DFF wrote:Have fun boys!

By this the Supreme Commander means that our tastings should be as complete as possible. And we wouldn’t want to fail the Supreme Commander!

Therefore we want, at least (for there might be more 1960s):

• Burmester;
• Cálem;
• Cockburn;
• Croft;
• Delaforce;
• Dow;
• Ferreira;
• Fonseca;
• Graham;
• Kopke;
• Krohn;
• Martinez (Harvey);
• Messias Quinta do Cachão;
• Quinta do Noval;
• Quinta do Noval Nacional;
• Offley Boa Vista;
• Osborne;
• Poças;
• Quarles Harris;
• Ramos-Pinto;
• Robertson Rebello Valente;
• Sandeman;
• Quinta do Sibio;
• Smith Woodhouse;
• Taylor;
• Tuke Holdsworth;
• Warre.

Others that probably but not certainly were declared include:

• Barros;
• Borges & Irmão;
• Cálem Quinta da Foz;
• Constantino;
• Feuerheerd;
• González Byass;
• Morgan;
• Niepoort;
• Quinta de la Rosa;
• Royal Oporto.

Did Hutcheson not make a 1960?

Hutcheson???

Look, when I, Supreme Commander, orders you boys "to have fun", it does indeed mean to make the most of this tasting. But even if Hutcheson ever did declare in 1960 or any other year for that matter, you're not allowed to have Hutcheson. Period.

Carry on.

SCP-DFF

Yes Ma'am. Will do.

(such a relief to have common sense prevail!)

But that means it might not be complete

True. But look at your footnote - the first duty of port is to be red. Whn was the last time you saw a Hutcheson that was red AND more than ten years old?

Hutcheson: the 1975 of ports.

I have:

Cockburn
Croft
Delaforce
Dow
Fonseca
Gonzalez Byass
Noval
Sandeman
Sibio (Q.)
Taylor
Warre

The most significant absentee is Graham. Smith Woodhouse and Calem would also be very welcome.

Tom

Tom

Can I book a provisional +2, please?

DRT wrote:Can I book a provisional +2, please?

I am delighted to tell you that our good friends Gustavo Devesas and Raul Alex have booked theor flights and will be joining us for this tasting. I have added them to the list of attendees and the list of people who are looking to adopt bottles.

Derek

It is with an imense pleasure and HONOUR that i'm going to be in this tasting!

Just a small question, can you tell me which bottles are already confirmed in the tasting? I supose a Vesuvio 94 is not enough Joking!

At this stage we are juggling. Say what you have, and it will go in the mix with what others have. Somebody will suggest that person A bring bottle α, person B bring β, etc. Please, what 1960s do you have (that you might be willing to contribute)?

i'm trying to sort out some bottles with my friend Gustavo. I'll get back to you soon.. Cheers!

Gustavo and Raul have adopted Ferreira 1960 and Quinta do Rei 1960 to contribute to the line-up.

I'll bring a bottle of Noval 1960. This will be a great experience. I'm looking forward for that!!

Dominic Symington has very kindly donated a Warre 1960 to this tasting, which I will bring with me.

Derek

Time to start on the placemats. Does anybody actually know what bottles we have?

Not at the moment since Tom will be offering some bottles for adoption. I'll try and check with Tom tomorrow.

A venue is also needed. The Bowler?

jdaw1 wrote:A venue is also needed. The Bowler?

Works for me.