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I've got a half bottle drawn 24hrs after fortification - would like to share..

..excuse for an offline? - CP maybe? - This week maybe?

- Ideas?

Tom

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Thursday this week in London works for me as I have a meeting in London Friday and could stay in London on Thursday night. The alternative is that I need to travel to Ipswich for Thursday, so an overnight stay in Saffron Walden on Wednesday night would be convenient.

I will be in London on Thursday evening. I have a Niepoort Pisca 2007 (or perhaps it's 2008?) Cask Sample that could be added to the line-up

oh alright then...i suppose so...

Bother..! - just realised i'm supposed to be elsewhere on the 29th (Thursday)

..can make any other night

Tom

Thursday 6th October is my next planned trip into London.

Thursday 6th October is my next planned trip into London.

Good by me..

Can I propose a Kiev leg to this tasting - visiting a friend there. Army type - she likes port! Just a question of what I can get into hand luggage or buy at LHR. Anyone know what the availability of port is like at LHR duty free these days? (T5)

T5, last week, from memory, had:

- a Noval Silval (1998?), for in the region of £35-£45;

- Taylor 85 (for in the region of £80 all-in); and

- one other (i want to say Cavadinha 1996, though can;t be sure if that's right or on price).

Perhaps a couple of tawnies as well but i can't recall (distracted by 3 for 2 on giant Toblerone at that point).

And what looked, at a fleeting glance, like a very impressive collection of very expensive Bordeaux/Champagne.

I went through T5 a week or two ago. They had some port - but I think there was only one vintage option and a couple of LBVs. I don't remember what the vintage option was - Kopke 1985 maybe?

But I can't remember because I was distracted by the Faustino I which was on sale at £12.99 - £10 voucher. I bought as much as I could.

AHB wrote:I went through T5 a week or two ago. They had some port - but I think there was only one vintage option and a couple of LBVs. I don't remember what the vintage option was - Kopke 1985 maybe?

Perhaps port is on the shelf in more than one place within T5, since i do not remember either the Kopke or seeing any LBVs. The stash i saw was by the "fine wine" section, which had an impressive climatised wine cabinet holding a load of first growths.

I was going to suggest October 11th at the RAF

Andy Velebil wrote:I was going to suggest October 11th at the RAF

That is a good call as it would give more people the chance to taste this unusual sample.

Andy Velebil wrote:I was going to suggest October 11th at the RAF

It looks like I am going to have to drive into London on October 6th, so this suggestion is a good one IMO.

AHB wrote:

Andy Velebil wrote:I was going to suggest October 11th at the RAF

It looks like I am going to have to drive into London on October 6th, so this suggestion is a good one IMO.

I would be very impressed if AHB could drink enough of a less-than-one-month-old Port to exceed the drink drive limit!

I would be very impressed if AHB could drink enough of a less-than-one-month-old Port to exceed the drink drive limit!

I sampled a glass of the one-day-fortified port, drawn directly from the tank - it was much more approachable than one might have expected..

Tom