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Fine port. But in manageable quantities. Not another supermarket LBV night after a quality tasting.DRT wrote:Do we need more fine Port or do we need emergency supplies?
No.DRT wrote:And do we need one bottle per mouth at this time in the evening?
Perfect! And one for JDAW as well?DRT wrote:So perhaps the equivalent of half a bottle per person of not yet mature vintage port from a fine house decanted 24 hours in advance to allow it to open up?
I have a magnum of "what" that would fit the bill that I am happy to donate.
I have considered all the permutations of all the possibilities of what JDAW might do in response to this discussion. After careful thought I have come to the conclusion that all of those permutations result in him bringing a double magnum of "What" decanted into multiple and varied-sized bottles.djewesbury wrote:Perfect!DRT wrote:I have a magnum of "what" that would fit the bill that I am happy to donate.
And one for JDAW as well?
What a productive night this has been....DRT wrote:I have considered all the permutations of all the possibilities of what JDAW might do in response to this discussion. After careful thought I have come to the conclusion that all of those permutations result in him bringing a double magnum of "What" decanted into multiple and varied-sized bottles.djewesbury wrote:Perfect!DRT wrote:I have a magnum of "what" that would fit the bill that I am happy to donate.
And one for JDAW as well?
I think we have a plan.
Quite impressive. We know what we are doing here.djewesbury wrote:What a productive night this has been....
No need. My magnum can cover you.AHB wrote:What are we doing? Am I to bring anything?
The threads are linked but are separate because they are separate events.djewesbury wrote:Perhaps this thread should be delicately interwoven with the one about the Port Walk.
Is there an Admin in the house?
I asked because orders for food are being placed in the BBR thread. Maybe the persons discussing food there would like to do so here, then; perhaps their posts could be migrated?DRT wrote:The threads are linked but are separate because they are separate events.djewesbury wrote:Perhaps this thread should be delicately interwoven with the one about the Port Walk.
Is there an Admin in the house?
Good point. As he is an Admin I will leave him to do what he thinks best.djewesbury wrote:I asked because orders for food are being placed in the BBR thread. Maybe the persons discussing food there would like to do so here, then; perhaps their posts could be migrated?DRT wrote:The threads are linked but are separate because they are separate events.djewesbury wrote:Perhaps this thread should be delicately interwoven with the one about the Port Walk.
Is there an Admin in the house?
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=63089#p63089]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Caesar, large, with extra-high-fat sauce, both with and without the faint hyphen. Please.AHB wrote:if we agree to pre-order
+RAB
Is DRT's proposal concordant with the placemats as currently laid out?DRT wrote:So perhaps the equivalent of half a bottle per person of not yet mature vintage port from a fine house decanted 24 hours in advance to allow it to open up?
I have a magnum of "what" that would fit the bill that I am happy to donate.
Well the opinions canvassed at the time (see posts surrounding DRT's above) suggested that we didn't need a whole show laid on after we've already been wined by BBR.. I know I'm unlikely to have much I can bring, purely logistically..jdaw1 wrote:Was the half-bottle thing even half serious?
DRT wrote:I have considered all the permutations of all the possibilities of what JDAW might do in response to this discussion. After careful thought I have come to the conclusion that all of those permutations result in him bringing a double magnum of "What" decanted into multiple and varied-sized bottles.djewesbury wrote:Perfect!DRT wrote:I have a magnum of "what" that would fit the bill that I am happy to donate.
And one for JDAW as well?
I think we have a plan.
I didn't know you could get 1975s in half bottles!jdaw1 wrote:I am bringing a bottle that people would not expect me to own ‟What!?”
Although BBR don't seem to have published their list of ports for this year's event, based on previous years there will be 15-20 ports to taste between 18:30 and 20:30. If we're arriving at TBH at 21:00/21:30, I suggest we may not have the capacity or time for a bottle each.DRT wrote:Questions for the attendees: we will have tasted many fine Ports at BBR. Do we need more fine Port or do we need emergency supplies? And do we need one bottle per mouth at this time in the evening?
This plan also sounds good (especially if the "not fully mature" port is Graham's 70DRT wrote:I have considered all the permutations of all the possibilities of what JDAW might do in response to this discussion. After careful thought I have come to the conclusion that all of those permutations result in him bringing a double magnum of "What" decanted into multiple and varied-sized bottles.
Do you think the magnum/double-magnum of "What" will be sufficient for all?Strongly seconded.PhilW wrote:Although BBR don't seem to have published their list of ports for this year's event, based on previous years there will be 15-20 ports to taste between 18:30 and 20:30. If we're arriving at TBH at 21:00/21:30, I suggest we may not have the capacity or time for a bottle each.DRT wrote:Questions for the attendees: we will have tasted many fine Ports at BBR. Do we need more fine Port or do we need emergency supplies? And do we need one bottle per mouth at this time in the evening?
I think it sounds like we are covered:PhilW wrote:Something "fine" does sound sensible; Depending on our numbers, perhaps just a few bottles to share may be sufficient, such as a selection of four '80s Warre unfiltered LBVs?This plan also sounds good (especially if the "not fully mature" port is Graham's 70DRT wrote:I have considered all the permutations of all the possibilities of what JDAW might do in response to this discussion. After careful thought I have come to the conclusion that all of those permutations result in him bringing a double magnum of "What" decanted into multiple and varied-sized bottles.
My suggestion of the (four) '80s LBVs was intended as an alternative, rather than an addition to the "What" suggestion. If decision already made then no problem.djewesbury wrote:Derek is bringing a magnum of "What";
Julian is bringing an unspecified quantity (but certainly no less than 75cl, I am willing to guarantee) of "What!?" .
By the reckoning suggested by DRT (37.5cl each) covers 6 persons (we are 8). I am already a little stretched in what I can bring - I have a CÃ 83 that I am bringing for the previous evening but have limited opportunity to bring anything further. If PW is now offering to bring some W80LBV then I think that may be as much as we 'need'. (But perhaps not 4 bottles Phil..)
OK - decision made, I will send a package, either to JDAWor to DRT, containing a selection of bottles for this and the evening before. (And I will use the poly box that DRT just sent me...)RAYC wrote:I am bringing 3 guests to the BBR event.
One of them is WS1, who can say for himself whether he is in for the after-party.
I will speak to my other two guests to see if they would like to come (one has attended a TPF tasting previously). As always, i would prefer to avoid LBVs (which are my "at-home" drinking) for an offline - in particular if an industry guest is coming.
If you are having problems with transporting bottles, BBR will stand a bottle for you if you order in advance. Likewise Davy's. Presumably bottles could also be sent to jdaw1?
Fine by me.djewesbury wrote:I will send a package! to JDAW
Hmm, not sure if drinking more port after the port walk is a good ideaRAYC wrote:
One of them is WS1, who can say for himself whether he is in for the after-party.
Yeah yeah. You will though. Wolfgang's in, everybody.WS1 wrote:Hmm, not sure if drinking more port after the port walk is a good ideaRAYC wrote:
One of them is WS1, who can say for himself whether he is in for the after-party.
I have my fingers crossed that we can help them in such a fashion again.WS1 wrote:Have fond memories about events at BBR; last time I sacrficed myself finishing al sorts of Nacionals from the 60s since the staff wanted to put the remains in the sink. I was the only member of the Portforum (one other chickened out and moved subsequently to the US) who soldiered on and had a massive Nacional hangover the next day
I agree 100% with this - some Riesling would be an excellent idea. I will include a bottle in my package.WS1 wrote:Clearly if an industry guest is coming we should open something interesting but also reflect that we had all sorts of port before. I would vote have some interesting port and some Riesling in order to "refreshen the reflexes". Also this would potentially help me avoiding to fall asleep on the train and waking up in Northampton again.
Sigh. Taxes, death, Graham 1970.djewesbury wrote:And would anybody mind if one of the bottles I sent was a G70? I know, it's getting boring now...
The taxes; they're more variable.jdaw1 wrote:Taxes, death, Graham 1970.
(Spot the odd one out.)
Good. No objections then.PhilW wrote:The taxes; they're more variable.jdaw1 wrote:Taxes, death, Graham 1970.
(Spot the odd one out.)
No response from him yet.djewesbury wrote:Any word on the industry guest.?
Unfortunately he is not available on either 27 or 28 November.djewesbury wrote:Any word on the industry guest.?
I have spoken to my non-TPF guests who are attending this - as one of them flies out the next day to Singapore to get married, a different sort of meal is in mind and we will be going to an upscale restaurant within walking distance of BBR on this occasion.RAYC wrote:I am bringing 3 guests to the BBR event.
One of them is WS1, who can say for himself whether he is in for the after-party.
I will speak to my other two guests to see if they would like to come (one has attended a TPF tasting previously).
Since I am invited by RAYC to come to the portwalk and also knowing his two guests well, I will join them having dinner in the restaurant nearby. Sorry but otherwise this would be rude.RAYC wrote:I have spoken to my non-TPF guests who are attending this - as one of them flies out the next day to Singapore to get married, a different sort of meal is in mind and we will be going to an upscale restaurant within walking distance of BBR on this occasion.RAYC wrote:I am bringing 3 guests to the BBR event.
One of them is WS1, who can say for himself whether he is in for the after-party.
I will speak to my other two guests to see if they would like to come (one has attended a TPF tasting previously).
RAYC, on Sun 23 Sep 2012, wrote:Since starting to drink port regularly at the Bunghole (where we use their standard (white?) wine glasses), i must admit i have found myself beginning to prefer drinking from a glass with a much larger bowl than the Reidel Vinum Port or the S-Z, and when drinking at home have gradually found my own pair of Reidels (Vinum Port and Overture White) overlooked in favour of a standard white wine glass.
So when i noticed the size and shape of the new BBR port glass, i ordered a couple to see if they would fit the bill. First impressions are very good - i can see this becoming my go-to glass for home drinking.
DRT wrote:Time to take one for the team
Will report back.
jdaw1, on Sat 09 Nov 2013, wrote:And?
Should we ask Berry Bros whether they could make available, for testing, a few of the BBR port glasses?DRT wrote:Forgot. Perhaps we will have the opportunity to test at the Port Walk.
You were not impressed on the previous occasion they were made available to you for testing...!jdaw1 wrote:From the thread Port Glasses Test.RAYC, on Sun 23 Sep 2012, wrote:Since starting to drink port regularly at the Bunghole (where we use their standard (white?) wine glasses), i must admit i have found myself beginning to prefer drinking from a glass with a much larger bowl than the Reidel Vinum Port or the S-Z, and when drinking at home have gradually found my own pair of Reidels (Vinum Port and Overture White) overlooked in favour of a standard white wine glass.
So when i noticed the size and shape of the new BBR port glass, i ordered a couple to see if they would fit the bill. First impressions are very good - i can see this becoming my go-to glass for home drinking.DRT wrote:Time to take one for the team
Will report back.jdaw1, on Sat 09 Nov 2013, wrote:And?Should we ask Berry Bros whether they could make available, for testing, a few of the BBR port glasses?DRT wrote:Forgot. Perhaps we will have the opportunity to test at the Port Walk.
Oh. Please remind me.RAYC wrote:You were not impressed on the previous occasion they were made available to you for testing...!
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Depends who you ask. It varies from a double-mag to nothing at all.AHB wrote:But loyal TPFers are no longer anxious about such matters. "What" is in that bottle and "Why" are we not drinking it yet are the common questions we ask.
Mind you, I still don't understand whether I need to bring something or not.
