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Date: 26th Nov 2014
Time: 18:30
Location: Davy's Woolgate Bar and Brasserie
Vintages: 1922, 1927, 1934, 1948, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1973 (crusted), 1975, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989 (crusted), 1994, 1997

Places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis; please reply below. I intend that we will invite one industry guest, whose costs will be covered by the attendees. Cost will be £240 per person including all port, food, corkage etc.

Participants:

1. PW
2. JDAW
3. WPS
4. RAYC
5. AHB
6. THRA
7. CMAG
8. AP
9. DJ
10. CPR
11. MPM
12. IDJ
13. forest26
14. (spare)

Reserves:

• -none-

Yes please.

(And I have done the obvious reporting.)

Yes, please. Do count me in.

Axel

Thanks that I am already on the list

regards

WS1

Yes please.. oh hold on.. was this table full before the thread was started..?

djewesbury wrote:Yes please.. oh hold on.. was this table full before the thread was started..?

Nope, not full yet. Some initial discussion was had with a few individuals to see if we could source sufficient range of bottles for the event - those have been included for obvious reasons; others replied by PM and email.

Yes please.

Nov 10th now eliminated due to contributors' unavailability at that time; tasting will therefore be the night before BBR port walk, estimated as Nov 26th (with BBR port walk on Nov 27th)

PhilW wrote:contributors unavailability

Are you doing this on purpose? Or just to give JDAW something to do?

djewesbury wrote:

PhilW wrote:contributors unavailability

Are you doing this on purpose? Or just to give JDAW something to do?

No; I do not thinks so since I am one of the contributors who very likely cannot attend on the 10th since likley being in Burgundy and others prefering the night before the Port walk anyway; so agreement was found.

Do you have a problem with this?

regards

WS1

WS1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:

PhilW wrote:contributors unavailability

Are you doing this on purpose? Or just to give JDAW something to do?

No; I do not thinks so since I am one of the contributors who very likely cannot attend on the 10th since likley being in Burgundy and others prefering the night before the Port walk anyway; so agreement was found.

Do you have a problem with this?

regards

WS1

It wasn't just you Wolfgang - but I think Daniel is pointing out my missing apostrophe, rather than having problems with the organisation.

PhilW wrote:

WS1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:

PhilW wrote:contributors unavailability

Are you doing this on purpose? Or just to give JDAW something to do?

No; I do not thinks so since I am one of the contributors who very likely cannot attend on the 10th since likley being in Burgundy and others prefering the night before the Port walk anyway; so agreement was found.

Do you have a problem with this?

regards

WS1

It wasn't just you Wolfgang - but I think Daniel is pointing out my missing apostrophe, rather than having problems with the organisation.

Yes sorry - it was the apostrophe!
Oops.

djewesbury wrote:

PhilW wrote:

WS1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:

PhilW wrote:contributors unavailability

Are you doing this on purpose? Or just to give JDAW something to do?

No; I do not thinks so since I am one of the contributors who very likely cannot attend on the 10th since likley being in Burgundy and others prefering the night before the Port walk anyway; so agreement was found.

Do you have a problem with this?

regards

WS1

It wasn't just you Wolfgang - but I think Daniel is pointing out my missing apostrophe, rather than having problems with the organisation.

Yes sorry - it was the apostrophe!
Oops.

Clearly I missed this subtlety being not a native English speaker!

WS1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:

PhilW wrote:

WS1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:

PhilW wrote:contributors unavailability

Are you doing this on purpose? Or just to give JDAW something to do?

No; I do not thinks so since I am one of the contributors who very likely cannot attend on the 10th since likley being in Burgundy and others prefering the night before the Port walk anyway; so agreement was found.

Do you have a problem with this?

regards

WS1

It wasn't just you Wolfgang - but I think Daniel is pointing out my missing apostrophe, rather than having problems with the organisation.

Yes sorry - it was the apostrophe!
Oops.

Clearly I missed this subtlety being not a native English speaker!

We nearly had an international incident - I'll disarm the cruise missiles!

Yes please

I will keep an eye on the final date that gets decided before formally confirming if that's ok - i am unlikely to do both this event and BBR port walk on consecutive nights (have found i rarely enjoy the second event).

Would very much like to join this one if possible please.

flash_uk wrote:Would very much like to join this one if possible please.

No problem, you are added. Final line-up and costing just pending response from one contributor, then I will confirm with all with defined date.

This tasting is now confirmed for 26th Nov. The line-up is looking good, I am currently expecting this to be:
1922, 1927, 1934, 1948, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1973 (crusted), 1975, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989 (crusted)
From the contributors' comments, we seem to have excellent provenance on most bottles; I will be purchasing three of the later bottles from retail as we do not have them between us (if anyone has the 75, 82 or 87 and hasn't mentioned it, then please let me know asap). The cost is confirmed at £240 including all port, food, corkage, tip. TBH function room is booked, with separate table outside for food, and I will sort decanting arrangements nearer the time.

I have reconfirmed that the date is acceptable to all people contributing bottles; If all other participants could now also please re-confirm their intention to attend now that the date, cost and line-up are defined, I will contact via PM to collect monies and mark you as confirmed on the initial post.

OK for me thx. Are you missing any bottles still?

flash_uk wrote:OK for me thx. Are you missing any bottles still?

I'm currently planning to buy '75, '82 and '87 retail, unless someone has them already and hasn't mentioned it yet.

Other known vintages within '22 to '90 which we do not have are '31, '45, '50, '53 and '78, but these were neither available from amongst ourselves, nor retail, hence not present in line-up.

PhilW wrote:If all other participants could now also please re-confirm their intention to attend now that the date, cost and line-up are defined, I will contact via PM to collect monies and mark you as confirmed on the initial post.

I'm in

Just booked the flights. Therefore please count me in.

Axel

Yes. I'm no longer provisional.

djewesbury wrote:Yes. I'm no longer provisional.

Not a good idea to use the "p" word from an NI IP address

DRT wrote:

djewesbury wrote:Yes. I'm no longer provisional.

Not a good idea to use the "p" word from an NI IP address

It's not the provisional ones you need to worry about...

djewesbury wrote:

DRT wrote:

djewesbury wrote:Yes. I'm no longer provisional.

Not a good idea to use the "p" word from an NI IP address

It's not the provisional ones you need to worry about...

But that status is by definition temporary, so the knock on the door and some new knees is never far away.

Anyhoo - back to Martinez - do we have an industry guest?

We happen to know people who might have access to old Martinez.

DRT wrote:Anyhoo - back to Martinez - do we have an industry guest?

We happen to know people who might have access to old Martinez.

In progress; will PM you.

Def still in - thanks Phil for organising
Thanks

Phil, assuming that there is still the one place left I'd be happy to fill it (if not please put me on the reserve list).
Thanks
Ian

Phil - if there is a space available can you count me in for this.
Cheers
Tony

forest26 wrote:Phil - if there is a space available can you count me in for this.

I've added you as first reserve. Two of the original signed-up participants have not yet confirmed, so there may yet be a space even without any dropouts.

Hi Phil,

found by random luck the bt of Mz70 for this tasting, I was looking for a long time in my wild cellar arrangement.

regards

WS1

Any word on the industry guest for this?

djewesbury wrote:Any word on the industry guest for this?

Sorry. It's down to me. I need to chase that up.

Unfortunately our planned industry guest is unable to attend. Since all attendees have now confirmed, and with forest26 on the list as reserve, I have therefore offered this last spot to Tony which he has taken up. I will adjust the first post to reflect this shortly.

With regard to venue, the assumption at the moment is that we will be at Davy's in Holborn - previously The Bung Hole, then Davy's Bar and Grill, this is currently undergoing refurbishment and will likely also be renamed again. Final location for this tasting will therefore be confirmed once we have visited the refurbished TBH and checked whether the facilities will still work for us for a large tasting.

Of the obvious vintages, we are still missing the '75 and '83; if anyone can supply either, please let me know asap.

I will be asking for money from people in the next few days; if I do not have your email address, please let me know it as this makes sorting the arrangements much more straightforward - thank you.

Phil.

Flights booked for this week of excess...

First post updated; DRT no longer able to make the tasting, but all other attendees confirmed. We may have an industry guest, tbc.
Summaries have been sent out by email to all attendees, together with list of who is providing bottles for the event. An additional email asking for transfer of funds as required to cover the cost of the event has also been sent to all attendees (including those with nothing to pay, for confirmation); please let me know if you have not received this.

Following the refurbishment, TBH seems to be no longer suitable for large tastings. Last night we used the "Brasserie" room at Davy's Woolgate for a tasting for 12 which worked extremely well, so this venue has now been booked and will be used for the Martinez Vertical on the 26th November. I have updated the first post accordingly.

Please could you add to the first post a list of vintages?

jdaw1 wrote:Please could you add to the first post a list of vintages?

The list is there. It's up above the participants list in a paragraph rather than a vertical list.

Oops: thank you.

just left my Mz58, Mz70, Mz94 and Mz97 left at Davy's Woolgate for the Martinez tasting on Wednesday 26th November.

Was greeted with the words; "You look like a man who brings some port ....

regards

WS1

WS1 wrote:just left my Mz58, Mz70, Mz94 and Mz97 left at Davy's Woolgate for the Martinez tasting on Wednesday 26th November.

JDAW and PW bottles now also at Woolgate.

A reminder to those who have not yet responded to my email regarding food orders, please let me have your choices by end of tomorrow (Wed 19th). Thanks.

Very much looking forward to this tasting. This is the first of quite a few events in the run to Christmas!

flash_uk wrote:Very much looking forward to this tasting. This is the first of quite a few events in the run to Christmas!

The second, surely? We had a pre-season warm-up over here!


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Phil: which one of us is to make the placemats?

jdaw1 wrote:Phil: which one of us is to make the placemats?

Placemats are done, and I will print and bring (I will upload and post link later for checking).

Placemats uploaded here for checking, please.

The old 'invalid URL' Tapatalk problem

EDIT: I tried cutting and pasting the URL in Safari (a URL with spaces in it, mind) and received the response:

"Your search - www.hallarn.com/placemats/141126 Martinez placemats - 141121a.pdf - did not match any documents."