A glass of port with DrDirk

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 11:04 Fri 03 Oct 2014

Hi,

DrDirk is coming to London for year end and a portforum gathering is nice for a welcome.

theme: any port 60s or 70s would go
date: Tuesday 30th of December
venue: Function room Davy’s Wine House Holborn (formerly The Bunghole)
kick off: ~ 6:00 PM start.

attendees:

DrDirk
uncleTom
RAYC
JDAW
WS1

possible attendees:

Kurt
Shumin

regards
WS1

Current draft of placemats.

(Added to this post by permission of Wolfgang.)

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 12:44 Fri 03 Oct 2014

Need to confirm i am in the country but am keen. I have a couple of 83s i want to try again - Graham would be my top choice

PopulusTremula · Post by **PopulusTremula** » 14:19 Fri 03 Oct 2014

I would also be interested and am staying put for the holidays. I have a Warre 80 mag which i have lusted after for some time. This would be a good opportunity to open it.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 21:11 Sat 04 Oct 2014

I'll have to be a maybe. Between Christmas and New Year I tend to stay close to the family home and not travel in to London much - although this year will be the first year since 1983 that we will be celebrating New Year by watching the London firework and staying overnight.

I might see whether Mrs B would be interested in attending, but she's usually more interested in good food / Champagne rather than good Port.

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:51 Sat 04 Oct 2014

WS1 wrote:DrDirk is coming to London for year end and I thought a portforum gathering would be nice for a welcome. As a theme I would like to suggest any 80s port would go. As a date I want to suggest Tues 30th of December hopefully in the Bunghole or Davy’s Wine House Holborn as they call themselfes now with ~ 6:00 PM start.

Probably yes.

AHB wrote:I might see whether Mrs B would be interested in attending, but she's usually more interested in good food / Champagne rather than good Port.

Could we find some champagne, half of which is to be our aperitif, and the other half of which is to keep Mrs B off her husband? For food, maybe we could order a Pork Pie from the UK‘s finest Pork Pie maker?

idj123 · Post by **idj123** » 10:17 Sun 05 Oct 2014

Would love to attend this but unfortunately it coincides with my daughter's 1st birthday and I don't think my wife would look too favourably on me sloping up to town to drink Port-ll have to make do with drinking it at home instead! Now if it had been the previous day.......

Post by **jdaw1** » 11:53 Sun 05 Oct 2014

idj123 wrote:Would love to attend this but unfortunately it coincides with my daughter's 1st birthday and I don't think my wife would look too favourably on me sloping up to town to drink Port-ll have to make do with drinking it at home instead! Now if it had been the previous day.......

There is precedent: I had to stay home during a Malvedos Vertical. Waste of time — the tasting would have been a much better use of my time. Would it help you if I were to say that even the Boss admitted that I should have gone?

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 06:57 Tue 07 Oct 2014

AHB wrote:I'll have to be a maybe. Between Christmas and New Year I tend to stay close to the family home and not travel in to London much - although this year will be the first year since 1983 that we will be celebrating New Year by watching the London firework and staying overnight.

I might see whether Mrs B would be interested in attending, but she's usually more interested in good food / Champagne rather than good Port.

Champagne/wine can be arranged as well provided the other attendees are OK as well.

Let us see how many we are and where the interest is; am happy to switch to a combined theme.

regards

WS1

DrDirk · Post by **DrDirk** » 18:55 Wed 17 Dec 2014

I am in.
I just put two bottles of vintage port near my baggage for London. The rounded mean value of the vintages will apply with the theme: (1960 + 1991) / 2 = 1975,5 rounded eigthies. Yes!
Both bottles come from the same producer: one is an emergency bottle, one a recently aquired bottle of a lot of three.

Dirk

PopulusTremula · Post by **PopulusTremula** » 21:54 Wed 17 Dec 2014

Sadly i will have to pull out, doing the graveyard shift feeding No.2.

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 16:03 Fri 19 Dec 2014

Have changed my mind - will bring something from the 60s or 1970. Would also be happy with mixed theme and eating somewhere that provides a sufficiently refined dining experience to tempt Mrs B.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 18:20 Fri 19 Dec 2014

RAYC wrote:Have changed my mind - will bring something from the 60s or 1970. Would also be happy with mixed theme and eating somewhere that provides a sufficiently refined dining experience to tempt Mrs B.

We're due into London on 31 December but I'm working on the 30th so I think it highly unlikely that I will be able to make it into London for the 30th as well as the 31st.

Sorry.

But I could get you a discount at Milton's while there is a family member working there...

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 08:46 Sat 20 Dec 2014

Hello,

apologies for the late response. Function room booked in the Bunghole. Theme extended/changed to bring a bt of Port from the 60s or 70s on request from DrDirk

Emergency bts from different vintages are allowed!

regards

WS1

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 08:56 Sat 20 Dec 2014

jdaw1 wrote:
idj123 wrote:Would love to attend this but unfortunately it coincides with my daughter's 1st birthday and I don't think my wife would look too favourably on me sloping up to town to drink Port-ll have to make do with drinking it at home instead! Now if it had been the previous day.......
There is precedent: I had to stay home during a Malvedos Vertical. Waste of time — the tasting would have been a much better use of my time. Would it help you if I were to say that even the Boss admitted that I should have gone?

You should have!

Post by **jdaw1** » 11:59 Wed 24 Dec 2014

Is this in The Bunghole or the Boot and Flogger? Has a table been reserved?

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 12:27 Wed 24 Dec 2014

jdaw1 wrote:Is this in The Bunghole or the Boot and Flogger? Has a table been reserved?

It is the The Bunghole or Davy's wine house as they call themselfes now.

regards

WS1

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 12:34 Wed 24 Dec 2014

Kurt Ma as a probable additional attendee - TBC on Saturday

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 12:39 Wed 24 Dec 2014

RAYC wrote:Kurt Ma as a probable additional attendee - TBC on Saturday

Enrico may come too.......

We are getting there with the attendee list......

regards

WS1

Post by **jdaw1** » 13:04 Wed 24 Dec 2014

Please include me.

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 16:44 Wed 24 Dec 2014

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 21:37 Wed 24 Dec 2014

Shumin Zheng may also come if there's space (Kurt and her came at approx this time 12 months ago (around Dec 2013 / Jan 2014) for Dr Dirk's last new year outing to London). She would drink approximately nothing, but contribute well....!

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:39 Wed 24 Dec 2014

Rob: you have several bottles of mine. Please bring one as my contribution. (And would it be OK to collect two from you. Please email me with what I have.)

Is this event blind or sighted?

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 21:42 Wed 24 Dec 2014

Let's do blind to start with - 60s / 70s gives us a fighting chance!

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 07:05 Thu 25 Dec 2014

RAYC wrote:Shumin Zheng may also come if there's space (Kurt and her came at approx this time 12 months ago (around Dec 2013 / Jan 2014) for Dr Dirk's last new year outing to London). She would drink approximately nothing, but contribute well....!

added to the possible attendees

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 07:06 Thu 25 Dec 2014

RAYC wrote:Let's do blind to start with - 60s / 70s gives us a fighting chance!

Hmmmm I fear you know already too much....

Looking already fwd to the event!

regards

WS1

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:52 Mon 29 Dec 2014

jdaw1, in a post by WS1, wrote:Current draft of placemats.

(Added to this post by permission of Wolfgang.)

To be printed 16:00 Tue 30^th Dec. Before then please could somebody review and comment on whether acceptable.

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 10:00 Tue 30 Dec 2014

looks good! Will print!

regards

WS1

Post by **jdaw1** » 11:02 Tue 30 Dec 2014

WS1 wrote:looks good! Will print!

Not yet: I’m going to add the 20Y and 30Y Ramos Pinto tawnies.

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 12:06 Tue 30 Dec 2014

Have you had a cold? How can the 20y and 30y tawnies suvive for so long in your household?

regards

WS1

Post by **jdaw1** » 12:08 Tue 30 Dec 2014

WS1 wrote:Have you had a cold? How can the 20y and 30y tawnies suvive for so long in your household?

Because most of those two were being saved for others to taste, so different bottles were opened. I have not been thirsty.

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 12:11 Tue 30 Dec 2014

good man! I will bring a red table wine for tonight as well.

regards

WS1

Post by **jdaw1** » 14:25 Tue 30 Dec 2014

WS1 wrote:looks good! Will print!

Not yet: adding CMAG.

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 15:28 Tue 30 Dec 2014

just opened 3 ports in the Bunghole (2bts from DrDirk and one from me); please reflect in the placemats! Sorry for the short notice.

regards

WS1

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 15:34 Tue 30 Dec 2014

informed the Bunghole that we will be 6 people and that we need 70 glasses.

regards

WS1

Post by **jdaw1** » 15:49 Tue 30 Dec 2014

DB-1 and DB-2: done.

Post by **jdaw1** » 15:50 Tue 30 Dec 2014

Should I print? If so, when do you want me at The Bung Hole?

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 16:04 Tue 30 Dec 2014

If you could print this would be great. Start in the Bunghole is ~18:00 so it would be good to be there a bit earlier (~17:45) in order to do the decanting. Completly forgot to bring empty bts to decant into and hid what the ports are. Could you help with that?

Also advertised that we would like dinner ~ 19:00 in order to reflect the early start. But am sure we can move this a bit back if required.

regards

WS1

Post by **jdaw1** » 16:19 Tue 30 Dec 2014

WS1 wrote:Completly forgot to bring empty bts to decant into and hid what the ports are.

Ask for decanters.

I’m making decanter labels.

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 16:20 Tue 30 Dec 2014

Yup, let us do that!

Post by **jdaw1** » 16:38 Tue 30 Dec 2014

Placemats printed.

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 17:08 Tue 30 Dec 2014

Super! Thanks a lot!

Post by **jdaw1** » 11:38 Fri 02 Jan 2015

Links:

Review of evening a a whole;
1980 Dow (†)
1960 Dow (THRA);
1963 Avery (RAYC);
1976 Graham Malvedos (JDAW);
1985 Warre (CMAG);
1970 Taylor (WPS);
1960 Niepoort (DB-1);
1991 Niepoort (DB-2);
20Y Ramos-Pinto tawny;
30Y Ramos-Pinto tawny;
Placemats;
Planning and arrangements.