Organise events to meet up and drink Port.
Alex Bridgeman
Graham’s 1948
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by Alex Bridgeman 16:12 Mon 13 Oct 2014
Henry Shotton (winemaker at Malvedos) will be in London and with some time to spare to join us for an offline.
If you'd like to participate, please say so here:
Venue:
The Boot & Flogger , 10-20 Redcross Way, London SE1 1TA, tel +44 20 7407 1184
(streetmap.co.uk , maps.google.co.uk , bing ) .
Date: now confirmed as Monday 2nd March
Theme: Bring a blind bottle of mature port to share with Henry that is not from the current portfolio of either TFP or SFE
Participants:
AHB (c) Henry Shotton (c) Flash_uk (c) JDAW1 (c) CPR_1 (c) IDJ123 (c) djewesbury (c) Ben Read (c) DRT (c) Forest26 JWEW (c)
Current
draft of the food order .
Current
draft of the placemats (and
parameters by which made ).
Top Ports in 2022: Quinta do Noval Nacional 1931. I have never drunk such a wonderful bottle of Port. I cried with joy.
flash_uk
Graham’s 1977
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by flash_uk 17:30 Mon 13 Oct 2014
Yes please, I would like to come along. I like the three fives idea...could be fun picking shippers that show well on each of the 3 vintages. I seem to recall Cockburn 85 is not a champion...
jdaw1
Cockburn 1851
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by jdaw1 18:05 Mon 13 Oct 2014
Subject to date, yes please.
CPR 1
Graham’s Malvedos 1996
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by CPR 1 21:49 Mon 13 Oct 2014
Yes please
idj123
Cruz 1989
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by idj123 12:32 Tue 14 Oct 2014
Sounds good-put me down (so to speak)!
djewesbury
Graham’s 1970
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by djewesbury 14:06 Tue 14 Oct 2014
Yes, lovely.
Daniel J.
benread
Niepoort 1977
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by benread 20:16 Thu 16 Oct 2014
Alex. Very interested as Malvedos is one of my favourite SQVP. As an alternative idea (and I think you know why I suggest this!) how about 1986 v 1987?[SMILING FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES]
Ben
Alex Bridgeman
Graham’s 1948
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by Alex Bridgeman 21:29 Thu 16 Oct 2014
benread wrote: Alex. Very interested as Malvedos is one of my favourite SQVP. As an alternative idea (and I think you know why I suggest this!) how about 1986 v 1987?[SMILING FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES]
Now that is quite an interesting idea. We have the Malvedos and Vargellas - what other pairs could we put together?
Top Ports in 2022: Quinta do Noval Nacional 1931. I have never drunk such a wonderful bottle of Port. I cried with joy.
benread
Niepoort 1977
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by benread 21:38 Thu 16 Oct 2014
I wonder if we could find any crusted or LBV pairings. Or are there any pairings that arise because of subsequent corporate mergers?
Ben
Axel P
Taylor Quinta de Vargellas 1987
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by Axel P 15:24 Tue 21 Oct 2014
I like Henry and I like the idea of the tasting. Depending on the date, yes please.
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forest26
Warre’s Otima 10 year old Tawny
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by forest26 20:59 Tue 21 Oct 2014
Looks interesting..... Can I book a berth please
WS1
Cruz 1989
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by WS1 06:41 Wed 22 Oct 2014
same for me, depending on date yes please.
"Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough" Mark Twain
JWEW
Warre’s Warrior
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by JWEW 10:43 Wed 22 Oct 2014
Could I also book a place please, also depending on the date.
DRT
Fonseca 1966
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by DRT 17:02 Fri 24 Oct 2014
Yes please.
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
Axel P
Taylor Quinta de Vargellas 1987
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by Axel P 21:18 Sun 18 Jan 2015
How is that tasting developing, Alex as I would be needing to buy flight tickets soon?
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djewesbury
Graham’s 1970
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by djewesbury 21:33 Sun 18 Jan 2015
Axel P wrote: How is that tasting developing, Alex as I would be needing to buy flight tickets soon?
+1
Daniel J.
Alex Bridgeman
Graham’s 1948
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by Alex Bridgeman 07:54 Mon 19 Jan 2015
Thank you for reminding me. I'll put some time into organising things.
Top Ports in 2022: Quinta do Noval Nacional 1931. I have never drunk such a wonderful bottle of Port. I cried with joy.
Alex Bridgeman
Graham’s 1948
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by Alex Bridgeman 17:12 Thu 22 Jan 2015
Henry is currently trying to finalise his arrangements for his visit in March and has promised to confirm the date as soon as he can.
Top Ports in 2022: Quinta do Noval Nacional 1931. I have never drunk such a wonderful bottle of Port. I cried with joy.
PhilW
Quinta do Vesuvio 1994
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by PhilW 09:58 Wed 28 Jan 2015
Alex - please add me as a reserve; I know I will be very busy in March, but it would be good to meet up with Henry again if a spot were to become available and the date turns out to be possible.
Alex Bridgeman
Graham’s 1948
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by Alex Bridgeman 00:14 Sat 31 Jan 2015
Henry has now confirmed that he will be in London on the evening of Monday 2nd March.
Top Ports in 2022: Quinta do Noval Nacional 1931. I have never drunk such a wonderful bottle of Port. I cried with joy.
djewesbury
Graham’s 1970
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by djewesbury 00:18 Sat 31 Jan 2015
AHB wrote: Henry has now confirmed that he will be in London on the evening of Monday 2nd March.
Great. Yes, please confirm me. If anything comes up I'll let you know straight away but for now this is a priority for me!
Are we still thinking of the Bung Hole? Or will that be revised?
Daniel J.
DRT
Fonseca 1966
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by DRT 00:31 Sat 31 Jan 2015
Yes please.
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
djewesbury
Graham’s 1970
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by djewesbury 00:40 Sat 31 Jan 2015
Flight booked.
Daniel J.
idj123
Cruz 1989
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by idj123 00:52 Sat 31 Jan 2015
Yes, still in.
