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Davy’s at Plantation Place, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 22:06 Tue 14 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
This post to hold the current state of the arrangements.
Date: Wednesday 29
th October 2014.
Venue: the Board Room in
Davy’s at Plantation Place (Mincing Lane EC3R 7BD, +44 20 7621 9878,
streetmap.co.uk,
maps.google.co.uk,
bing.com).
Theme: traditionally,
Croft.
People:
- JDAW;
- DRT;
- MPM;
- THRA;
- IDJ;
- BMHR;
- RLC;
- Available.
Bottles:
- 1927 (JDAW);
- 1950 (IDJ);
- 1955 (THRA);
- 1963 (THRA for MPM);
- 1970 (THRA for DRT);
- 1975 (RLC);
- 1977 (RLC);
- 1985 (BMHR);
- 2002 LBV (JDAW);
- 2004 LBV (JDAW).
Current
draft of the placemats.
(Reload images with ⌘R or Control-R. Alas not possible on Tapatalk.)
(Intentional echo of the format of the placemats used on 16th January 2012.)
Re: Croft, The Bung Hole, week starting Mon 27th October 201
Posted: 22:06 Tue 14 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
Following its
refurbishment, we need to re-test
The Bung Hole. Those with long memories will recall that, at The Bung Hole on Monday 16
th January 2012, originally for the purpose of testing the then-new location, we held a small vertical of Croft (
planning and arrangements,
review of the evening as a whole). Perhaps we could re-use this theme.
I propose the traditional small vertical of Croft. For which I will need to adopt.
However, given the hypothesised limitations of the refurbished Bung Hole, this is
limited to eight people.
Re: Croft, The Bung Hole, week starting Mon 27th October 201
Posted: 22:47 Tue 14 Oct 2014
by RAYC
I would love to attend. I will have a look at what is to hand, but I would imagine a 60 or 66.
Re: Croft, The Bung Hole, week starting Mon 27th October 201
Posted: 23:04 Tue 14 Oct 2014
by flash_uk
If it could be the Wednesday or Thursday I'd be keen. Could add 63 and/or 70, but would need to retrieve from storage asap...
Re: Croft, The Bung Hole, week starting Mon 27th October 201
Posted: 23:10 Tue 14 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
flash_uk wrote:If it could be the Wednesday or Thursday I'd be keen. Could add 63 and/or 70, but would need to retrieve from storage asap...
We’ll aim for those dates, unless consensus is completely against you.
Re: Croft, The Bung Hole, Wed 29th or Thu 30th Oct 2014
Posted: 23:14 Tue 14 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
Also, reviewing photographs, the room I had in mind could accommodate eight. So I have edited the above post to allow eight. But not more.
I envisage closing the moveable partition (it swings towards the television until flush against the wall), and doubling the table so that, in effect, each of us has 29½″×29½″ of space.
Re: Croft, The Bung Hole, week starting Mon 27th October 201
Posted: 23:20 Tue 14 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
RAYC wrote:I would imagine a 60 or 66.
flash_uk wrote:Could add 63 and/or 70
Please could I adopt one of your spares?
Re: Croft, The Bung Hole, week starting Mon 27th October 201
Posted: 23:30 Tue 14 Oct 2014
by flash_uk
jdaw1 wrote:RAYC wrote:I would imagine a 60 or 66.
flash_uk wrote:Could add 63 and/or 70
Please could I adopt one of your spares?
Yup
Re: Croft, The Bung Hole, Wed 29th or Thu 30th Oct 2014
Posted: 08:00 Wed 15 Oct 2014
by Alex Bridgeman
I could make 29th but not 30th.
I have plenty of Croft (such as half bottles of the 2004 LBV) and will bring something appropriate - assuming I can attend - once I've seen what other bottles are present.
Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 08:59 Wed 15 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
AHB wrote:I could make 29th but not 30th.
We have a date: Wednesday 29
th October 2014.
Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 20:28 Wed 15 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
RAYC wrote:I would imagine a 60 or 66.
AHB wrote:I have plenty of Croft
DRT, by SMS, wrote:I don't think I have any Croft so would have to adopt
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 08:37 Thu 16 Oct 2014
by Alex Bridgeman
My "plenty of Croft" turns out to be mostly in storage and therefore not easily accessible before 29th October.
However, to keep the continuity of the vertical I do have a 1955 at home and can bring that to add to the line-up.
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 11:55 Thu 16 Oct 2014
by idj123
Small compensation for having to withdraw from the RP tasting but please consider me in. I can put up what I believe is a Cr50 that I am picking up next week. I'll reserve judgement but it doesn't appear to be too auspicious for TBH
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 16:47 Thu 16 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
Davy’s, in an announcement entitled [url=http://emails.davy.co.uk/email/111?utm_content=2554]We are proud to open our first Davy's Wine House, located in the heart of Holborn[/url], wrote:Our ground floor shop & bar has over 200 wines from across the globe in the shop and tucked at the back is our tasting bar, with a full bank of Wine Enomatic machines, great music and simple food, where you can sample more than 30 fine wines. The basement holds our completely refurbished dining room, with a grill menu which changes monthly and uses the best quality ingredients. It has private and semi-private dining spaces for any event. The bar serves beautiful cocktails, has an extensive wine list and sharing boards.
Throughout the Wine House we have 7 state-of-the-art Enomatic machines, which allow you the opportunity to purchase fine wine by the glass or to taste before deciding which bottle suits you best. We offer 25ml, 125ml or 175ml measures to allow you the freedom to sample many, or enjoy just the one.
As a loyal customer of Davy's of Holborn, we would like to invite you to join us on our opening night, Friday 17th October 2014, from 4pm - 10pm. Please rsvp to our Events Manager, Katie via email or phone 0207 831 8365. Katie can also assist you with your Christmas enquiry or venue tour. You will certainly want to take a look, our dining spaces are perfect for any office party.
We look forward to welcoming you to Davy's Wine House, Holborn.
Kind regards
Joanna Martin
General manager
[Then, with a link not repeated here, “Click Here to get onto Friday 17th October's launch night Guest-List”]
Is it ironic that the conversion to a “wine house” has made it harder for us to taste wines?
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 16:55 Thu 16 Oct 2014
by benread
Please may I be 'available' for this. Croft may be an issue, so if adoption is on offer still, happy to do so!
DRT - assuming you will be there, I have your f-I-l's hip flask to bring.
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 18:03 Thu 16 Oct 2014
by RAYC
Playing Devil's advocate, should we choose a theme that enables more of the attendees to bring their own bottles? Even something like the very first Bunghole tasting (
link)
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 20:09 Thu 16 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
RAYC wrote:Playing Devil's advocate, should we choose a theme that enables more of the attendees to bring their own bottles? Even something like the very first Bunghole tasting (
link)
My proposal has been rather confounded by a shortage of supply.
Please suggest a different theme.
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 20:19 Thu 16 Oct 2014
by benread
jdaw1 wrote:RAYC wrote:Playing Devil's advocate, should we choose a theme that enables more of the attendees to bring their own bottles? Even something like the very first Bunghole tasting (
link)
My proposal has been rather confounded by a shortage of supply.
Please suggest a different theme.
If there is more flexibility in the theme, I have a few interesting bottles acquired recently from our local off licence (who now know to call me when they get anything interesting)! One could make its way to this tasting - if I have been granted table position 7, aka 'available'?!
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 20:53 Thu 16 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
benread wrote:if I have been granted table position 7, aka 'available'?!
Done.
No objection to non-theme. Others?
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 22:20 Thu 16 Oct 2014
by flash_uk
jdaw1 wrote:No objection to non-theme. Others?
I am mid way through retrieving Croft from storage so will probably contribute this anyway. Don't mind if something other than croft occurs in our lineup!
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 22:27 Thu 16 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
flash_uk wrote:I am mid way through retrieving Croft from storage so will probably contribute this anyway. Don't mind if something other than croft occurs in our lineup!
Have you enough Croft to allow multiple folks to adopt?
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 07:10 Fri 17 Oct 2014
by flash_uk
jdaw1 wrote:Have you enough Croft to allow multiple folks to adopt?
Plenty of 63, but still waiting for EHD to confirm they can retrieve in time...
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 07:15 Fri 17 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
flash_uk wrote:Plenty of 63
If only one vintage, that suggests that Rob’s plan — about to be revealed — might be wiser.
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 07:44 Fri 17 Oct 2014
by flash_uk
jdaw1 wrote:flash_uk wrote:Plenty of 63
If only one vintage, that suggests that Rob’s plan — about to be revealed — might be wiser.
OK. EHD have responded confirming retrieval can happen in time. I will hang back on instructions until we firm up on the theme, just in case I need to pull different bottles.
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 12:37 Sat 18 Oct 2014
by Deleted_User_1
Could I please take up the final space...my only Croft is a '77...I would need to adopt if an older wine is required.
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 12:41 Sat 18 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
Current
draft of the placemats.
(Reload images with ⌘R or Control-R. Alas not possible on Tapatalk.)
Cookie wrote:Could I please take up the final space...my only Croft is a '77...I would need to adopt if an older wine is required.
Done:
Note that there is discussion of a change of theme.
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 17:25 Sat 18 Oct 2014
by flash_uk
jdaw1 wrote:Note that there is discussion of a change of theme.
It would be helpful to draw the theme discussion to a conclusion and we can then ready bottles...
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 22:23 Sat 18 Oct 2014
by Alex Bridgeman
I'd like to stick to the Croft theme if we can. It appears that we're only short of a bottle for Ben with obvious vintages being 1975, 1985 or 1945.
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 09:23 Sun 19 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
AHB wrote:I'd like to stick to the Croft theme if we can. It appears that we're only short of a bottle for Ben with obvious vintages being 1975, 1985 or 1945.
I’ll check my photographs, but Cr85 might be on sale in the new Bung Hole.
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 10:51 Sun 19 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
jdaw1 wrote:I’ll check my photographs
Cr85 at £60. (
More photographs.)
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 10:09 Tue 21 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
Houston, we have a problem.
Katie Smith of Davy’s wrote:Good Morning Mr Wiseman,
Thank you for your email.
As requested I have checked availability on 29th October for you for your port tasting.
Unfortunately the whole of the restaurant area is booked for a quiz on that particular evening so we will not be able to hire out the semi-private rooms on that evening.
Apologies for not letting you know on the Friday evening when we spoke but I was unable to check the availability at the time for you. I am sorry about the inconvenience this may cause you.
Do you have an alternative date you would like me to reserve the area for? Or would you like me to contact our venue at Woolgate Exchange and Truckles and confirm if they have availability in their private rooms?
Once again I apologise for the inconvenience and please let me know if you have any further questions.
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 10:10 Tue 21 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
Please could attendees suggest other dates on which they are available.
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 10:12 Tue 21 Oct 2014
by benread
An alternative venue would be my preference with the theme kept for the venue. My dates are limited!
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 11:32 Tue 21 Oct 2014
by flash_uk
Ummm....maybe this is a sign. I wonder if Davy's St James has availability in their Club Room....
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 23:09 Wed 22 Oct 2014
by Alex Bridgeman
flash_uk wrote:Ummm....maybe this is a sign. I wonder if Davy's St James has availability in their Club Room....
That was exactly my immediate thought. I would really like to keep the date if we can as my availability is pretty limited at the moment and opportunities to drink fine port in good company are limited at the moment.
We moved away from the Crusting Pipe when management there lost interest in looking after us. This latest message does not promise a great future...
Re: Re-testing The Bung Hole, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 11:28 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
Club Room already taken, alas. The Board Room (“maximum eight people”) has been provisionally reserved for us, and a picture will be emailed to me.
Re: Davy’s St James’s, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 14:13 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
Davy’s at St James’s: The Club room would be excellent for eight, but is booked. The office would be excellent for four, a squeeze for six, and definitely can’t hold eight of us.
Photographs from
post 21 of the thread entitled Possible new venues.
Re: Davy’s St James’s, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 15:42 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by RAYC
I'm afraid it is unfortunately starting to look likely that i will have to withdraw, if that makes a difference to your ability to fit into the office...
Re: Davy’s St James’s, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 16:28 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
jdaw1, by email, wrote:The office is too small for us (and the Club Room booked).
Please, where else should we try?
Katie Smith wrote:That is a shame!
I would suggest Truckles or Davy’s at Woolgate.
Alternatively, Davy’s at Plantation Place has several private rooms too.
Would any of these be suitable?
The Private Dining Room at
Plantation Place (
picture 5)?
Narrow tables at
Truckles? Methinks not.
Re: Davy’s St James’s, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 16:48 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
RAYC wrote:I'm afraid it is unfortunately starting to look likely that i will have to withdraw, if that makes a difference to your ability to fit into the office...
Sorry to see you go.
That also means that we are, again, a bottle short.
Re: Somewhere — but where? — Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 16:50 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by benread
I have been to plantation place twice. Food acceptable and rooms ok. There is one upstairs that may be ideal for 7. On intro from TBH they were happy to allow me to bring port the first time. They are rarely busy evenings for food.
Re: Somewhere — but where? — Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 16:51 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by benread
Btw the photo you show is one of about 3 or 4 rooms at plantation place.
Re: Somewhere — but where? — Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 16:52 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
benread wrote:I have been to plantation place twice. Food acceptable and rooms ok. There is one upstairs that may be ideal for 7. On intro from TBH they were happy to allow me to bring port the first time. They are rarely busy evenings for food.
Excellent. I have asked about availability.
Re: Davy’s St James’s, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 18:42 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
jdaw1 wrote:That also means that we are, again, a bottle short.
Would people object strongly if a mature vintage were repeated? If not, this problem might be rescued.
Re: Davy’s St James’s, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 18:52 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by flash_uk
jdaw1 wrote:jdaw1 wrote:That also means that we are, again, a bottle short.
Would people object strongly if a mature vintage were repeated? If not, this problem might be rescued.
There is a fleeting outside chance that if a bid at Bonhams tomorrow is successful, and they can dispatch said case in short order, then a bottle of Croft 82 could be available. I don't mind if we need to double up on a vintage.
Re: Somewhere — but where? — Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 18:55 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
It is decided; it is booked; it is done. The Board Room will hold up to 12 people, according to Laura Chiverton (Assistant Manager, recently passed WSET).
Re: Somewhere — but where? — Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 21:52 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
Forgot to say: I promised that our food order would arrive on Monday 27
th (
menu). Please post in this thread.
Re: Davy’s at Plantation Place, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 22:06 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by flash_uk
For me please:
Crab toast
Fillet rare, no sauce, side of green beans & peas, side of skinny fries
Crumble and custard
(yes, that looks remarkable similar to my recent Woolgate order...)
Re: Davy’s at Plantation Place, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 23:57 Thu 23 Oct 2014
by jdaw1
(Edited after being shamed by Derek’s abstemiousness. He is being my Life Coach.)| Starter: | — Nothing — |
| Main: | Grilled double Romney salt marsh lamb chop (medium rare) |
| Side: | Triple cooked chips |
| Side: | Button mushrooms with parsley cream |
| Dessert: | — Nothing — |
Re: Davy’s at Plantation Place, Wed 29th Oct 2014, Croft
Posted: 06:51 Fri 24 Oct 2014
by benread
Please could I order:
Starter-burrata
Main-rump, medium rare, with triple cooked chips and a side order of onion rings.
Pudding-treacle tart
Fingers crossed the venue is good!
I do still have my Croft problem. If it is not resolved, permission to be rebellious! I promise to be good...
