Organise events to meet up and drink Port.
jdaw1
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by jdaw1 22:06 Tue 16 Dec 2014
This post to hold arrangements as and when agreed.
When: Monday 19
th January 2015. Room booked from 6pm; start time 6½pm.
Theme: Fonseca, generally. The poll will determine whether sighted or blinded.
Where: Red Room in
The Boot & Flogger , 10-20 Redcross Way, London SE1 1TA, tel +44 20 7407 1184
(streetmap.co.uk , maps.google.co.uk , bing ) .
People:
JDAW (F85 from an imperial);AHB (F??);MPM (F70 or F85);IDJ (F??);DRT (F85);CMAG (F, “unknown year”);CPR (F77 or F83);AWGH.
Reserves (“highly improbably, but might turn up at the last minute if by a miracle is able to”):
WPS (F70 or F77);PW (F??).
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draft of the food order .
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jdaw1
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by jdaw1 22:06 Tue 16 Dec 2014
As folks might already know, an imperial of Fonseca 1985 is to be opened on Saturday 17th th
Alex Bridgeman
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by Alex Bridgeman 22:42 Tue 16 Dec 2014
I'm in but disagree with the theme - how about just Fonseca, generally?
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by jdaw1 22:46 Tue 16 Dec 2014
AHB wrote: Fonseca, generally?
Works for me. But sighted.
flash_uk
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by flash_uk 23:03 Tue 16 Dec 2014
Count me in. Why not blind? Been a while since we all guessed wrong!
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by jdaw1 23:35 Tue 16 Dec 2014
flash_uk wrote: Why not blind?
Because I have already revealed.
Please don’t be shy about arranging a ‘Bring a Blinded Bottle’ in early January.
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by flash_uk 23:39 Tue 16 Dec 2014
jdaw1 wrote: flash_uk wrote: Why not blind?
Because I have already revealed.
Please don’t be shy about arranging a ‘Bring a Blinded Bottle’ in early January.
What about "Blind Fonseca", which means you can bring your bottle along blind like all others...
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by jdaw1 23:46 Tue 16 Dec 2014
Poll added to thread.
CPR 1
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by CPR 1 00:21 Wed 17 Dec 2014
Sounds good I am in please.
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by PhilW 08:34 Wed 17 Dec 2014
jdaw1 wrote: AHB wrote: Fonseca, generally?
Works for me. But sighted.
A most excellent theme; I will currently have to be very tentative however.
CPR 1
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by CPR 1 12:16 Wed 17 Dec 2014
Sorry checked my diary and I can't make Monday. Wednesday 21st works?
idj123
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by idj123 14:40 Wed 17 Dec 2014
Yes please-count me for this. Blind or sighted, I don't mind. Have a reasonable number of different vintages I could choose from.
jdaw1
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by jdaw1 18:01 Wed 17 Dec 2014
CPR 1 wrote: Sorry checked my diary and I can't make Monday. Wednesday 21st works?
Imperial to be decanted Saturday — no flexibility. So bottle from that to be drunk ASAP. Monday it is — sorry.
Can you re-arrange that meeting?
FYI:
uncle tom, by PM, wrote: Will be out of the country then - need to know about any adoption requests ASAP..
WS1
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by WS1 09:44 Sat 20 Dec 2014
Hello,
I would like to come to this too. Will bring a Fonseca 70
or 77
if this is OK. Not a lot of Fonseca left at my house
and the remaining bt of 80 was considered as inapropiate!
regards
WS1
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by flash_uk 11:42 Sat 20 Dec 2014
I can bring a '70 and/or '85. For the '85, might be interesting to compare the 750 to a mag.
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by DRT 12:52 Sat 20 Dec 2014
The only Fonseca I have at home is 1985, in the regular small bottles. Can I baggsie that please?
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by jdaw1 13:57 Sat 20 Dec 2014
DRT wrote: The only Fonseca I have at home is 1985, in the regular small bottles. Can I baggsie that please?
Done. But there’s nothing wrong with an evening in which more than one bottle of F85 is drunk.
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by Christopher 21:29 Sat 20 Dec 2014
Please count me in.
WS1
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by WS1 11:54 Fri 02 Jan 2015
Hi,
"Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough" Mark Twain
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by PhilW 12:18 Fri 02 Jan 2015
PhilW wrote: A most excellent theme; I will currently have to be very tentative however.
my chance to attend is currently closer to zero than to 50%; I suggest moving me to the "highly improbably, but might turn up at the last minute if by a miracle is able to" list. Would have 70/77/83/85 options if a miracle occurs.
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by CPR 1 16:44 Mon 05 Jan 2015
The heavens have been kind over xmas and I can now make this again
Looking forward to it allready....
I have a F77 or 83 to hand
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by idj123 14:30 Thu 08 Jan 2015
I see both Alex and I have yet to show our hands for this tasting. Would a F55 be acceptable or should we try and restrict the range of the vintages (in which case I believe I have a F66 somewhere)?
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by djewesbury 14:34 Thu 08 Jan 2015
I look forward to Julian saying, "please do not bring F55".
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by jdaw1 16:21 Thu 08 Jan 2015
idj123 wrote: I see both Alex and I have yet to show our hands for this tasting. Would a F55 be acceptable or should we try and restrict the range of the vintages (in which case I believe I have a F66 somewhere)?
As, on this occasion, we are restricting it to vintages of or after 1815, a Fonseca 1955 would be most acceptable. Thank you.
(And you should vote sighted, as you’re revealed.)
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by PhilW 09:54 Fri 09 Jan 2015
Not making this event is going to be torture.
or 77 
if this is OK. Not a lot of Fonseca left at my house 
and the remaining bt of 80 was considered as inapropiate! 
