If Glenn can contemplate travelling across the whole of the continental land mass to be there, I think the least you could do is fly over to join us Derek.
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Hi Josh. No nights unavailable at present but I'll keep this thread updated on that score. Glenn, if you're serious about making the trip, what would work best? My trip is weekend to weekend so possibly not great in terms of a weekend tasting - but maybe Sunday 17th or Friday 22nd would work? The evening chosen will also affect corkage costs, I'm guessing.
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The last concert I went to was a recital of an assortment of works by Debussy. The next concert tickets have just arrived through the post, for the screening of Breakfast at Tiffany's with the score played by the London Philarmonic.
You might spot from the clues that I am not an atonal man. There is a reason why atonal music does not top the classical charts.
Top Ports in 2021: Niepoort Garrafeira 1931; Niepoort VV (1960s bottling) and Cockburn 1969 Single Harvest Tawny
Top Port in 2022 so far: the most stunning bottle of Quinta do Noval Nacional 1931. I have never drunk such a wonderful bottle of Port.
djewesbury wrote:Glenn, if you're serious about making the trip, what would work best? My trip is weekend to weekend so possibly not great in terms of a weekend tasting - but maybe Sunday 17th or Friday 22nd would work? The evening chosen will also affect corkage costs, I'm guessing.
My trip would likely be a Wed-Sun or Thurs-Sun type of long weekend, so Friday 22nd would probably be best. Still in the investigation phase here.
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'cello please. The violin is a dreadful instrument. All screechy and waily.
Your post reminds me of the 'cellist's joke - what is the difference between a viola and a trampoline?[/quote]
Notwithstanding his failure to provide the punchline to this joke, I hold that Alex's apostrophes (denoting the French 'violoncello') are superfluous and do not relate to the word as it has developed in English, which is simply cello, with no additional punctuation necessary.
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The italic is, as you well know, chosen to highlight the word without using any inverted commas or quotation marks, such as might cause confusion in the context given.
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As always, I will be far more likely to secure us a venue that can accommodate lots of bottles (at low/no corkage) if we don't aim for a friday or saturday evening. That said, I'll start with May 16th as our target date, but we may need to go with Thurs May 21st or Fri May 22nd as alternatives. Glenn, do you have a preference before I start calling around?
JoshDrinksPort Port wine should perhaps be added -- A Trollope
SushiNorth wrote:As always, I will be far more likely to secure us a venue that can accommodate lots of bottles (at low/no corkage) if we don't aim for a friday or saturday evening. That said, I'll start with May 16th as our target date, but we may need to go with Thurs May 21st or Fri May 22nd as alternatives. Glenn, do you have a preference before I start calling around?
No preference, other than "not mid-week," which realistically means not Tuesday or Wednesday. For me to make the trip it will need to involve a weekend and not involve more than 2 days of vacation. A Tuesday tasting implies flying back to Seattle on Wednesday, but a Thursday tasting only implies flying to NYC on that same Thursday. That can be done.
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