Guys, Im in possesion of a couple of 1970 VPs in excellent condition. The ones I have are:
Grahams, Andresen, Niepoort, Croft and Fonseca.
I do plan to open them up on one night to compare them against each other. Does anyone have experience with decanting times and with the sequence of tasting.
Thanks in advance :)
Axel
1970 Horizontal Tour. Request for Decanting time & seque
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In a moment of boredom I have made you a present…
In a moment of boredom I have made you a present, in flamboyant and plain versions. Send me the names of your guests and I’ll name each of their pages.
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Axel,
Julian performed the same generous task for me when I organised the recent UK tasting. The product proved very useful, especially as the night wore on and memory of what was in each glass became hazy to say the least.
I would like to nominate Julian as the official FTLOP Offline Accessory Supplier 8)
Derek
Julian performed the same generous task for me when I organised the recent UK tasting. The product proved very useful, especially as the night wore on and memory of what was in each glass became hazy to say the least.
I would like to nominate Julian as the official FTLOP Offline Accessory Supplier 8)
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The software is written: …
The software is written: the additional cost of another placemat is merely a few minutes work. And it is rather good at avoiding certain types of drunken confusion.
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Edit: Derek, since sending you some PS files a few weeks ago the software has had a few improvements. If making your own placemat do start by taking a copy of the latest version of the code from the usual place.
— Secretary to the Official FTLOP Offline Accessory Supplier
Edit: Derek, since sending you some PS files a few weeks ago the software has had a few improvements. If making your own placemat do start by taking a copy of the latest version of the code from the usual place.
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Julian,
I have to commend you on that! That is awesome!! If I am ever so fortunate to be holding a tasting of VPs where I have more guests than me, myself, and I AND I happen to have more than one bottle of VP at a time, I will definitely shoot you a message.
I looked at your sourcepage there - is it just Mac that you can produce these placemats with?
Todd
I have to commend you on that! That is awesome!! If I am ever so fortunate to be holding a tasting of VPs where I have more guests than me, myself, and I AND I happen to have more than one bottle of VP at a time, I will definitely shoot you a message.
I looked at your sourcepage there - is it just Mac that you can produce these placemats with?
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A text editor and something to convert PostScript to PDF.
A text editor and something to convert PostScript to PDF. The difficult bit was writing the PostScript program, but that’s done, so making placemats for specific tastings now takes a mere moment.
We have rather drifted away from the original question about decanting times for 1970s ports of varying reputations.
We have rather drifted away from the original question about decanting times for 1970s ports of varying reputations.
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For decanting time, I would advise more rather than less.
If you decanted first thing in the morning prior to an evening session, then all be well, but the wines might show a little better if you decanted the day before, and they certainly won't be deteriorating after that time.
- So decanting the day before is favourite.
Don't forget to remove the capsules, clean off the top of the bottles and then stand them upright (in a cool place) a couple of days beforehand.
Tom
If you decanted first thing in the morning prior to an evening session, then all be well, but the wines might show a little better if you decanted the day before, and they certainly won't be deteriorating after that time.
- So decanting the day before is favourite.
Don't forget to remove the capsules, clean off the top of the bottles and then stand them upright (in a cool place) a couple of days beforehand.
Tom
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