Some facts about the Harvest Trip

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:17 am

So i did a tally of how much was drunk during the trip. This included the pre-trip warm up at Vinologia, cask samples, barrel samples, stuff from little baby food looking jars (aka 2006 samples) and two Lagares samples

Ports: 163

Dry wines: 43

TOTAL: 206

Daily average was 29.4

Post by **Roy Hersh** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:58 am

Pathetic average, we'll have to do better next time!

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:52 pm

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to add....

1- SUPER BOCK

and I did have a small bottle of a badly cooked 2000 Grahams LBV on the plane ride home...the steward on the plane thought I was nuts to drink port with the lunch they were serving...if only he knew

Al B. · Post by **Al B.** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:16 am

Were your hands trembling when you opened the cooked Grahams 2000 LBV? I confess that I've gone to the other extreme. After 3 days of soaking up port (and having purple sh*t) I have now been 3½ days without alcohol and can't see me opening a bottle tonight.

Maybe I'll choose one from storage tonight and stand it up with the intention of opening it Thursday.

Maybe.

Alex

Derek T. · Post by **Derek T.** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:33 am

bridgema wrote: After 3 days of soaking up port (and having purple sh*t)

I am please to say that I have now stopped "throwing a crust" and am glad to find I wasn't the only one who suffered from the purple problem

Derek

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:35 am

Derek Turnbull wrote:
bridgema wrote: After 3 days of soaking up port (and having purple sh*t)
I am please to say that I have now stopped "throwing a crust" and am glad to find I wasn't the only one who suffered from the purple problem

Derek

Ahh yes, I am now all "decanted off" too

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:38 am

bridgema wrote:Were your hands trembling when you opened the cooked Grahams 2000 LBV? I confess that I've gone to the other extreme. After 3 days of soaking up port (and having purple sh*t) I have now been 3½ days without alcohol and can't see me opening a bottle tonight.

Maybe I'll choose one from storage tonight and stand it up with the intention of opening it Thursday.

Maybe.

Alex

My hands were trembling so badly the steward had to open the bottle

The worst part was I drank it even though it was cooked...now I must run, as I have an A.A. meeting to attend

Post by **Roy Hersh** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:58 am

I sent my liver out for a double dose of dry cleaning yesterday and today all is fine. As my wife had received a raise at work, I opened a bottle of Champagne last night and therefore did not even have 24 hours since arriving at home to forego alcohol. But I begged off of Port for dessert.

If the UK guys think 3 days was difficult from a stamina standpoint, they should have seen what 7 days/nights was like.