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Initial impression was just fantastic.  Saved the best for last.  Quite sweet, a little stringent at the end, light on the tannin. Very dark and quite dirty. May have benefited from decanting but was a great way to end the evening.

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The verdict on this was that it was quite tasty.

"I would subscribe to that" -  

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"There's less to this than meets the eye." - @slothphil

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The port spilling and glass breaking part of the evening has begun...

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The big brother to the previous one.  Very nice colour.  A little harsh at the back of the throat, quite dry.  Not actually sure how to describe this one.  Phil describes it as a sherry starting to be on the dry side, rather than a port. The flavours are complicated... That's about as far as I can go with it I think. It's not unpleasant, but it's not good as I was anticipating.

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This is a step down after the previous couple.

The colour isn't bad, tawny bordering on ruby.  I think it's a little... fresh though.  Just a little harsh on the nose and has a bit of an edge on the tongue. I think this may be the Krohn Ruby Port of the Tawnys.

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The Six Hour Lunch is something that we started back around 2008.  We first heard about it at a wine tasting evening at Vino Fino and we liked the idea so much that we have made it something of a tradition.

So, it's on again.  Amy and Dopp are hosting it here in Christchurch and we've got a great line up so far. :)

I'm actually starting this late so we'll get a couple in this post and I'll start posting as we reach them.  Traditionally these posts get less and less coherent through the day so bare with me. :)  Since the walk I've also become something of a light weight.

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So, the Australian Vaccination Network, Inc. just put out a media release congratulating the recipient of the Bent Spoon at this years Aus Skeptics conference. I did find one bit of it interesting though.

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I just read Homeopathy regime is rejected as judge tells parents to immunise child on the SMH site. The story is sad in that it has to be reported on at all but that's not what I was wondering about for the purpose of this post. It is more about the terminology used in the article.

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So I was looking at an e-mail from Meetup and saw a suggestion from the Six Degrees group. I was thinking that Meetup's recommendation algorithms could use some work because the last thing I saw in that group was someone pushing Reiki lessons.

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