Dogberry
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Here's an easy one for Lord @Marchbanks in today's quick crossword.
Heraldic black 5 letters?
Heraldic black 5 letters?
Christmas Wine II
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Marchbanks
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Black doesn’t feature on the Marchbanks crest, I’m afraid. We are red and white (obvs), Belgian Malty Brown (equally obvs) and yellow (family trait.)
mandryka
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The bottle with the green label is a Tuscan red wine, Morellino de Scansano from Fratoria le Pupille, 2015. I got it from Divine Fine Wines in Birmingham. It is a Marlon Brando wine (young and cute, as in A Streetcar Named Desire), muscles, chewing tobacco and cherry, delicious but undrinkable on opening - it absolutely demanded to breath, and I ended up decanting. I shall be ordering more. I served it with a bolito misto with beef and a saffron risotto. Cheered me up on a rainy day.
The wine on the left is white, a present from a Romanian friend, from Transylvania, called Jidvei. It’s well made, and perfectly drinkable - though here it’s being used for the risotto - but I’d say it’s in the same league as a £8 Macon Village from Tesco. It may cost much less than £8 for all I know.
mandryka
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Oh, I wish I were Serge Gainsbourg.
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I take your point, but he's dead.
PsB
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And Hardy married Dutronc.
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Marchbanks
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I’ve always had a sneaking admiration for the old rogue. In fact, I recently found myself unable to resist buying this 30” tall resin caricature. So recently that I don’t have it yet.
I’ve always had a sneaking admiration for the old rogue. In fact, I recently found myself unable to resist buying this 30” tall resin caricature. So recently that I don’t have it yet.
I think I would have got the Jane Birkin one. Hopefully it would be taller though...
Marchbanks
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Today’s Lay and Wheeler flyer quiz...
‘Soft, open-knit and wonderfully inviting...’
Are they trying to sell me
1. A new cardy
2. A winter blanket
3. The 93 point PN VZ 16 from Bollinger
‘Soft, open-knit and wonderfully inviting...’
Are they trying to sell me
1. A new cardy
2. A winter blanket
3. The 93 point PN VZ 16 from Bollinger
Ooh, I know! Is it PN VZ 16? The previous vintage was rather nice, if apparently a total marketing exercise...
Marchbanks
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The prize goes to Mr 3. I’ll have to make the next one more difficult. Maybe ‘which of these descriptions is more likely to make you part with your hard-earned? ‘Absolutely stunning’, ‘Truly stunning’ or Stunningly stunning.’ ’
mandryka
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I'm about to place an order with Divine Fine Wines. So I thought I'd ask if anyone knows anything interesting on their list, if so I'll add it to the case.
www.divinefinewines.co.uk/home.html
www.divinefinewines.co.uk/home.html
If it’s not too late, there isn’t much on the £25+ South America list (including the Chilean listed under Italian) that I wouldn’t buy, especially the Pulentas. Likewise the equivalent Spanish list (particularly curious about which vintage of “awaiting new product” they’re offering). Alión is a lovely wine when it’s good and ready - I had a bottle of 2015 from either a bad batch, or simply too early to drink, but the noighties vintages I’d tried prior to that were stunning.
Meerlust Rubicon on the sub-£25 is also rather nice (or at least other vintages are, I have a case of the ‘17 but haven’t tried it yet).
From the sparkling list, if the Langlois-Chateau crémant de Loire is the Quadrille, it’s really rather good - per the description, not as dry (to me, read acidic) as some champagnes, but not as sweet as some Prosecco. I can’t imagine the others aren’t good, but the Quadrille is the only one from L-C that I’ve tried.
Happy shopping!
Meerlust Rubicon on the sub-£25 is also rather nice (or at least other vintages are, I have a case of the ‘17 but haven’t tried it yet).
From the sparkling list, if the Langlois-Chateau crémant de Loire is the Quadrille, it’s really rather good - per the description, not as dry (to me, read acidic) as some champagnes, but not as sweet as some Prosecco. I can’t imagine the others aren’t good, but the Quadrille is the only one from L-C that I’ve tried.
Happy shopping!
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
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Sorry, but these days I don’t get out of bed for less than ‘stupendous’, and might hold out for ‘biblical’.
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