Meaningless Quiz!

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 14:42 Fri 11 Jan 2008

Al-B,

I would have a mild interest, but only secondary to the point of this thread.
Remember to dismiss Al-K's punt and my guess as to what P is, if neither are correct, to keep me thinking or to put me out of my misery.

Al-C

Post by **DRT** » 15:43 Fri 11 Jan 2008

AHB wrote:
Derek T. wrote:
Conky wrote:He was looking for a cork that might provide an interesting question!
No, there will be a far more serious reason than that.
Uh, no there isn't. And I'm not prepared to divulge what the real reason was. Sorry.

Oh, go on? You know you want to tell us, and I promise no one will think you are in any way strange

Post by **DRT** » 15:44 Fri 11 Jan 2008

Incidentally, my guess is that you were checking for signs of glue-fatigue on re-constructed corks just in case any required renovation work to be carried out.

Derek

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 23:20 Sat 12 Jan 2008

KillerB wrote:Fonseca Garcia & Prazeres

Uh - if that's the answer then it's not the one that I was expecting. What's your source?

Alex

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 23:35 Sat 12 Jan 2008

I randomly put FGP Fonseca into Google and that was the number one answer. I thought that I would give it a punt and see if it confused you. I think they are Portuguese solicitors.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 00:40 Sun 13 Jan 2008

KillerB wrote:I randomly put FGP Fonseca into Google and that was the number one answer. I thought that I would give it a punt and see if it confused you. I think they are Portuguese solicitors.

I'll wait a while and then offer a little clue.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 01:04 Sun 13 Jan 2008

If Tsunami pops into this section he may have the answer. Uncle Tom normally has a few random pieces of information lurking behind his eyes. Leave it for a bit until the experts arrive.

I assume that it is not Fonseca Guimaraens Port nor Partnership

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 21:01 Thu 17 Jan 2008

OK. This is where I 'fess up. While I know what the label on the bottle said (and therefor the shipper) I have no idea what the FGP stands for. If it's associated wth Fonseca, that will be quite revealing, but I suspect that it may be something to do with the relatively small volume shipper having to use standard corks.

So, I promised a clue that wasn't too obvious. How about "The fourth generation to be in the port trade.". That seems pretty obscure to me.

Alex

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 01:48 Fri 18 Jan 2008

Alex,

I might be being dim, but that's confused me greatly. You dont know what the cork initials stand for, but we're now guessing what the label says?

And the clue is 'Fourth Generation'? That would be the Guimaraens family wouldn't it?

Help???

Alan

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 10:40 Sat 19 Jan 2008

Alan,

Part of the reason that I posted this question was that I don't have a clue what the letters FGP stand for, although I do know what the label said on the bottle - hence I was asking for (and know) the shipper. I don't know what the connection is between the letters FGP and the shipper's name, but there must be one.

Actually, I'm now starting to wonder if Fonseca Guimaraens did the bottling on behalf of the shipper. I doubt it, but I wonder...

Anyway, here's Clue 2
This port was shipped under a family name, a name more closely associated over time with two specific single quinta ports than with ports blended and shipped under the family name.

Alex