Port and literature
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Re: Port and literature
Would anyone like to know more?
This is the Dorothy L. Sayers story I promised; and I post this page tonight to whet your appetites. As you can see, Lord Peter Wimsey is not here for this one.
Owen do you know this?
I propose to post a page a day. It's not a long story and it can be your bedtime read for the next two weeks. But this is just a trailer.
This is the Dorothy L. Sayers story I promised; and I post this page tonight to whet your appetites. As you can see, Lord Peter Wimsey is not here for this one.
Owen do you know this?
I propose to post a page a day. It's not a long story and it can be your bedtime read for the next two weeks. But this is just a trailer.
Daniel J.
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Re: Port and literature
I am delighted to say I have never heard of it. Now all I need is a bottle of Dow 08 to drink while I read it. Daniel you really are the shiny silver sixpence in my pudding. Can't wait, I bet the mousey niece did it.
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You two make it all worthwhile.
Daniel J.
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Nonsense. It must have been the house-guest, whose mother had a grievance against our hero’s father (probably a dispute in India about a cask of Malmsey).LGTrotter wrote:I bet the mousey niece did it.
Re: Port and literature
LGTrotter wrote:Daniel you really are the shiny silver sixpence in my pudding.
Are you sure you two are on the correct social media site?djewesbury wrote:You two make it all worthwhile.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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It was the corkscrew that obscured the evidence....Ah-so!
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It is indeed a pleasure to have the old lags back, and of course the newer ones.DRT wrote:LGTrotter wrote:Daniel you really are the shiny silver sixpence in my pudding.Are you sure you two are on the correct social media site?djewesbury wrote:You two make it all worthwhile.
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Whoops! Left you hanging there. Here are two pages to make up for it.
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Re: Port and literature
My thoughts exactly. I read it late last night and think I might enjoy being drip fed it. I had heard of the Montague Egg stories before but didn't realise he was a salesman for a wine merchant. I think I might have to invest in the two collections he appears in.Glenn E. wrote:Delightful! I eagerly await the next installment!
I may have made this point before but I always wonder about the kind of people who work in wine merchants. You rarely get public school educated, double-barrellers working in other areas of grocery but it is common when it comes to selling wine. I wonder why?
Re: Port and literature
Excellent!
Perhaps a convenient trade for the sons of the well-heeled gentlemen who could not quite manage to be lawyers, doctors or commissioned officers to ensure they didn't have to mingle with the great unwashed?LGTrotter wrote:You rarely get public school educated, double-barrellers working in other areas of grocery but it is common when it comes to selling wine. I wonder why?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Yes, what Derek is trying to say it's a convenient dumping ground for the younger sons and their ilk.DRT wrote:Excellent!
Perhaps a convenient trade for the sons of the well-heeled gentlemen who could not quite manage to be lawyers, doctors or commissioned officers to ensure they didn't have to mingle with the great unwashed?LGTrotter wrote:You rarely get public school educated, double-barrellers working in other areas of grocery but it is common when it comes to selling wine. I wonder why?
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Port and literature
Is everyone sitting comfortably?
Apologies for breaking off halfway through a sentence. That's what you call a cliffha
Apologies for breaking off halfway through a sentence. That's what you call a cliffha
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Perhaps those with well-off parents are both more likely to attend a public school, and to have had more experience of fine wine and hence cultivated an interest while young?LGTrotter wrote:I may have made this point before but I always wonder about the kind of people who work in wine merchants. You rarely get public school educated, double-barrellers working in other areas of grocery but it is common when it comes to selling wine. I wonder why?
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+1 (thank you, Daniel)Glenn E. wrote:Delightful! I eagerly await the next installment!
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I am enjoying this, but it is difficult trying to not hear the "Dum, dum, da-da-dum..." from Eastenders at the end of each installment
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
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It is exciting isn't it! And I know how it ends!!DRT wrote:I am enjoying this, but it is difficult trying to not hear the "Dum, dum, da-da-dum..." from Eastenders at the end of each installment
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There should really be a TPF scheduling app that would automate the posting of the remaining pages for me.
NB. That is not a serious suggestion.
NB. That is not a serious suggestion.
Daniel J.
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{like}LGTrotter wrote:
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
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This is working so well!!
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It is, except for the lack of new page for me to read this morning; I want my fix!djewesbury wrote:This is working so well!!
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Perhaps JDAW could add this functionality to the tasting mat software.djewesbury wrote:There should really be a TPF scheduling app that would automate the posting of the remaining pages for me.
I too am thoroughly enjoying the series.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.