One quiz at a time

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 10:53 Tue 21 Feb 2017

Wasn't there a vintage pressed by Israeli tanks or something?

Doggett · Post by **Doggett** » 11:19 Tue 21 Feb 2017

Old Bridge wrote: ↑10:07 Tue 21 Feb 2017 It probably is early 1980s.

I believe the anecdote Serge told was from 1983 but the vintage involved was not...

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 11:23 Tue 21 Feb 2017

1984, when they used a white flag on the lorry? I believe very small vintage because of war.

Doggett · Post by **Doggett** » 11:28 Tue 21 Feb 2017

I am fortunate to have a bottle of the 1984 in the cellar. I think there were only a thousand cases made, and only released a few years ago. Due the the troubles the grapes had started fermenting early in delayed transport, so it apparently it has a port like nature to this vintage. I am very much looking forward to opening it one day to see if this is the case.
But this is not the vintage in question...

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 12:09 Tue 21 Feb 2017

Doggett wrote: ↑20:39 Mon 20 Feb 2017 Ps. Good to have you back...

Thank you.
Meaningless Drivel is the correct forum?

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 21:47 Wed 22 Feb 2017

It is not my turn to guess.

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 22:48 Fri 03 Mar 2017

Doggett wrote: ↑11:28 Tue 21 Feb 2017 I am fortunate to have a bottle of the 1984 in the cellar. I think there were only a thousand cases made, and only released a few years ago. Due the the troubles the grapes had started fermenting early in delayed transport, so it apparently it has a port like nature to this vintage. I am very much looking forward to opening it one day to see if this is the case.
But this is not the vintage in question...

Come on, somebody, have a guess.

Post by **flash_uk** » 23:00 Fri 03 Mar 2017

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 23:34 Fri 03 Mar 2017

Doggett · Post by **Doggett** » 23:48 Fri 03 Mar 2017

Both close...but no Cedar!

Post by **flash_uk** » 07:29 Sat 04 Mar 2017

Doggett · Post by **Doggett** » 13:15 Sat 04 Mar 2017

flash_uk wrote: ↑07:29 Sat 04 Mar 20171972

Well done Mike! You have the dubious honour of the next quiz.

For those interested in the Musar 1972 story....please see the article and video from the below link.

http://www.thewineremedy.com/article/26 ... teau-Musar

Post by **flash_uk** » 16:33 Sat 04 Mar 2017

Doggett wrote: ↑13:15 Sat 04 Mar 2017 Well done Mike! You have the dubious honour of the next quiz.

Great

OK - my daughter is learning to play a musical instrument. Which one?

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 17:21 Sat 04 Mar 2017

cello

Post by **PhilW** » 17:47 Sat 04 Mar 2017

Saxophone?

Post by **flash_uk** » 18:27 Sat 04 Mar 2017

Neither cello nor saxophone.

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 18:31 Sat 04 Mar 2017

Tympani, just to please her father.

Post by **flash_uk** » 18:38 Sat 04 Mar 2017

thankfully no, not the timpani!

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 18:53 Sat 04 Mar 2017

Well, then I learned something new today. Timpani spelled with a "y" is the old fashion way of spelling it. However, I am an old fashion guy.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:17 Sat 04 Mar 2017

OK, I'll take the bullet; violin.

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 19:30 Sat 04 Mar 2017

Glockenspiel, just to please her father.

Post by **flash_uk** » 20:36 Sat 04 Mar 2017

Neither violin nor glockenspiel!

Doggett · Post by **Doggett** » 20:53 Sat 04 Mar 2017

Harpsichord?

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 21:48 Sat 04 Mar 2017

Piano, but that is probably too mundane.

Post by **flash_uk** » 22:49 Sat 04 Mar 2017

No and no.
Perhaps a small clue would help?

Doggett · Post by **Doggett** » 23:21 Sat 04 Mar 2017

A clue would most definitely help!

In the meantime... Clarinet?

Post by **jdaw1** » 00:19 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Flute? (Which is obviously correct, so I’d better prepare a question.)

Post by **flash_uk** » 00:26 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Not clarinet.

Not flute.

A clue. Getting a place in an orchestra would be easier, playing this instrument, as opposed to many others.

Doggett · Post by **Doggett** » 01:28 Sun 05 Mar 2017

The clue should narrow it down to one of two, depending on strings or wind. I shall ponder overnight...

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 05:16 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Viola?

Post by **flash_uk** » 07:58 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Old Bridge wrote: ↑05:16 Sun 05 Mar 2017Viola?

Yes indeed! The clue was a bit too useful I think

Your question.

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 08:50 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Thank you.
Outside our house we have a large tree. What tree is it?

Post by **flash_uk** » 09:58 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 09:59 Sun 05 Mar 2017

No natural oak where I live, and the tree in question is not planted.

Post by **jdaw1** » 10:28 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Sycamore?

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 10:37 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Sorry, no.
No wild Sycamore here.

Post by **flash_uk** » 10:45 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Birch?

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 10:47 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Plenty of Birch here, but not correct this time.

Post by **jdaw1** » 14:25 Sun 05 Mar 2017

A spruce?

Post by **flash_uk** » 14:32 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 14:32 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Could easily have been a Norway spruce, but it is a decidous tree.

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 14:33 Sun 05 Mar 2017

So not yew.

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 18:13 Sun 05 Mar 2017

The leaves have the fantastic ability to rustle softly in the breeze.

Doggett · Post by **Doggett** » 18:42 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Chestnut?

Post by **flash_uk** » 18:47 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 18:58 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Sorry, neither chestnut nor ash.

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 19:03 Sun 05 Mar 2017

It is a favourite food for beavers.
We had 3 large trees growing 5 - 6 meters from the house, and one night 20 years ago, 2 fell at the teeth of beavers. Luckily they fell away from the house.
So now there is only one left.

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:37 Sun 05 Mar 2017

Aspen (Populus tremula)?

Old Bridge · Post by **Old Bridge** » 19:52 Sun 05 Mar 2017

jdaw1 wrote: ↑19:37 Sun 05 Mar 2017 Aspen (Populus tremula)?

Absolutely!

jdaw1 makes the next question.

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:32 Sun 05 Mar 2017

A draft of The Book, since superseded, wrote:
1945 Andresen: De Nederlandse Wĳnkoperĳ, of Amsterdam, Nĳmegen, and ’s-Hertogenbosch, in July 1962, lists “Porto Andresen Vintage 1945”. Two prices are given, ƒ7,20 and ƒ9,25, but regrettably the author’s photograph of the page failed to include the column titles.

I have since returned to the Amsterdam City Archives and discovered the meaning of the two price columns (e.g., ƒ7,20 versus ƒ9,25).

What do the two price columns mean?