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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:54 Sun 13 Apr 2014
by CaliforniaBrad
Newcastle it is! Source here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=MYJrHj ... =html_text
Question to Flash.
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:41 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by flash_uk
Lounging around on holiday in Cornwall can prove expensive, especially when It means I spend my time browsing the web and learning about different wine regions. As a consequence I have ordered some wine from a region I now want to try. Can you name the region?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:56 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by jdaw1
Hampshire?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:08 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by PhilW
Palestine?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:22 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by DRT
Alentejo?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:36 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by flash_uk
jdaw1 wrote:Hampshire?
PhilW wrote:Palestine?
DRT wrote:Alentejo?
No, no and no. You have yet to get the correct country.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 11:22 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by AW77
Tuscany?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 11:24 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by DRT
Stellenbosch?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:13 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by CaliforniaBrad
Etna?
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:15 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
Somewhere in Peru?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:56 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by PhilW
Wales?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:22 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by DRT
Rioja?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:31 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
Napa?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:31 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by Alex Bridgeman
Morocco
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:58 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by CaliforniaBrad
Lebanon?
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:17 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by jdaw1
Antarctica?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:45 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
Ukraine
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:08 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by flash_uk
AW77 wrote:Tuscany?
Not Tuscany, but correct country
One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:09 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
You're buying Piedmontese Nebbiolos then.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:10 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by flash_uk
djewesbury wrote:You're buying Piedmontese Nebbiolos then.
Yes!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:11 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
And it wasn't even my go..!
How embarrassing!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:12 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by flash_uk
djewesbury wrote:And it wasn't even my go..!
How embarrassing!
I think we can consider Ukraine as tongue in cheek
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:13 Mon 14 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
flash_uk wrote:djewesbury wrote:And it wasn't even my go..!
How embarrassing!
I think we can consider Ukraine as tongue in cheek
Not at all. Some delicious wines from Crimea.. In fact the sparklers from there are very popular on cellar-tracker
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:41 Tue 15 Apr 2014
by TLW
djewesbury wrote:flash_uk wrote:djewesbury wrote:And it wasn't even my go..!
How embarrassing!
I think we can consider Ukraine as tongue in cheek
Not at all. Some delicious wines from Crimea.. In fact the sparklers from there are very popular on cellar-tracker
As I recall, there used to be some Crimean port wines as well - or what they called "port", anyway. Don't know if they still produce or not, but have not seen anything in yonks.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:26 Tue 15 Apr 2014
by DRT
Are you thinking of Massandra? Is that from Crimea?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:56 Tue 15 Apr 2014
by TLW
DRT wrote:Are you thinking of Massandra? Is that from Crimea?
Very possibly so. I remember an auction catalogue of a collection of 19th century wines described as Crimean port which I saw about 25 years ago when I first became besotted with/by port. As I recall, the wines were produced for the Tsar's cellars, but had passed into other ownership over time.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:00 Tue 15 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
TLW wrote:As I recall, the wines were produced for the Tsar's cellars, but had passed into other ownership over time.
What a nice way of describing the orderly transfer of the Tsar's property in October 1917.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:01 Tue 15 Apr 2014
by TLW
djewesbury wrote:TLW wrote:As I recall, the wines were produced for the Tsar's cellars, but had passed into other ownership over time.
What a nice way of describing the orderly transfer of the Tsar's property in October 1917.
The more things change...
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:03 Tue 15 Apr 2014
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:TLW wrote:As I recall, the wines were produced for the Tsar's cellars, but had passed into other ownership over time.
What a nice way of describing the orderly transfer of the Tsar's property in October 1917.
...and its repatriation to Russian ownership in 2014.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:13 Tue 15 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
I am supposed to ask a question. Since I won the last round unfairly I will ask a truly awful question so that someone else can quickly take over.
I thought of a really pathetic pleasantry earlier on, concerning a drink that would be appropriate to drink on Good Friday. It is not port; what is it?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 03:38 Wed 16 Apr 2014
by CaliforniaBrad
Would it be vinegar?
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:25 Wed 16 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
Not vinegar. Who'd drink vinegar?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:37 Wed 16 Apr 2014
by CaliforniaBrad
Jesus, on the cross, on Good Friday?
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:19 Wed 16 Apr 2014
by AW77
A long drink consisting of blood orange juice and Campari.
One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:24 Wed 16 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
CaliforniaBrad wrote:Jesus, on the cross, on Good Friday?
Exactly. Look where it got him.
AW77 wrote:A long drink consisting of blood orange juice and Campari.
Lovely. But no.
I was drinking a glass of the drink in question the other day and looking at the label when it occurred to me. It's really very simple indeed.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 04:53 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by CaliforniaBrad
Benedictine, neat?
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 06:04 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by PopulusTremula
Blue Nun?
One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:43 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
CaliforniaBrad wrote:Benedictine, neat?
Really?
PopulusTremula wrote:Blue Nun?
Oh dear no.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:44 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
The riddle is a rather tenuously constructed one. But mainly relies on Christian symbology.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:57 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by jdaw1
djewesbury wrote:The riddle is a rather tenuously constructed one.
Translation: you won’t get it until the clues are really really obvious.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:58 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
jdaw1 wrote:djewesbury wrote:The riddle is a rather tenuously constructed one.
Translation: you won’t get it until the clues are really really obvious.
So try some guesses. Christian symbology: off you go!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:09 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by griff
Lacryma Christi?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:11 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
griff wrote:Lacryma Christi?
No. Not port.
Christian symbology would involve all those cyphers, names and marks used to denote Christ.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:16 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by griff
1985 Le Vin du Rosier?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:22 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
Two guesses in a row????
EDIT: Oh, that's how I won the last round..
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:43 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by PopulusTremula
Eggnog?
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:50 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
PopulusTremula wrote:Eggnog?
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I like your thinking. No.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:56 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by griff
djewesbury wrote:Two guesses in a row????
EDIT: Oh, that's how I won the last round..
More in jest than earnest
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:04 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by AW77
So we are searching for a bottle that has for example a picture of a fish on it. Perhaps we should ask Robert Langdon.
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If they were still brewing it, then my guess would be Fischer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer_Brewery
--> "fisher of men"
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:07 Thu 17 Apr 2014
by djewesbury
AW77 wrote:So we are searching for a bottle that has for example a picture of a fish on it.
You have responded to the clue in the intended fashion. Thank you. It is not a fish, but a very closely related symbol.