One quiz at a time

Post by **DRT** » 23:05 Fri 08 Jul 2016

AHB wrote:It is a mainstream shipper and a recognised vintage.

Croft 1994?

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:08 Fri 08 Jul 2016

You leave me no choice other than to suggest Martinez 1963.

Post by **DRT** » 23:17 Fri 08 Jul 2016

Sandeman 70?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 07:28 Sat 09 Jul 2016

Not Croft, not Martinez, not Sandeman; not 1970, not 1963, not 1994.

It is a lovely dark red in colour.

Post by **jdaw1** » 07:47 Sat 09 Jul 2016

Fonseca 1966? (Year chosen by colour.)

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 09:06 Sat 09 Jul 2016

Not Fonseca, not 1966. Would "dusty dark cherries" help?

Post by **jdaw1** » 14:50 Sat 09 Jul 2016

I have a truly excellent question, but cannot guess an answer to Alex’s question.

So far:
• Not Warre, nor Gould Campbell, nor Cockburn, nor Croft, nor Martinez, nor Sandeman, nor Fonseca.
• Not 1960, nor 1963, nor 1966, nor 1967, nor 1970, nor 1977, nor 1994.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 16:14 Sat 09 Jul 2016

Taylor 85?

Post by **jdaw1** » 16:23 Sat 09 Jul 2016

Graham 1975?

Post by **PhilW** » 16:52 Sat 09 Jul 2016

Taylor 83?

Post by **jdaw1** » 16:56 Sat 09 Jul 2016

Dow 1980?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 17:49 Sat 09 Jul 2016

Since JDAW summarised, the correct shipper and the correct vintage have been guessed, but not linked together in the correct combination.

Post by **DRT** » 18:05 Sat 09 Jul 2016

Taylor 1980?

Post by **flash_uk** » 18:41 Sat 09 Jul 2016

Graham '80

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:08 Sat 09 Jul 2016

Graham 1985.

(Remaining possibilities: T75, D75, G83, D83, D85.)

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 23:00 Sat 09 Jul 2016

DRT is correct. One in fine form from the Imperial College cellar clearance in 2010.

Post by **DRT** » 23:01 Sat 09 Jul 2016

I hereby use ancient powers to vest my turn to JDAW.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:11 Sat 09 Jul 2016

Thank you.

In which cellar (in a small way, a non-standard cellar), can be found the following Ports and no others: Cockburn 1878; Taylor 1896; Warre 1900; Fonseca 1908; Dow 1912; and “Royal Tawny” — the Dow 1912 being in a format inaccurately described as “(magnums)”.

Post by **DRT** » 05:41 Sun 10 Jul 2016

Mine on my next birthday?

Thank you!

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 07:39 Sun 10 Jul 2016

Is this a cellar which can be visited today and where those bottles can still be seen?

Post by **flash_uk** » 08:26 Sun 10 Jul 2016

Is this cellar a grave, say of one of the Symingtons?

Post by **jdaw1** » 09:27 Sun 10 Jul 2016

DRT wrote:Mine on my next birthday?

Seems unlikely. But if so, I know of folks willing to help with quality control.

AHB wrote:Is this a cellar which can be visited today and where those bottles can still be seen?

Yes, at least approximately.

flash_uk wrote:Is this cellar a grave, say of one of the Symingtons?

No. (But a good hypothesis.)

Post by **flash_uk** » 10:29 Sun 10 Jul 2016

Queen Mary's dollhouse.

Post by **jdaw1** » 12:23 Sun 10 Jul 2016

flash_uk wrote:Queen Mary's dollhouse.

Well done. (Everybody has quietly agreed not to notice that it wasn’t your turn.)

From Stewart-Wilson, Mary 1988,
Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House, The Bodley Head, London

Readers might be interested in a slight problem. The history of Berry Bros claims that the Dolls’ house cellar contains Cockburn 1851. But this isn’t mentioned by Mary Stewart-Wilson. Who knows?

And is this a tasting theme? A fully mature Cockburn, a younger Taylor, a slightly younger Warre, a slightly younger Fonseca, and a magnum of a slightly younger Dow? And a tawny.

Post by **flash_uk** » 13:21 Sun 10 Jul 2016

I cede my turn to Derek who is owed a question!

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 22:23 Sun 10 Jul 2016

flash_uk wrote:Queen Mary's dollhouse.

I am very impressed by that guess. I didn't have a clue.

Post by **DRT** » 22:37 Sun 10 Jul 2016

I attended a presentation ceremony two weeks ago. Someone who received a presentation at that ceremony was among the dignitaries at this evening's Euro 2016 medal ceremony.

Who was that person?

Post by **flash_uk** » 11:16 Mon 11 Jul 2016

AHB wrote:
flash_uk wrote:Queen Mary's dollhouse.
I am very impressed by that guess. I didn't have a clue.

The story is documented in here.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:20 Mon 11 Jul 2016

DRT wrote:I attended a presentation ceremony two weeks ago. Someone who received a presentation at that ceremony was among the dignitaries at this evening's Euro 2016 medal ceremony.

Who was that person?

Was it JDAW?

Post by **DRT** » 14:20 Mon 11 Jul 2016

AHB wrote:Was it JDAW?

Close, but no.

Post by **PhilW** » 09:21 Fri 29 Jul 2016

I have a feeling we're going to need some clues...
(I blame you, Mike)

Rui Moreira?

Post by **DRT** » 10:46 Sat 30 Jul 2016

PhilW wrote:Rui Moreira?

No, but you guessed the correct profession and nationality. The man in question is shorter and more portly than Rui Moreira.

Post by **flash_uk** » 11:26 Sat 30 Jul 2016

António Costa

Post by **DRT** » 11:52 Sat 30 Jul 2016

flash_uk wrote:António Costa

Correct!

Post by **flash_uk** » 17:58 Sat 30 Jul 2016

DRT wrote:
flash_uk wrote:António Costa
Correct!

Post by **DRT** » 19:34 Sat 30 Jul 2016

flash_uk wrote:
DRT wrote:
flash_uk wrote:António Costa
Correct!

Is the answer Constantinople?

Post by **flash_uk** » 22:20 Sat 30 Jul 2016

DRT wrote:
flash_uk wrote:
DRT wrote:
flash_uk wrote:António Costa
Correct!

Is the answer Constantinople?

Correct!

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:25 Sat 30 Jul 2016

I was going to guess ‘clockwise’. Then decided that I wouldn’t because it would surely be marked correct, and I don’t have a question.

Derek’s question.

Post by **DRT** » 08:51 Sun 31 Jul 2016

jdaw1 wrote:I was going to guess ‘clockwise’. Then decided that I wouldn’t because it would surely be marked correct, and I don’t have a question.

Derek’s question.

Damn. Should my post be moved to the Elementary Schoolboy Errors thread?

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:59 Mon 01 Aug 2016

DRT wrote:Damn. Should my post be moved to the Elementary Schoolboy Errors thread?

No, but it could be quoted there.

Correct? Thought so. My question.

A book, not primarily about wine or port, remarks that “… the connoisseurs. Among such, tawny port was once a fashionable treat …”. What date is this book?

Post by **DRT** » 00:00 Tue 02 Aug 2016

Is this a book on gastronomy?

TLW · Post by **TLW** » 03:29 Tue 02 Aug 2016

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 04:16 Tue 02 Aug 2016

It must be from the future, as tawny Port is still a fashionable treat.

Post by **jdaw1** » 08:41 Tue 02 Aug 2016

DRT wrote:Is this a book on gastronomy?

It discusses food, drink, clothing, exercise, and other matters, but is not about any of them.

Glenn E. wrote:It must be from the future, as tawny Port is still a fashionable treat.

Before then.

TLW wrote:1910

Before then.

Post by **flash_uk** » 10:54 Tue 02 Aug 2016

Post by **DRT** » 13:01 Tue 02 Aug 2016

1888?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:42 Tue 02 Aug 2016

The start of the Edwardian period, but only just; 1902.

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:48 Tue 02 Aug 2016

LGTrotter wrote:The start of the Edwardian period, but only just; 1902.

Before then.

DRT wrote:1888?

Before then.

flash_uk wrote:1840

Before then.

Which is why I liked the “tawny port was once a fashionable treat”.

Post by **flash_uk** » 23:10 Tue 02 Aug 2016

OK, I think the book is perhaps a Debrett's kind of thing, so I'll guess 1769, being the first year of Debrett's.

Post by **PhilW** » 07:52 Wed 03 Aug 2016

1815?