One quiz at a time

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:03 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Not cider.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:18 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Sherry?

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:23 Wed 30 Oct 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Sherry?

✠” A fino sherry it was. And Owen’s question it is next.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:24 Wed 30 Oct 2013

jdaw1 wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:Sherry?
[HEAVY CHECK MARK] A fino sherry it was. And Owen’s question it is next.

Who will he pass it off to this time....?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:33 Wed 30 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:Who will he pass it off to this time....?

Nobody!

Having opened a rank bottle of cheap claret the other night my wife insisted I find something else. Due to poor planning on my part I had to open what rather over the top (for a weeknight) bottle of North American wine? No year needed.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:35 Wed 30 Oct 2013

It was presumably from the Napa Valley?

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:36 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Screaming Eagle?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:42 Wed 30 Oct 2013

jdaw1 wrote:Screaming Eagle?

No; I said over the top not remortgage time.

djewesbury wrote:It was presumably from the Napa Valley?

Do you know I'm not quite sure, California certainly.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:55 Wed 30 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:It was presumably from the Napa Valley?

Having looked into this, no not from Napa.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:17 Wed 30 Oct 2013

jdaw1 wrote:A fino sherry it was.

(We prefer Palo Cortado, but while Rachel is currently drinking a Lustau, I am on a Cayetano.)

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 20:22 Wed 30 Oct 2013

I was wondering what finos they were, I keep thinking about having a go at those non filtered ones.

djewesbury wrote:It was presumably from the Napa Valley?

But they do make a wine from Napa.

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:25 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Something Mondavi?

Edit: not my turn.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:26 Wed 30 Oct 2013

I know next to nothing about American wine. This will be one for Glenn, Andy and g-man to guess...

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 20:32 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Not Mondavi. (edit; forgot it wasn't your turn)

I too know next to nothing about American wines but this is something I came to young and still love with a passion. Not as preposterously priced as some top rank Californians either.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 21:19 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Ridge Geyserville?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:24 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Glenn E. wrote:Ridge Geyserville?

is that a wine? Or are you insulting him..?
What's your take on the 'world shortage of wine' story..?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 21:28 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Glenn E. wrote:Ridge Geyserville?

Oh I so want to give this to you; right winery but it was a Ridge...

Next guess.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 21:46 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Ridge Estate ?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 21:48 Wed 30 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:
Glenn E. wrote:Ridge Geyserville?
is that a wine? Or are you insulting him..?
What's your take on the 'world shortage of wine' story..?

I am not insulted but delighted that there are others out there who recognise true beauty when they see it and I am no longer 'wasting my sweetness on desert air' as it were.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 21:51 Wed 30 Oct 2013

AW77 wrote:Ridge Estate ?

Andre! Welcome aboard, thank goodness you got here. I have been meaning to ask you for the thing about owls and nightingales in the original language.

Ridge is the winery and I am seeking the name of the poshest offering they have (me being like Rhianna dead sophisticated)

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 21:56 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Ridge Estate Monte Bello ?????
I can PM you the original version of the owls and nigthingale proverb.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 22:08 Wed 30 Oct 2013

AW77 wrote:Ridge Estate Monte Bello ?????
I can PM you the original version of the owls and nigthingale proverb.

Bang on! You are tonights winner! Sorry it's a rubbish prize, you get to agonise about a question for a while then come up with new ways to say no over and over again.

And why not share with all of us the owls and nightingales thing, I know Daniel was interested (but he may not be speaking to me due to my remark about wasting sweetness on desert air; if you're out there Daniel you know I still care)

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 22:30 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Oh no! I have just realised that you guessed twice in a row. I am unsure what to do. We must present ourselves before the discipinary sub-comittee of the 'one quiz at a time' thread. I'm going to blame you.

Or we could just carry on as we were and forget it.

Thanks for the PM. I'm practising.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:37 Wed 30 Oct 2013

I forgive you you desert air quip. I am a desert rose. So, owls and nightingales, are you going to share?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:39 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Just read André's post. Fantastic. For that bit of Rhineland dialect he is forgiven for asking twice in a row and definitely gets the question.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 22:41 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Just blame me, I have a broad back

As I want to go to bed anyway (I'm one time zone ahead of the UK), I can live with a little delay.
I already have a question and would be ready to go if permitted to do so.

By the way, I explained the owls and nightingale proverb in the original thread:
http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.p ... 613#p63710

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:47 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Absence of protest is unanimity of agreement: ask.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:18 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Where's Andre gone?

Am I the only one who is a bit scared to post after Roy on port conversations? I mean I don't mind being shallow and idiotic in front of most of you but Roy? I've bottled it I'm afraid.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 23:24 Wed 30 Oct 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Am I the only one who is a bit scared to post after Roy on port conversations? I mean I don't mind being shallow and idiotic in front of most of you but Roy? I've bottled it I'm afraid.

Don't mind Roy. He's passionate about Port but is also American. Fortunately we are slowly getting him more British. Post as you like, Roy is only challenging your thinking in an attempt to make you think a little more deeply.

Glenn and Andy have already reached the status of honorary Brit. G-man doesn't put milk in his tea so can't be an honorary Brit yet.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:26 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Thanks; I'm going in.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:37 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Andre went missing, and Owen stepped in with a question, which Alex immediately answered correctly. So it’s now Alex’s turn.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 23:42 Wed 30 Oct 2013

How many bottles of vintage port have I opened so far this year (as at 23:30 on 30 October) from my personal collection?

Edited for clarification - bottle is a reference to a glass container, not to a specific size of container

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:43 Wed 30 Oct 2013

To the nearest....?

200

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:47 Wed 30 Oct 2013

I think that one of the old lags was suggesting a calculation of 3 a week to me in a previous post so that would be erm.. (you see now why I did not get into Julians question) 132, plus 60 for your birthday, so 192.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:49 Wed 30 Oct 2013

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:51 Wed 30 Oct 2013

I think we think you drink a lot of port...

I did write a witty/drunken retort to Roy but then I bottled it again. (note to self; don't be scared of Americans)

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djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:53 Wed 30 Oct 2013

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:54 Wed 30 Oct 2013

jdaw1 wrote:Andre went missing, and Owen stepped in with a question, which Alex immediately answered correctly. So it’s now Alex’s turn.

Got away with that!

96?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:55 Wed 30 Oct 2013

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:57 Wed 30 Oct 2013

A mere 96? But you should know best. OK I will take a toned down 108. (unless 48 of them were tappit hens, isn't that just the best name in the world? I'll say it again Tappit hen).

Post by **jdaw1** » 00:02 Thu 31 Oct 2013

LGTrotter wrote:A mere 96?

If he graces us with answers of the form ‟higher” or ‟lower”, some outlier guesses would help establish bounds.

Anyway, a gross.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 00:04 Thu 31 Oct 2013

Although I am impressed by your ideas of both my capacity to drink and the size of my cellar, you're all still too high with your guesses.

Mind you, I did specify vintage port. A dozen of the bottles I have opened so far this year were LBV or Crusted.

I could also add that when drinking at home I will average 4-5 days to consume a bottle of port.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:08 Thu 31 Oct 2013

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:13 Thu 31 Oct 2013

jdaw1 wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:A mere 96?
If he graces us with answers of the form ‟higher” or ‟lower”, some outlier guesses would help establish bounds.

Anyway, a gross.

I now see Alex as the Brucie of the port forum, with us the audience shouting 'higher' and 'lower' from the background.

Julian; have I managed to send you 2 or no PM's?

Post by **jdaw1** » 00:14 Thu 31 Oct 2013

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:14 Thu 31 Oct 2013

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 00:15 Thu 31 Oct 2013

More than 21...and 22

I have now finished listening to the rebroadcast of Orson Welle's War of the World's broadcast from 1938 - and thoroughly enjoyed it again. It's a while since I last heard it.

And my laptop battery is down to 12% and will shortly start beeping at me. It is time for me to retire for the night. More answers tomorrow (when I am holiday for the day).

Goodnight all.

Owen - no asking a question until you have the correct answer!! And I'm ignoring JDAW's ridiculous attempt at humour. Pah!

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:22 Thu 31 Oct 2013

I think Andre has been robbed. He should be asked to do his question. You hypocrite lecteur, mon semblable, mon frere. Night all.

The response to your PM Julian is; ZUMMERZET!!!!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:26 Thu 31 Oct 2013

LGTrotter wrote:I think Andre has been robbed. He should be asked to do his question. You hypocrite lecteur, mon semblable, mon frere. Night all.

The response to your PM Julian is; ZUMMERZET!!!!

I presume he was trying to lure you to the Bung Hole?
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Post by **jdaw1** » 00:34 Thu 31 Oct 2013

LGTrotter wrote:The response to your PM Julian is; ZUMMERZET!!!!

In which case you can be fairly quoted in the Apostrophe crimes thread.