One quiz at a time

[TLW]

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.

[djewesbury]

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.

[TLW]

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...

[DRT]

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.

[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?

[CaliforniaBrad]

Would it be vinegar?


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[djewesbury]

Not vinegar. Who'd drink vinegar?

[CaliforniaBrad]

Jesus, on the cross, on Good Friday?


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[AW77]

A long drink consisting of blood orange juice and Campari.

[djewesbury]

Jesus, on the cross, on Good Friday?

Exactly. Look where it got him.

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.

[CaliforniaBrad]

Benedictine, neat?


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[PopulusTremula]

Blue Nun?

[djewesbury]

Benedictine, neat?

Really?

Blue Nun?

Oh dear no.

[djewesbury]

The riddle is a rather tenuously constructed one. But mainly relies on Christian symbology.

[jdaw1]

The riddle is a rather tenuously constructed one.

Translation: you won’t get it until the clues are really really obvious.

[djewesbury]

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!

[griff]

Lacryma Christi?

[djewesbury]

Lacryma Christi?

No. Not port.
Christian symbology would involve all those cyphers, names and marks used to denote Christ.

[griff]

1985 Le Vin du Rosier?

[djewesbury]

Two guesses in a row????

EDIT: Oh, that's how I won the last round..

[PopulusTremula]

Eggnog?

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[djewesbury]

Eggnog?

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I like your thinking. No.

[griff]

Two guesses in a row????

EDIT: Oh, that's how I won the last round..

More in jest than earnest

[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"

[djewesbury]

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.