One quiz at a time
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Top Ports in 2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
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RAOB94?
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"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Clue: not from a British shipper.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Niepoort
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Not your turn.djewesbury wrote:Niepoort
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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I know.DRT wrote:Not your turn.djewesbury wrote:Niepoort

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Top Ports in 2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
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Niepoort.
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Graham 1890? (Yes, I know. Just giving Daniel another turn.)
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Noval!
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Graham 1896?
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Hang on, am I sure I want to win this..?
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Graham 1900? (Yes, I know. And I know.)
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It's irresistible.
Passadouro!
Passadouro!
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Graham 1901? (Yes, I know.)
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Crasto!
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Graham 1904? (Yes, I know.)
If you are sure that you have done all the relevant shippers beginning with F, then you were correct to move to a different letter.
If you are sure that you have done all the relevant shippers beginning with F, then you were correct to move to a different letter.
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I believe he already said that it wasn't Fonseca. You are pushing me toward saying Ferreira. I'm not going to do that though. I'll quite while I'm ahead.
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Graham 1908? (Yes, I know. And I know.)
(And I am creating a question for you, should you choose to notice it.)
(And I am creating a question for you, should you choose to notice it.)
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Graham 1912?
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But I seem not to know the answer, and I've run out not only of Fs but of non-British shippers generally.jdaw1 wrote:Graham 1908? (Yes, I know. And I know.)
(And I am creating a question for you, should you choose to notice it.)
Is your (my) question something to do with Graham's then?
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Ah, a trick. You want me to give an answer to this question so that you can claim it is correct. Well, I’m not.djewesbury wrote:Is your (my) question something to do with Graham's then?
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Andressen?
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Close, but no cigar.CaliforniaBrad wrote:Andressen?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Romeo y Julieta?DRT wrote:Close, but no cigar.CaliforniaBrad wrote:Andressen?
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JEWESBURY! Go to the back of the class and stop distracting the other boys.djewesbury wrote:Romeo y Julieta?DRT wrote:Close, but no cigar.CaliforniaBrad wrote:Andressen?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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DRT wrote:JEWESBURY! Go to the back of the class and stop distracting the other boys.djewesbury wrote:Romeo y Julieta?DRT wrote:Close, but no cigar.CaliforniaBrad wrote:Andressen?

Fine...
mutters Krohn as he goes to the back of the class
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Come on, Jewesbury, don't mutter - share it with the rest of the class. "Krohn" did you say? If you did you are not as close as Brad was.
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Is that because the correct answer is made by a Van Zeller? Or am I not allowed to ask that...?
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If you were allowed to ask the answer would still be no. Think close to Andresen but not close to Krohn.djewesbury wrote:Is that because the correct answer is made by a Van Zeller? Or am I not allowed to ask that...?
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I am not allowed to think. I may only think once someone else has thunked.DRT wrote:If you were allowed to ask the answer would still be no. Think close to Andresen but not close to Krohn.djewesbury wrote:Is that because the correct answer is made by a Van Zeller? Or am I not allowed to ask that...?
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Even though you appear either (a) never to have written a TN of this bottle or (b) not yet to have drunk it (and knowing you a little, (a) seems more likely), I think I have an idea of what it might be.
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In fact I have three options, and their initials are the same as those of the august organisation whose "fourth" radio station I am listening to at this moment.
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something beginning with "B"?
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That was a rubbish guess. What Mike meant was Barros.flash_uk wrote:something beginning with "B"?
Burmester?
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Burmester 1994, purchased in Vilamoura in Algarve in 1999 and consumed with ex-brother-in-law less than 12 months later.djewesbury wrote:Burmester?
Daniel's turn.
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My question:
What was Julian on about yesterday with all those turn-of-the-century Graham VPs?
What was Julian on about yesterday with all those turn-of-the-century Graham VPs?
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All went to plandjewesbury wrote:That was a rubbish guess. What Mike meant was Barros.flash_uk wrote:something beginning with "B"?
Burmester?

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Not at all. My question may just have killed this thread for good.flash_uk wrote:All went to plandjewesbury wrote:That was a rubbish guess. What Mike meant was Barros.flash_uk wrote:something beginning with "B"?
Burmester?
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Certainly not. Julian was merely listing possible birthday presents that you could give me for my 50th this fall.djewesbury wrote:Not at all. My question may just have killed this thread for good.flash_uk wrote:All went to plandjewesbury wrote:That was a rubbish guess. What Mike meant was Barros.flash_uk wrote:something beginning with "B"?
Burmester?
Yes?
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Sadly not. He wasn't thinking of you at all, I suspect.
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I am not accepting this as a real question. JDAW told us what he was doing. He was giving rubbish answers to give Daniel more chances to guess.
Daniel's question...
Daniel's question...
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He said he was providing me with a question if I could but see the clue. So what was that question?
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What question?djewesbury wrote:He said he was providing me with a question if I could but see the clue. So what was that question?
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Correct. Your turn.DRT wrote:What question?djewesbury wrote:He said he was providing me with a question if I could but see the clue. So what was that question?
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OK.djewesbury wrote:Correct. Your turn.
What was the question that Daniel was seeking an answer to in the previous round?
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Only Julian knows. His turn.
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