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CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 22:54 Sun 13 Apr 2014

Newcastle it is! Source here: http://books.google.com/books?id=MYJrHj ... =html_text

Question to Flash.

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Post by **flash_uk** » 07:41 Mon 14 Apr 2014

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?

Post by **jdaw1** » 07:56 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Hampshire?

Post by **PhilW** » 08:08 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Palestine?

Post by **DRT** » 09:22 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Alentejo?

Post by **flash_uk** » 09:36 Mon 14 Apr 2014

jdaw1 wrote:Hampshire?

PhilW wrote:Palestine?

DRT wrote:Alentejo?

No, no and no. You have yet to get the correct country.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 11:22 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Tuscany?

Post by **DRT** » 11:24 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Stellenbosch?

CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 14:13 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Etna?

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djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 14:15 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Somewhere in Peru?

Post by **PhilW** » 14:56 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Wales?

Post by **DRT** » 15:22 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Rioja?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 15:31 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Napa?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 16:31 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Morocco

CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 16:58 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Lebanon?

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Post by **jdaw1** » 17:17 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Antarctica?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 17:45 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Ukraine

Post by **flash_uk** » 19:08 Mon 14 Apr 2014

AW77 wrote:Tuscany?

Not Tuscany, but correct country

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:09 Mon 14 Apr 2014

You're buying Piedmontese Nebbiolos then.

Post by **flash_uk** » 19:10 Mon 14 Apr 2014

djewesbury wrote:You're buying Piedmontese Nebbiolos then.

Yes!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:11 Mon 14 Apr 2014

And it wasn't even my go..!
How embarrassing!

Post by **flash_uk** » 19:12 Mon 14 Apr 2014

djewesbury wrote:And it wasn't even my go..!
How embarrassing!

I think we can consider Ukraine as tongue in cheek

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:13 Mon 14 Apr 2014

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

TLW · Post by **TLW** » 00:41 Tue 15 Apr 2014

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.

Post by **DRT** » 20:26 Tue 15 Apr 2014

Are you thinking of Massandra? Is that from Crimea?

TLW · Post by **TLW** » 22:56 Tue 15 Apr 2014

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.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:00 Tue 15 Apr 2014

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.

TLW · Post by **TLW** » 23:01 Tue 15 Apr 2014

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...

Post by **DRT** » 23:03 Tue 15 Apr 2014

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.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:13 Tue 15 Apr 2014

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 · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 03:38 Wed 16 Apr 2014

Would it be vinegar?

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djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 07:25 Wed 16 Apr 2014

Not vinegar. Who'd drink vinegar?

CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 14:37 Wed 16 Apr 2014

Jesus, on the cross, on Good Friday?

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AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 15:19 Wed 16 Apr 2014

A long drink consisting of blood orange juice and Campari.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 15:24 Wed 16 Apr 2014

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.

CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 04:53 Thu 17 Apr 2014

Benedictine, neat?

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PopulusTremula · Post by **PopulusTremula** » 06:04 Thu 17 Apr 2014

Blue Nun?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 07:43 Thu 17 Apr 2014

CaliforniaBrad wrote:Benedictine, neat?

Really?

PopulusTremula wrote:Blue Nun?

Oh dear no.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 07:44 Thu 17 Apr 2014

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

Post by **jdaw1** » 07:57 Thu 17 Apr 2014

djewesbury wrote:The riddle is a rather tenuously constructed one.

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

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 07:58 Thu 17 Apr 2014

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!

griff · Post by **griff** » 10:09 Thu 17 Apr 2014

Lacryma Christi?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:11 Thu 17 Apr 2014

griff wrote:Lacryma Christi?

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

griff · Post by **griff** » 10:16 Thu 17 Apr 2014

1985 Le Vin du Rosier?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:22 Thu 17 Apr 2014

Two guesses in a row????

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

PopulusTremula · Post by **PopulusTremula** » 10:43 Thu 17 Apr 2014

Eggnog?

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djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:50 Thu 17 Apr 2014

PopulusTremula wrote:Eggnog?

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I like your thinking. No.

griff · Post by **griff** » 10:56 Thu 17 Apr 2014

djewesbury wrote:Two guesses in a row????

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