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The Alderley Edge Hotel, because you want to add a bottle of T55 to your bill for £485.00½?

jdaw1 wrote:The Alderley Edge Hotel, because you want to add a bottle of T55 to your bill for £485.00½?

I already guessed that.

My first post was a mite before yours. My second was a mite after, but gave more specific reasoning — even though a ha’penny inaccurate. We are in the hands of our fearless judge.

flash_uk wrote:The Alderley Edge Hotel, because you want to add a bottle of T55 to your bill for £485.

To avoid an unpleasant scene next time JDAW and DJ meet, I award the winner's burden to Flash, using the Question Poser's right to change the rules. Yes, I am staying at the Alderley Edge Hotel because of their rather impressive wine list.

jdaw1 wrote:£485.00½?

Not me — hurray!

How exciting. The Alderley Edge Hotel has a decent collection of ports, some of which do not appear on their wine list - and some of which are unknowns but appear to my eye to be from the '50s or '60s. Negotiations continue to attempt to agree a price for one of the unknowns to be opened to accompany my shoulder of suckling pork.

Superb

Good luck with the negotiations!

Sadly negotiations collapsed as the restaurant manager would not answer his phone and no-one else was able to make a decision. I had to make do with a couple of glasses of freshly decanted Taylor '66. Life can be hard!

I am proud to say I successfully resisted butting in to the decanting process. Nor did I say anything along the lines of "For goodness sake, give me that corkscrew!"

All came good in the end. And the port is damned delicious and impressive.

I may have to give in and have a third glass...

These glasses...what measure are they?

They are a free hand pour into a white wine glass. I estimate that they are a generous 60-75ml.

I may be able to tell you later. I'm now on glass 4 and chuckling at the fact that my 2011 tasting notes have made an appearance in Paul Metman's Guest Corner Article in Roy's latest For The Love of Port newsletter.

For those who are interested, I am on my fifth glass of water.



Damn! I've just realised I may have fallen victim to Flash's cunning trap and answered his question! Damn him! Now I have to think of something to ask...

AHB wrote:Damn! I've just realised I may have fallen. I victim to Flash's cunning trap and answered his question! Damn him! Now I have to think of something to ask...

In different circles I adhere to a noble policy of "no gloating", which I also adhere to here. Your question.

Beautifully done. Allow admiration of a master professional at work: the slight of hand, so natural that deceit was not even considered, and even a misleading glance at the glasses. Effortless. Beautifully done.

I shall seize ancient powers.

Today, on a down escalator at Kings Cross, I passed two famous people. Name them. (There might have been more than two, bit I noticed only two.)

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?

DRT wrote:The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?

No, but not far off the correct level of fame.

Boris and Mrs Johnson.

jdaw1 wrote:

DRT wrote:The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?

No, but not far off the correct level of fame.

Jedward?

Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman?

(If yes, SCP-DFS's head may explode.)

Maybe a band; Richards and Jagger?

djewesbury wrote:Boris and Mrs Johnson.

You have the less famous of the two.

DRT wrote:Jedward?

Glenn E. wrote:Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman?

LGTrotter wrote:Maybe a band; Richards and Jagger?

No. And I wouldn’t even recognise all of these.

jdaw1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:Boris and Mrs Johnson.

You have the less famous of the two.

Boris Johnson and.. erm.. Jeremy Thorp Rinka the dog?

Boris Johnson and John Major

djewesbury wrote:Boris Johnson and.. erm.. Jeremy Thorp Rinka the dog?

Well, you have one of the two. The other was presumably a device to allow others to guess.

Recap:

jdaw1 wrote:Today, on a down escalator at Kings Cross, I passed two famous people. Name them. (There might have been more than two, bit I noticed only two.)

jdaw1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:Boris and Mrs Johnson.

You have the less famous of the two.

jdaw1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:Boris Johnson and.. erm.. Jeremy Thorp Rinka the dog?

Well, you have one of the two. The other was presumably a device to allow others to guess.

Recap:

jdaw1 wrote:Today, on a down escalator at Kings Cross, I passed two famous people. Name them. (There might have been more than two, bit I noticed only two.)

jdaw1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:Boris and Mrs Johnson.

You have the less famous of the two.

Exactly. We've only just begun.

BJ and Jeremy Clarkson?

jdaw1 wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman?

No. And I wouldn’t even recognise all of these.

Surely you would recognize Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson?

Boris Johnson and David Cameron?

DRT wrote:Boris Johnson and David Cameron?

Yes. With several minders. Not outsized minders, about 6′, but if they challenged me then deference would probably have been best.

Followed by much chatter amongst the people around me about the PM being on the Victoria Line.

Derek?

djewesbury wrote:Derek?

Congratulations!

The question was what is my son's middle name?

Daniel's turn.

I knew that would happen, but trusted your better nature.
I SAID I TRUSTED YOUR BETTER NATURE.
Oh never mind

I shared a bottle of something over dinner last night. What?

Butane.

LGTrotter wrote:Butane.

Those days are behind me. And ahead.
No, not last night.

On account of a spoiled ballot; a bottle of robust beaujolais, say a Morgon from 2005.

Vinegar

LGTrotter wrote:On account of a spoiled ballot; a bottle of robust beaujolais, say a Morgon from 2005.

Wait, you get to vote again if you mess it up first time? Oh we have a different system here. You get to vote as many times as you like so long as you vote for the same party each time (especially if you're dead).
No.

flash_uk wrote:Vinegar

My companion may have reached for the vinegar but I don't believe I partook.

If there was vinegar then I would guess fish and chips which leads me to the obvious choice of champagne. I think your house fizz would be Perrier Jouet, not because it's best but because the bottle has most kerb appeal.

jdaw1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:Boris and Mrs Johnson.

You have the less famous of the two.

Going by Twitter followers you have the famousness wrong.

LGTrotter wrote:If there was vinegar then I would guess fish and chips which leads me to the obvious choice of champagne. I think your house fizz would be Perrier Jouet, not because it's best but because the bottle has most kerb appeal.

You think I choose my booze according to what the bottle looks like? Oh fie, fie.

mpij wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:Boris and Mrs Johnson.

You have the less famous of the two.

Going by Twitter followers you have the famousness wrong.

I also thought so. This inaccurate clue led to my incorrect guess.

A '98 Riesling?

AW77 wrote:A '98 Riesling?

That is a very good guess indeed! But no - that bottle is still waiting to be opened... Maybe this weekend!

Kaolin and morphine?

AHB wrote:Kaolin and morphine?

I never take them together. I prefer to precipitate the kaolin out and just drink the morphine.

A bottle of vinho verde?

AW77 wrote:A bottle of vinho verde?

André, you are a very wily player of this game. Yes. No clue needed.
Your turn!

Oh dear, I thought "vinho verde" would be a harmless guess.
Well, here's my question:
What vegetable did I have for lunch today (besides potatoes)?

AW77 wrote:Oh dear, I thought "vinho verde" would be a harmless guess.

I think I would have demanded a recount. Or a least a posted photo of the empty.

As to vegetables; asparagus.