Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:05 Fri 08 Jul 2016
Croft 1994?AHB wrote:It is a mainstream shipper and a recognised vintage.
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One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:08 Fri 08 Jul 2016
You leave me no choice other than to suggest Martinez 1963.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:17 Fri 08 Jul 2016
Sandeman 70?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:28 Sat 09 Jul 2016
Not Croft, not Martinez, not Sandeman; not 1970, not 1963, not 1994.
It is a lovely dark red in colour.
It is a lovely dark red in colour.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:47 Sat 09 Jul 2016
Fonseca 1966? (Year chosen by colour.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:06 Sat 09 Jul 2016
Not Fonseca, not 1966. Would "dusty dark cherries" help?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:50 Sat 09 Jul 2016
I have a truly excellent question, but cannot guess an answer to Alex’s question.
So far:
• Not Warre, nor Gould Campbell, nor Cockburn, nor Croft, nor Martinez, nor Sandeman, nor Fonseca.
• Not 1960, nor 1963, nor 1966, nor 1967, nor 1970, nor 1977, nor 1994.
So far:
• Not Warre, nor Gould Campbell, nor Cockburn, nor Croft, nor Martinez, nor Sandeman, nor Fonseca.
• Not 1960, nor 1963, nor 1966, nor 1967, nor 1970, nor 1977, nor 1994.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:14 Sat 09 Jul 2016
Taylor 85?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:23 Sat 09 Jul 2016
Graham 1975?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:52 Sat 09 Jul 2016
Taylor 83?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:56 Sat 09 Jul 2016
Dow 1980?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:49 Sat 09 Jul 2016
Since JDAW summarised, the correct shipper and the correct vintage have been guessed, but not linked together in the correct combination.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:05 Sat 09 Jul 2016
Taylor 1980?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:41 Sat 09 Jul 2016
Graham '80
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:08 Sat 09 Jul 2016
Graham 1985.
(Remaining possibilities: T75, D75, G83, D83, D85.)
(Remaining possibilities: T75, D75, G83, D83, D85.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:00 Sat 09 Jul 2016
DRT is correct. One in fine form from the Imperial College cellar clearance in 2010.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:01 Sat 09 Jul 2016
I hereby use ancient powers to vest my turn to JDAW.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:11 Sat 09 Jul 2016
Thank you.
In which cellar (in a small way, a non-standard cellar), can be found the following Ports and no others: Cockburn 1878; Taylor 1896; Warre 1900; Fonseca 1908; Dow 1912; and “Royal Tawny” — the Dow 1912 being in a format inaccurately described as “(magnums)”.
In which cellar (in a small way, a non-standard cellar), can be found the following Ports and no others: Cockburn 1878; Taylor 1896; Warre 1900; Fonseca 1908; Dow 1912; and “Royal Tawny” — the Dow 1912 being in a format inaccurately described as “(magnums)”.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 05:41 Sun 10 Jul 2016
Mine on my next birthday?
Thank you!
Thank you!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:39 Sun 10 Jul 2016
Is this a cellar which can be visited today and where those bottles can still be seen?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:26 Sun 10 Jul 2016
Is this cellar a grave, say of one of the Symingtons?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:27 Sun 10 Jul 2016
Seems unlikely. But if so, I know of folks willing to help with quality control.DRT wrote:Mine on my next birthday?
Yes, at least approximately.AHB wrote:Is this a cellar which can be visited today and where those bottles can still be seen?
No. (But a good hypothesis.)flash_uk wrote:Is this cellar a grave, say of one of the Symingtons?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:29 Sun 10 Jul 2016
Queen Mary's dollhouse.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 12:23 Sun 10 Jul 2016
Well done. (Everybody has quietly agreed not to notice that it wasn’t your turn.)flash_uk wrote:Queen Mary's dollhouse.
Readers might be interested in a slight problem. The history of Berry Bros claims that the Dolls’ house cellar contains Cockburn 1851. But this isn’t mentioned by Mary Stewart-Wilson. Who knows?
And is this a tasting theme? A fully mature Cockburn, a younger Taylor, a slightly younger Warre, a slightly younger Fonseca, and a magnum of a slightly younger Dow? And a tawny.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:21 Sun 10 Jul 2016
I cede my turn to Derek who is owed a question!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:23 Sun 10 Jul 2016
I am very impressed by that guess. I didn't have a clue.flash_uk wrote:Queen Mary's dollhouse.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:37 Sun 10 Jul 2016
I attended a presentation ceremony two weeks ago. Someone who received a presentation at that ceremony was among the dignitaries at this evening's Euro 2016 medal ceremony.
Who was that person?
Who was that person?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 11:16 Mon 11 Jul 2016
The story is documented in here.AHB wrote:I am very impressed by that guess. I didn't have a clue.flash_uk wrote:Queen Mary's dollhouse.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:20 Mon 11 Jul 2016
Was it JDAW?DRT wrote:I attended a presentation ceremony two weeks ago. Someone who received a presentation at that ceremony was among the dignitaries at this evening's Euro 2016 medal ceremony.
Who was that person?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:20 Mon 11 Jul 2016
Close, but no.AHB wrote:Was it JDAW?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:21 Fri 29 Jul 2016
I have a feeling we're going to need some clues...
(I blame you, Mike)
Rui Moreira?
(I blame you, Mike)
Rui Moreira?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:46 Sat 30 Jul 2016
No, but you guessed the correct profession and nationality. The man in question is shorter and more portly than Rui Moreira.PhilW wrote:Rui Moreira?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 11:26 Sat 30 Jul 2016
António Costa
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 11:52 Sat 30 Jul 2016
Correct!flash_uk wrote:António Costa
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:58 Sat 30 Jul 2016
DRT wrote:Correct!flash_uk wrote:António Costa
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:34 Sat 30 Jul 2016
Is the answer Constantinople?flash_uk wrote:DRT wrote:Correct!flash_uk wrote:António Costa
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:20 Sat 30 Jul 2016
Correct!DRT wrote:Is the answer Constantinople?flash_uk wrote:DRT wrote:Correct!flash_uk wrote:António Costa
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:25 Sat 30 Jul 2016
I was going to guess ‘clockwise’. Then decided that I wouldn’t because it would surely be marked correct, and I don’t have a question.
Derek’s question.
Derek’s question.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:51 Sun 31 Jul 2016
Damn. Should my post be moved to the Elementary Schoolboy Errors thread?jdaw1 wrote:I was going to guess ‘clockwise’. Then decided that I wouldn’t because it would surely be marked correct, and I don’t have a question.
Derek’s question.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:59 Mon 01 Aug 2016
No, but it could be quoted there.DRT wrote:Damn. Should my post be moved to the Elementary Schoolboy Errors thread?
Correct? Thought so. My question.
A book, not primarily about wine or port, remarks that “… the connoisseurs. Among such, tawny port was once a fashionable treat …”. What date is this book?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:00 Tue 02 Aug 2016
Is this a book on gastronomy?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 03:29 Tue 02 Aug 2016
1910
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 04:16 Tue 02 Aug 2016
It must be from the future, as tawny Port is still a fashionable treat.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:41 Tue 02 Aug 2016
It discusses food, drink, clothing, exercise, and other matters, but is not about any of them.DRT wrote:Is this a book on gastronomy?
Before then.Glenn E. wrote:It must be from the future, as tawny Port is still a fashionable treat.
Before then.TLW wrote:1910
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:54 Tue 02 Aug 2016
1840
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 13:01 Tue 02 Aug 2016
1888?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:42 Tue 02 Aug 2016
The start of the Edwardian period, but only just; 1902.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:48 Tue 02 Aug 2016
Before then.LGTrotter wrote:The start of the Edwardian period, but only just; 1902.
Before then.DRT wrote:1888?
Before then.flash_uk wrote:1840
Which is why I liked the “tawny port was once a fashionable treat”.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:10 Tue 02 Aug 2016
OK, I think the book is perhaps a Debrett's kind of thing, so I'll guess 1769, being the first year of Debrett's.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 07:52 Wed 03 Aug 2016
1815?