I loved a wine review I read today in which the finish of a sherry was described as "interminable " . Normally a word used to describe a Celi performance of Bruckner and not in a good way being used as a compliment.
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostI loved a wine review I read today in which the finish of a sherry was described as "interminable " . Normally a word used to describe a Celi performance of Bruckner ...
Extraordinary use of the word, of that sherry. Slightly scary... as if a week later you're still tasting it!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Caliban View PostMeanwhile, back on Planet Earth... [/COLOR]
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amateur51
Originally posted by Caliban View Post..among other things!
Extraordinary use of the word, of that sherry. Slightly scary... as if a week later you're still tasting it!
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The sherry in question was Williams and Humbert As You Like It - apparently found in a dark corner of their cellars after 30 years and then bottled . We had a half bottle at Christmas - £20 so not cheap but it did truly have an extraordinarily long finish - meant a very small glass could be sipped for ages .
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amateur51
Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostThe sherry in question was Williams and Humbert As You Like It - apparently found in a dark corner of their cellars after 30 years and then bottled . We had a half bottle at Christmas - £20 so not cheap but it did truly have an extraordinarily long finish - meant a very small glass could be sipped for ages .
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Medium sweet - like a slightly sweet amontillado . Very tangy though .
Putting our members before profit, we buy on quality and taste alone so you can enjoy wine at the fairest prices - For you and the people who make it.
Waitrose were selling it too - cannot find it on their website but they still had some bottles in my branch last week .
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amateur51
Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostMedium sweet - like a slightly sweet amontillado . Very tangy though .
Putting our members before profit, we buy on quality and taste alone so you can enjoy wine at the fairest prices - For you and the people who make it.
Waitrose were selling it too - cannot find it on their website but they still had some bottles in my branch last week .
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostIt should be spring but I feel like I need a hearty red tonight as the snow falls and falls . What will you lot be sipping or guzzling?Last edited by Thropplenoggin; 22-03-13, 17:46.It loved to happen. -- Marcus Aurelius
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How nice to have a caviste.
Meanwhile, in benighted North Herefords Morrison’s recently, my better half was approached in front of the wine-shelves by a gent of agricultural aspect who asked her whether she could recommend a good wine for his daughter’s birthday. He said he’d been told that you could always tell a good wine by the size of the indentation at the bottom of the bottle. (I believe the indentation is called a ‘punt’ or ‘kick-up’. No doubt Throppers will supply the correct French term for this.) We had a good larf over this afterwards, but where did this presumably urban myth come from?
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