Wine Lovers - Beware the Reviews of What you are About to Drink

[Thropplenoggin]

I remain Nun the wiser; I guess people have got out of the habit of drinking it.





I'll get my cape...

[Richard Tarleton]

I always thought a major problem with German wine was their impenetrable (to a non-German speaker) system of classifications and labelling, a study in itself.

Good luck with your move Throppers - I'm surprised you have time for all this idle chit chat, or is it displacement activity when you should be packing?

[french frank]

How long is it since we had any Swiss plonk? Yes, it is very good.

I understood very little was exported because they (the Swiss) can (and do) drink most of their production. I certainly have had it when over there.

A propos: English wine? Don't hear so much about that as we used to?

[Richard Tarleton]

English wine? Don't hear so much about that as we used to?

I think it needs at least a blink of sunlight, non? - not much of that since about April 2008

[Thropplenoggin]

I always thought a major problem with German wine was their impenetrable (to a non-German speaker) system of classifications and labelling, a study in itself.

Good luck with your move Throppers - I'm surprised you have time for all this idle chit chat, or is it displacement activity when you should be packing?

Thanks, RT, for both your words and a new idiom in my arsenal. "Displacement activity" - the posh man's skiving.

[MrGongGong]

Well, tonights bottle of "elderflower 2012" went down very well with wild garlic and leek risotto

[An_Inspector_Calls]

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Yes , that's exactly right. I think they purposefully don't export it but quaff it.

English? Work in progress.

But we do need an international recognition system of merit; the window count technique only seems to work for France. Now, I'm off to Italy for a Ring next June, and who do I get in touch with?

[arancie33]

Here I go again blowing Tanner's trumpet (and no, I have no connection) but they do have an excellent selection of German wines including their own Mosel. As for Blue Nun, I have a bottle which I was given by supplier about 12 years ago. I have kept it, not in hope of it developing but because I couldn't bring myself even to try it. Wine snob or what? Maybe eBay would be my best bet now.

Anyway, we are off in a week's time to drive through Germany to Italy for an offspring's significant birthday so may sample a glass or two while we're at it. Cheers!! And we may manage to find a spargel fest or two on the way. A hard life!

[MrGongGong]

German music yes indeed (Mutter is a work of Genius as Beefy will no doubt agree )
but wine ?
I really have tried but I have failed to find any that is worth bothering with
maybe i'm not in the right price range ?

[gamba]

German music yes indeed (Mutter is a work of Genius as Beefy will no doubt agree )
but wine ?
I really have tried but I have failed to find any that is worth bothering with
maybe i'm not in the right price range ?

Useful in the car if we have another hard winter.

[MrGongGong]

Useful in the car if we have another hard winter.

I thought that was Austrian ?

[teamsaint]

Thanks, RT, for both your words and a new idiom in my arsenal. "Displacement activity" - the posh man's skiving.

Cheers Guys..I like to take a new bit of jargon to each sales meeting, and that will do VERY nicely.
Almost as well as last months "intellectual Phase locking".

Answers on a postcard.....

[Richard Tarleton]

A phrase used by students of animal behaviour. A useful definition from Konrad Lorenz in "On Aggression":

...if you are longing to do something but prevented by strong opposing motives from doing it, if in other words you are in a conflict situation, it is often a relief to do a third, neutral thing which has nothing to do with the two conflicting motives and which, moreover, shows apparent indifference to them.

Clearly in this instance Throppers wanted to go down to the café for a farewell pastis with his friends, Mrs T wanted his help with packing, so he went on the message board instead But yes I can see this having strong resonance in the sales field....

[teamsaint]

A phrase used by students of animal behaviour. A useful definition from Konrad Lorenz in "On Aggression":

Clearly in this instance Throppers wanted to go down to the café for a farewell pastis with his friends, Mrs T wanted his help with packing, so he went on the message board instead But yes I can see this having strong resonance in the sales field....

Thanks for clarifying, RT.
Shouldn't have too much trouble working that into the monthly hotair fest.!!

[Dave2002]

I understood very little was exported because they (the Swiss) can (and do) drink most of their production. I certainly have had it when over there.

A propos: English wine? Don't hear so much about that as we used to?

We live within easy driving distance of http://www.denbies.co.uk/ In a good year some of their wine is pleasant and drinkable, and better rhan most other English wines - but not always, at least if you're expecting something that tastes like wine. Competitor wines seem often to taste like fruit juice with alcohol added. It's quite a good afternoon or even day out, with a little train atound the factory, and a tractor driven ride around the vineyard. However, if we want to buy the stuff we find that waiting until it's on offer in Waitrose produces results.