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Oh Randy of the Wine
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What should we be buying this lovely summer weather. Kiwi Sauvingon? Sexy Rosé (recommend one will ya)? Albarinho.
I want something new
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-- tricky
23/07/12 at 15:50
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 From :
cyberbuli
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Posted : 25/07/12 at 09:17 |
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| Ok, Randy, sure let us know if/when you publish.
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From :
number10
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Posted : 25/07/12 at 11:21 |
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| Does wine feature in the stories? Amid scenes of wild sexual decadence. You're too goddam predictable. The New E.L.James perhaps...
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From :
randolf-l
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Posted : 25/07/12 at 15:48 |
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I'm working my way toward submission Bully, but secretly terrified of the inevitable rejection slip. Still, the thing was to write them first, get that done, then worry about whether anyone thinks they'll sell.
Theree is wine in a couple actually, but no deatil. One is about Anthony Trollope when he visits Australia in 1872. Loved his food and wine did Trollope, he gets a bit pissed one afternoon while writing a story about a native who gets speared on the beach. In the end he chucks the entire mnanuscript overboard.
Another guy gets stuck into the cognac, Hine as it turns out..
Another guy goes whaling in the 1860'[s. they had to boil down the blubber then scoop out the oil, refine it, then store in in wooden barrells. It reminded me a fair bit of the red wine aging process and so I sort of built a few things in that wine people might recognise..
One sex scene too. Twenty-four year old Edward John Eyre gets all worked up on the hottest day of the year. He's on a date with a sexy little number down at Ellen Cove. It's around 1840 and she's all dressed in the Victorian clothes of the time. She fancies him but isn't about to shed her attire at the beach. He wants his kiss, persists until he gets it then lets his passion take over till she's almost smothered by his face and hands. He hasn't had a bit for a long time and because he's moving on decides he's going to take full advantage of the situation. She resists so he takes her hand and does it for her. Dirty bastard. :-)
Plenty of other stuff too.
Cheers,
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From :
number10
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Posted : 25/07/12 at 18:13 |
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| If you're not careful, you might have a best seller on your hands! All sounds very interesting...
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From :
tricky
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Posted : 30/07/12 at 11:31 |
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| by the way I was lucky enough to receive two very pleasant bottles for a birthday - a D'argenberg Football Shiraz Magnum and a Tiganello both for different kinds of special occasions.
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From :
tricky
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Posted : 30/07/12 at 11:32 |
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| Tignanello
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From :
number10
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Posted : 30/07/12 at 17:00 |
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Such a fine wine, I hate to see it go...
To paraphrase...
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From :
randolf-l
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Posted : 31/07/12 at 14:51 |
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D'Arenburg are generally very good, Tricky. Excellent on the whole. I've gone off that big style Aussie Shiraz though, the kind typified by McLaren Vale producers. D'Areneburg aren't the main culprits, they'e too widely distributed and to conscious of intenerational tastes, but it's still hard to escape that big christmas cake port-like style. Barossa does it too but McLaren Vale seem to have made it thier speciality.
Haven't had Tignanello for a quite a long while but I generally like big italian red. They can be pretty furry on the gums though, like chewing ona block of turf, especially when young. Love that high acid bitter cherry bite in them, so much more interesting than your average new world fruit bomb.
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From :
hydra
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Posted : 31/07/12 at 15:27 |
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| Speaking of big, fruity Italian wines - here's (the red labelled one) what I can't get enough of at the moment
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From :
tricky
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Posted : 31/07/12 at 17:19 |
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Have to say Randy, I know what you mean, in that you can be a bit over walloped by some Shiraz's.
However the good ones are great. When O'Briens have either of their Torbreck GSMs on special (12.95 rather the 19.95) they're great though.
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From :
number10
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Posted : 31/07/12 at 17:35 |
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| Do you buy online, hydra? Have to say that I like having a chat with the guy (male or female) behind the counter in a good wine shop...
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From :
tricky
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Posted : 31/07/12 at 17:42 |
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unless it was for something like a wedding/big party I'd never bother to buy wine online.
Even for those shops will be far more helpful about glasses hire
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From :
ttemme
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Posted : 31/07/12 at 19:40 |
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| best value wine is off the back of a lorry! but i still like to buy in an offie.
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From :
triumph
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Posted : 02/08/12 at 16:47 |
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wine to impress.
right then you lot seem to be the types to suggest something
a) not so expensive as it is flash (under €20)
b) not just generic wolf blass yellow label type
White & Red
for dinner thing i'm throwing. Only need 5/6 bottles (2+3 probably)
Food wise we'll be doing
stuff like parma ham & melon for starters
and then skewers of beef/lamb/chicken for mains, with nice cous cous, salads and so on with.
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From :
number10
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Posted : 03/08/12 at 14:15 |
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Red: There's great value in Monte Real in O'Brien's at the moment with the 2006 going for a miserly €12.99. That's a steal for a really top quality Rioja.
As an alternative, try the Norton's Privada from Argentina or if you really want to go for it the Chilean Coyam (which I think is €19.99 now but drinks like a €29.99 bottle).
White: You might as well stay in the same shop. The Ara Pathway Sauvignon Blanc is lovely and good value at the moment at a reduced €9.99. The Tokaji from Hungary – that makes for really good summer drinking! – and the Gruner Veltliner they have, from Austria, are also good options. Can't remember the prices but neither is expensive. If you're will to spend a little bit more, you can't go wrong - I think! – with a Trimbach Gewurztraminer from Alsace – it'll probably knock you back €18.99 but it's a bloody great wine.
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From :
hydra
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Posted : 03/08/12 at 15:05 |
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no10 no... I buy them from this crowd
Popular eatery just outside UL. Wine is only a tenner, lovely stuff, anyone I've given it to has loved it
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From :
hydra
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Posted : 03/08/12 at 15:06 |
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| There's a shop in Limerick not far from the train station called The Wine Buff, knows his stuff and prices are very reasonable. Just if ye're ever passing through
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From :
cyberbuli
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Posted : 03/08/12 at 23:50 |
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| Come dine with me and don't bring shite wine! I remember Gerry Ryan talling a story about someone bringing a shite wine to his house so he kept it and when he was invited back to that person's house he brought it back. haha, classic Gerry Ryan. RIP.
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From :
cyberbuli
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Posted : 03/08/12 at 23:50 |
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| talling a story?
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From :
number10
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Posted : 06/08/12 at 17:05 |
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| Next time you hear an urban myth for the fiftieth time you can say: "That's a tall stale..."
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