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Vecchio 23-10-2014, 15.26.31
Martin
 
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[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/watch-what-happened-when-food-critics-were-unknowingly-served-mcdonalds-9812768.html[/url]
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Vecchio 24-10-2014, 05.06.32
poldy
 
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On 10/23/14 5:26 AM, Martin wrote:[color=blue]
> [url]http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/watch-what-happened-when-food-critics-were-unknowingly-served-mcdonalds-9812768.html[/url]
>[/color]
Also suspect if oenophiles did blind tastings of expensive wines along
with some mass market wines, they may not always reliably pick out the
cheap stuff.
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Vecchio 24-10-2014, 13.31.10
Surreyman
 
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On Friday, October 24, 2014 3:06:36 AM UTC+1, poldy wrote:[color=blue]
> On 10/23/14 5:26 AM, Martin wrote:[color=green]
> > [url]http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/watch-what-happened-when-food-critics-were-unknowingly-served-mcdonalds-9812768.html[/url]
> >[/color]
> Also suspect if oenophiles did blind tastings of expensive wines along
> with some mass market wines, they may not always reliably pick out the
> cheap stuff.[/color]

That has often happened.
I long ago just decided to enjoy what I enjoy - saved me a fortune on wines, especially!
Although I must admit that the best wine I ever had was a very aged Champagne that apparently cost over £100 (provided by a friend!) - and I normally don't even like Champagne.
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Vecchio 24-10-2014, 14.16.00
Martin
 
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 03:31:10 -0700 (PDT), Surreyman
<alanspencer3@googlemail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>On Friday, October 24, 2014 3:06:36 AM UTC+1, poldy wrote:[color=green]
>> On 10/23/14 5:26 AM, Martin wrote:[color=darkred]
>> > [url]http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/watch-what-happened-when-food-critics-were-unknowingly-served-mcdonalds-9812768.html[/url]
>> >[/color]
>> Also suspect if oenophiles did blind tastings of expensive wines along
>> with some mass market wines, they may not always reliably pick out the
>> cheap stuff.[/color]
>
>That has often happened.
>I long ago just decided to enjoy what I enjoy - saved me a fortune on wines, especially![/color]

Here too :-)
[color=blue]
>Although I must admit that the best wine I ever had was a very aged Champagne that apparently cost over £100 (provided by a friend!) - and I normally don't even like Champagne.[/color]
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Vecchio 24-10-2014, 21.50.39
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)
 
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Surreyman wrote:[color=blue]
> On Friday, October 24, 2014 3:06:36 AM UTC+1, poldy wrote:[color=green]
>> On 10/23/14 5:26 AM, Martin wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> [url]http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/watch-what-happened-when-food-critics-were-unknowingly-served-mcdonalds-9812768.html[/url]
>>>[/color]
>> Also suspect if oenophiles did blind tastings of expensive wines along
>> with some mass market wines, they may not always reliably pick out the
>> cheap stuff.[/color]
>
> That has often happened.
> I long ago just decided to enjoy what I enjoy - saved me a fortune on wines, especially!
> Although I must admit that the best wine I ever had was a very aged Champagne that apparently cost over £100 (provided by a friend!) - and I normally don't even like Champagne.[/color]

At one time airlines in the U.S. were advertising "champagne flights",
on which they served free champagne with the (then) free meals. If that
was your sole contact with champagne, it left you wondering what all the
fuss was about!
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Vecchio 25-10-2014, 03.02.46
Jack Campin
 
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> I must admit that the best wine I ever had was a very aged[color=blue]
> Champagne that apparently cost over £100 (provided by a friend!) -
> and I normally don't even like Champagne.[/color]

The best I can recall was in the early 1990s in north-east Turkey.
We had a picnic on the riverbank at Tekkale (near Artvin) where
two furious torrents meet. The Soviet Union's closing down sale
meant that busloads of Georgians were coming over the border to
sell stuff and prostitute themselves. At the Georgian market in
Yusufeli, we got a bottle of wonderful Azerbaijani pink champagne
for about 2 quid and a jar of caviar to go with it for 50p, together
with a fresh loaf of local bread. Yum.

On checking out the prices you'd pay in the UK for similar caviar
when we got back home, it seemed we'd eaten 200 pounds' worth for
lunch.

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Vecchio 25-10-2014, 15.07.09
Surreyman
 
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On Saturday, October 25, 2014 1:02:50 AM UTC+1, Jack Campin wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
> > I must admit that the best wine I ever had was a very aged
> > Champagne that apparently cost over £100 (provided by a friend!) -
> > and I normally don't even like Champagne.[/color]
>
> The best I can recall was in the early 1990s in north-east Turkey.
> We had a picnic on the riverbank at Tekkale (near Artvin) where
> two furious torrents meet. The Soviet Union's closing down sale
> meant that busloads of Georgians were coming over the border to
> sell stuff and prostitute themselves. At the Georgian market in
> Yusufeli, we got a bottle of wonderful Azerbaijani pink champagne
> for about 2 quid and a jar of caviar to go with it for 50p, together
> with a fresh loaf of local bread. Yum.
>
> On checking out the prices you'd pay in the UK for similar caviar
> when we got back home, it seemed we'd eaten 200 pounds' worth for
> lunch.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k
> Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland
> mobile 07800 739 557 <http://www.campin.me.uk> Twitter: JackCampin[/color]

A party of us once bought (deliberately!) 4 coffees and two soft drinks from one of the St. Mark's Square cafes in Venice. That was also £200+! But we were expecting it - it was a long arranged special occasion.
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Vecchio 25-10-2014, 09.21.17
mikeos
 
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On 24/10/2014 19:50, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:[color=blue]
>[/color]
[color=blue]
> At one time airlines in the U.S. were advertising "champagne flights",
> on which they served free champagne with the (then) free meals. If that
> was your sole contact with champagne, it left you wondering what all the
> fuss was about![/color]

I always prefer champagnne when the gas has dispersed. I prefer wines
without fizz, seems to have more flavour.


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Vecchio 25-10-2014, 14.26.37
Bill
 
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 07:21:17 +0100, mikeos <mikeos3@gmail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>On 24/10/2014 19:50, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:[color=green]
>>[/color]
>[color=green]
>> At one time airlines in the U.S. were advertising "champagne flights",
>> on which they served free champagne with the (then) free meals. If that
>> was your sole contact with champagne, it left you wondering what all the
>> fuss was about![/color]
>
>I always prefer champagnne when the gas has dispersed.[/color]

How do you manage to keep it that long?

Champagne is supposed to keep its fizz for some 36 hours after
opening...
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Vecchio 27-10-2014, 12.13.34
Frank Hucklenbroich
 
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Am Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:50:39 -0700 schrieb EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque):
[color=blue]
> At one time airlines in the U.S. were advertising "champagne flights",
> on which they served free champagne with the (then) free meals. If that
> was your sole contact with champagne, it left you wondering what all the
> fuss was about![/color]

Had that on a domestic flight in Jamaica about 10 years ago. They also
called it "champagne flights", but you did have to ask the stewardess for
it. Then you would get half a plastic cup full of some kind of sparkling
wine ;-)

Of course it wasn't the real stuff.

Regards,

Frank
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