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  #11  
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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  #12  
Vecchio 25-10-2014, 15.09.30
Bill
 
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 05:07:09 -0700 (PDT), Surreyman
<alanspencer3@googlemail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>On Saturday, October 25, 2014 1:02:50 AM UTC+1, Jack Campin wrote:[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > 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.[/color]

£200 for six drinks seems a lot, even for St Mark's Square.
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Vecchio 25-10-2014, 15.14.32
Surreyman
 
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On Saturday, October 25, 2014 10:27:09 AM UTC+1, Martin wrote:[color=blue]
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:45:58 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
> <evgmsop@earthlink.net> wrote:
> [color=green]
> >
> >
> >poldy wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> On 10/23/14 5:26 AM, Martin wrote:
> >>> [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]
> >>>
> >>>
> >> 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]
> >
> >I once lived near a tasting-room/sales outlet for a California winery.
> >Astonishing how fast "taste-before-you-buy" will wean you away from the
> >cheap stuff![/color]
>
> I got very badly caught by a taste before you buy in a winery in Cochem in the
> Mosel Valley. What we tasted was excellent what we bought was filth.
> --
>
> Martin in Zuid Holland[/color]

Shame, I love Cochem.
We once enjoyed a superb ad hoc winefest in a cafe lower down, just outsideCoblenz.
A reverse experience. Bored stiff in Lagos, Nigeria, I went into a grotty cafe (and grotty in Nigeria means GROTTY), ordered a meal I knew from past experience I'd like and - what the hell - a bottle of vino which I fully expected to be vinegar. Despite all the transport and storage in impossible heat, it turned out to be one of the best bottles of Beaune I think I've everhad!
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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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Vecchio 27-10-2014, 12.20.42
Martin
 
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On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:13:34 +0100, Frank Hucklenbroich
<Hucklenbroich01@aol.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Am Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:50:39 -0700 schrieb EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque):
>[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]
>
>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.[/color]

Air France Business Class serves the real stuff.
Flying effects the sense of taste.
--

Martin in Zuid Holland



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Vecchio 27-10-2014, 15.16.24
Frank Hucklenbroich
 
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Am Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:20:42 +0100 schrieb Martin:
[color=blue]
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:13:34 +0100, Frank Hucklenbroich
> <Hucklenbroich01@aol.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Am Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:50:39 -0700 schrieb EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque):
>>[color=darkred]
>>> 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.[/color]
>
> Air France Business Class serves the real stuff.[/color]

So did Air Madagascar when I flew with them in the 90ies (they are partner
of Air France). Even in economy. Was a B-747 hired by Air France, but with
a crew from Madagascar.

Regards,

Frank

[color=blue]
> Flying effects the sense of taste.[/color]
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Vecchio 29-10-2014, 01.33.53
poldy
 
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In article <917s4a9i4u0fd53p7nsbvd91pe9u16cc25@4ax.com>,
Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:13:34 +0100, Frank Hucklenbroich
> <Hucklenbroich01@aol.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >Am Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:50:39 -0700 schrieb EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque):
> >[color=darkred]
> >> 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.[/color]
>
> Air France Business Class serves the real stuff.
> Flying effects the sense of taste.[/color]

They used to serve champagne with this:

[url]http://www.fauchon.com/en/cheddar-mini-crepes.html[/url]

Pretty expensive on a per kilo basis.


But last time, they served it with something else.
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