Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, whisky and other branded liquors do get faked too. One thing that I have learned during the past few years is that ANYTHING with a brand name that has value can be and is faked. Even mundane everyday products like washing detergent. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 20 Feb 2017, at 06:56, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Nathan, > From what I understand, this is mainly because of prestige buying in China, > and has to led to such an explosion of fakes that a novice buyer like me is > never sure of what he is buying at the top end. Makes it a bit of Russian > Roulette, if you ask me. I take comfort in the fact that nobody really > bothers to fake Lagavulin 16 (that fate is left for JWBlack and its ilk!). > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > >> Hi Jayanand, >> >> I am not Douglas, but I have a lot of experience with Bordeaux wines from >> the years I lived in Brussels, 1995-2000. Back then, I would drive to >> Bordeaux every year with a couple of other guys, and we would buy from >> some >> of the good chateaux in St. Emilion and Pomerol. Likewise, every November >> one of the Belgian supermarket chains had a sale of good wines. Even >> Latour >> and its ilk were relatively affordable?30 or 40 EUR a bottle is not cheap >> but not out of reach either. >> >> Since then, prices of Bordeaux wines have risen to such ridiculous levels >> that I never buy them anymore. We have lots of good wine here in Spain >> which, with a few exceptions, is still priced at reasonable levels. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < >> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < >> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 20 Feb 2017, at 05:46, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Douglas, >>> Like most Indians my experience and expertise runs towards whisky, but >> that >>> does not mean I do not enjoy a good glass of wine when available. Those >>> vintages sound very good to taste, and trip off the tongue rather well, >> but >>> my knowledge is zilch on this subject, so I will take the word of an >> expert >>> such as yourself for it! Just a question - the one name I recognize is >>> Chateau Latour, and I know it is very expensive (never tasted it to the >>> best of my knowledge), so how do you buy this level of wine? Does your >> club >>> buy it early and lay it down, or what? >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 7:00 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >>> >>>> Jayanand, Philippe. I have to wear black tie and to be honest it's >> easier >>>> in the long run. I'm in the oldest foreign branch of a society for >> Bordeaux >>>> wines - it was founded in 1954 - and all our dinners have black tie as >> de >>>> rigeur. I'm The Donald of it and was re-elected president again that >> night. >>>> >>>> For those of you who are interested in wine, we had the G de Guiraud >> 2013 >>>> and 2014 as the opening whites. BTW the 2013 is better. Then we had >> three >>>> reds - '98 Ducru Beaucaillou, '98 Montrose, and '98 Latour - and we >>>> finished with a pudding wine 2001 Rieussec. We ate at one of the oldest >>>> gentlemen's clubs in Ireland and the food was excellent. All very >>>> delectable and I didn't even have the slightest hangover the following >>>> morning. >>>> >>>> Douglas >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" < >>>> jayanand at gmail.com> >>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 5:18 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: At the Exhibition >>>> >>>> >>>> Douglas, >>>>> You are looking great with your prints! I did not know black tie was >> still >>>>> de rigueur for dinners, however formal, we must be living on different >>>>> planets - here we are happy if they do not turn up in shorts and flip >>>>> flops! >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Jayanand >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 9:12 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The opening of our exhibition http://www.mermaidartscentre.i >>>>>> e/exhibitions/details/bray-camera-club took place on the 9th and I >> went >>>>>> along. I was a bit overdressed for the occasion, and in a rush, as I >> had >>>>>> one of my dinners on in the centre of Dublin a little over an hour >> later. >>>>>> >>>>>> Myself beside my photographs at the Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. >>>>>> Wicklow. Image taken by Eilis Taves using my Fuji X100S. >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Interiors/BCC+ >>>>>> Exhibitions/BCC+1.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Donal Enright and Malcolm McCamley at the BCC Exhibition in the >> Mermaid >>>>>> Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Fuji X100S. >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Interiors/BCC+ >>>>>> Exhibitions/BCC+2.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Douglas >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information