Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh yes - I always have my favourite Redbreast around though it usually is the cask strength or the 15 I actually prefer pot still Irish style whiskey when I am in the mood for a fruity dram to the non peated stuff made by your cousins across the sea! The real problem is availability outside UK/Ireland. Incidentally, considering that Redbreast (and Green Spot) are also made by Midleton at the same facility, they are a bit of a bargain, are they not, compared to Midleton branded offerings? :-) Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 4:00 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Yes, and you're right, Jayanand. As you know, climate is key as wine needs > an even cool temperature to mature in bottle, and our cellar which was > built in 1815 holds a temperature of 13c (55f). We have currently over a > hundred cases stored in it. However, here in Ireland, we also love whiskey > too, and make the best whiskey in the world, but we would say that, > wouldn't we? :-) > > For enthusiasts, why put your money into lens glass, when you could put it > into this type of glass. > https://www.celticwhiskeyshop.com/midleton-30-year-old > > Douglas > > On 29/04/2018 04:07, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > >> Impressive. Seems a great way to buy and enjoy wine. Here we focus on >> Single Malts, India being a whisky drinking country. >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 4:26 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >> >> We had our annual assessment tasting for my wine club today, in which we >>> try to see what is heading towards decline, and here are some of the >>> empties. Our club is only interested in Bordeaux wine. >>> >>> In addition to these reds that we have stocks of, we also had a tasting >>> of >>> nine differing dry whites with a view to purchase, and two very pleasant >>> sweet Sauternes that we also hold. The highlight was the blind tasting >>> which revealed that none of us have the nous of the Chinese market. The >>> "blind" wine was a decanted bottle of '98 Lafite Rothschild which, while >>> nice and very acceptable, all of us found ordinary enough, and certainly >>> not worth the ?800 a bottle some people will pay for it. We had bought a >>> couple of cases in 2001 before the inexplicable Lafite price frenzy in >>> 2010/11 in China, and sold them during the madness to buy other >>> comparable, >>> but cheaper, wines. It seems we made a good decision at the time. >>> >>> The highlight for me was a luscious '03 Rieussec ( one of the Sauternes) >>> which quite blew me away. Along with a few others, it's not in the photo. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/wine+tastin >>> g+remnants.jpg.html >>> >>> iPhone 5S. Can be seen large. >>> >>> 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 >