[Leica] IMG: The Remnants of the Afternoon

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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