Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Douglas.? We were in a Catholic group, so they had rolled out all the alcohol ads.? Speaking of Mouton, I had originally thought that it was Baron Philippe that had founded the industry in Israel, but it was Edmond. On 9/1/2019 5:47 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > Astonishing, I've never seen Jesus Christ being used as an endorser of > anything - let alone wine. A good blasphemous catch, Ken. > On the wine, I've never had wine from Israel, but if any of it is as > good as some of the Lebanese wines, I'd give it a go. However, a good > Bordeaux - like Mouton Rothschild might be a tad better than Mutton > Rothschild... > > Douglas > > > On 01/09/2019 21:01, Ken Carney via LUG wrote: >> These are tourist snaps from Cana, Israel, where tourists come to >> renew their wedding vows.? Maybe the husbands got lucky later on - >> hope so. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/_DSF5863-Edit.jpg.html >> >> There are also a lot of wine shops, and this is one of the ads. The >> wines set out for tasting were "ceremonial" wines and pretty bad.? >> But, I did see some bottles of red labeled "Rothschild". It turns out >> that in the late 1800's Baron Edmond Rothschild had become impressed >> with the soil there and founded some wineries. It doesn't appear the >> Rothschild family has had any involvement there in recent times, but >> whatever it was pretty good. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/_DSF5856-Edit-2.jpg.html >> >> Ken >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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