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Post by gyro on Mar 21, 2009 22:14:08 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2009 22:18:10 GMT
And I am drinking cheap red wine that BigIain would probably fight me for, if the supply were running dry.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Mar 21, 2009 22:52:14 GMT
I abstained from spirituous liquors this day.
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Post by gyro on Mar 21, 2009 23:08:08 GMT
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Post by palesa on Mar 22, 2009 4:49:37 GMT
Did I just see a smiley in the post above, by the one who hates smileys? Could it be that he is reformed and seen the light? |
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Post by BigIain on Mar 22, 2009 22:11:48 GMT
Ha!, Happily France procuces enough low quality red to keep everyone happy, K!
Lets just hope we never have to scrap for the last glass anytime soon. I imagine that there is a French martial art especially for that situation?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2009 22:18:49 GMT
At least you and I know that the low quality French red is more drinkable than the low quality wine of certain other countries (not Italy or Spain, however).
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 22, 2009 22:37:30 GMT
Kerouac, you spoke of "cheap red wine". Then Iain answered, referring to France's production of "low quality red". You followed suit in your reply #6 above.
So, my question is this: by certain "low quality" French (& Spanish & Italian) red wines, do you actually mean cheaper wines of lesser quality than the good wines, or do you really mean low quality?
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Post by BigIain on Mar 22, 2009 22:44:24 GMT
That is certainly what I always mean by low quality. I tend to stay away from the cheap rubbish such as "Cellerier des Dauphines" (spelt wrongly) which is only fit for stripping paint.
I think that K and I are on the same wavelength for the subtleties of the low quality/cheap red wine market!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2009 22:46:29 GMT
Of course, it is not just low price. Low quality in France is often high quality for certain other countries.
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 23, 2009 9:10:23 GMT
We were at a wedding last night on HMS Warrior in Portsmouth Historic Harbour. At the meal afterwards the Chilean Merlot was delicious but the champagne abominable. It was low quality but I suspect not cheap. With bad champagne you are definitely paying for the name not the wine. They would have done much bettter with a Cava from Spain - or a Blanquette de Limoux from France.
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Post by gyro on Mar 23, 2009 9:59:55 GMT
Ha, Palesa !
No, the problem is, this stupid site is pre-programmed to turn a colon and a dash into a ridiculous smiley creature abomination. So, unless I put a space between the ':' and the '-', it automatically comes up as one of those gurning turd feature things.
hth.
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Post by palesa on Mar 23, 2009 11:09:06 GMT
Yes, yes, what ever you say.  |
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Post by gyro on Mar 23, 2009 11:44:11 GMT
Damned if I do, damned if I don't ......
Do you drink beer, Pal ?
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Post by palesa on Mar 23, 2009 12:05:07 GMT
Eugh, no Gyro, have been known to have the odd shandy in my life but beer, eugh.
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Post by happytraveller on Mar 23, 2009 12:30:20 GMT
What's a shandy ?
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Post by gyro on Mar 23, 2009 12:30:54 GMT
Oh, well ...... I can hardly rely on the opinion of a HEATHEN then, can I ?
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Post by palesa on Mar 23, 2009 12:51:56 GMT
HT, shandy is beer mixed with sprite or lemonade. As you can see from the response above, it is considered a mortal sin amongst been drinkers!
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Post by Don Cuevas on Mar 23, 2009 12:56:28 GMT
I am currently drinking my second mug this a.m. of Oaxacan Pluma coffee, dark roasted. I take it black.
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Post by gyro on Mar 23, 2009 12:56:38 GMT
Ha, too right !
It's like having decaff coffee or ice in Brandy. Eeeurrgh !
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Post by happytraveller on Mar 23, 2009 13:37:44 GMT
Well then I am a sinner too ;-)
Here it's called Panache and since last summer we can buy something similar to it, beer flavoured with either grapefruit juice or lychee juice, they are LOVELY !
I can't stand beer either. ;D
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Post by palesa on Mar 23, 2009 14:09:10 GMT
I LOVE breaking the rules, HT.
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Post by gyro on Mar 23, 2009 14:09:51 GMT
That's what I like about these forum places; you connect with freaks of nature ..... !
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Post by palesa on Mar 23, 2009 14:22:50 GMT
Takes one to know one!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2009 14:27:53 GMT
HT, shandy is beer mixed with sprite or lemonade. As you can see from the response above, it is considered a mortal sin amongst been drinkers! I should be pointed out to our American readers that the English word lemonade does not mean the same thing as the American word lemonade. |
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Post by palesa on Mar 23, 2009 14:41:38 GMT
Please tell us the difference K2.
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Post by happytraveller on Mar 23, 2009 14:59:26 GMT
That's what I like about these forum places; you connect with freaks of nature ..... ! I'm proud to be a freak. Normal is boring. Kerouac, yeah what's the difference ? |
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Post by lagatta on Mar 23, 2009 15:00:03 GMT
I'm drinking a pot of moka (stovetop espresso) coffee - it's morning here. The coffee is locally-roasted, organic, fair trade, all those good things and actually very good. It is Gayo, from Indonesia, a mocha type (like a Viennese espresso, not a very black southern Italian one).
Oh, how I wish wine were cheaper here! There is a government monopoly on decent wine; people in Québec drink a lot of wine and they really stiff us on it (in English-speaking Canada they drink less wine but at least twice as much hard liquor). Unfortunately I'm not a beer lover - there are some good locally-produced small brewery beers.
But I'd like to be drinking the wine somewhere warmer, with spring flowers in bloom. With some yummy cheese.
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Post by happytraveller on Mar 23, 2009 15:12:03 GMT
But I'd like to be drinking the wine somewhere warmer, with spring flowers in bloom. With some yummy cheese. Can I join you ? Sounds great ! ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2009 15:13:31 GMT
Please tell us the difference K2. The term can refer to three different types of beverage: "Clear" lemonade: In France, the term limonade, from which the term "lemonade" is derived, originally applied to unsweetened water or carbonated soda water with lemon juice added.
"Cloudy" lemonade: In the U.S. and Canada lemonade refers to a mixture of lemon juice, sugar, and uncarbonated water.
"Fizzy" lemonade: In France, the modern use of the term limonade refers to sweet carbonated lemon soft drinks. Likewise, in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand the term mainly refers to a colourless, carbonated, sweet soft drink containing either natural or artificial lemon flavor, such as Schweppes Lemonade. |
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