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{ Monthly Archives } April 2009

What do you call it?

“The Seven Surveys Old Vines” is the name of tonight’s wine although it the label has so many names that I’m not sure if that’s enough to identify it.  I love that name.  It echoes of history, stories and interest.  This is Peter Lehman’s Old Vines GSM, and the inclusion of the acronym somehow makes [...]

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Quaffing and how it’s done

I realise now, after having this blog for a little while, that I have committed a greivous oversight in failing to address the blog’s eponym, the quaff. The quaff, as you can probably tell by its old-timey sounding name, is a traditional imbibing technique that has been honed over generations.  The key element of the [...]

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The strange beast

Oh, sparkling red wine, how I love thee. As a matter of fact, I like sparkling red so much that I was tempted to write a sonnet about.  But I’m fairly sure the blog gods have got strict rules about neglecting your blog and then returning with a sonnet, so I would probably get smacked [...]

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