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Another from 'my' path to the pub.
Azalea now at it's peak.
From 'my' path again
Carn Galva
HFF everyone!
HANWE everyone!
Another HFF and in the nick of time!
Tunnel effect. Path at Springtime. HANWE everyone!
Another stile on 'my' path to the pub!
From Redruth station platform
Back in Spain!
Another azalea
Jasmine
Not yet. But a promise of good things to come!
Rhododendron, Mum's garden
The Faro of Madrid and The Museum of the Americas.…
Mum's azalea again
HANWE everyone!
Passion flower
For Pam
Rhododendron, for Keith, in answer to his question…
My Mum's garden in May.
Maybe another 10 days - 2 weeks.
Spot the climber
I think it's blackthorn, but hawthorn is a possibi…
Downtown Madrid
HANWE everyone! Cornish granite
HFF everyone!
Bosigran Head, Cornwall
Coats back on.
Moon, Mars, and St Day marketplace clocktower.
Blackthorn blossom and sunset.
Azalea
A humungously tall tree in St Day's Old Church gra…
St Day (roofless) old parish church
Mountain stream over granite. After the rain.
Another Cornish granite stile.
Cornish Coast 2. Serene
Cornish Coast 1. Angry!
HFF no. 2 today
HFF! (1st of 2 today)
Same St Day field. Other handsome horse.
Another handsome horse enjoying the lush St Day gr…
St Day. My Mum's garden in April.
A Saint Day horsefield
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The best wine I ever drank!
La Mission Haut-Brion, 1963 half-bottle.
Faded label.
This wine was found by my Dad in a wine merchant's shop in Brighton. He got it to have with my 30th birthday meal. So it was 25 years old when we opened it, and that was 35 years ago but remembered in perfect detail! (... and so good I kept the bottle, which I very rarely do). So my parents, me and my girlfriend at that time enjoyed two (very) small glasses each - one with the main course (grouse from memory because I can recall helping my mum pluck and draw them) and the other with the cheese.
The surprise to me (and to those of you in the know) is that 1963 is widely considered to be one of the very worst Bordeaux vintages of the 20th century. Nevertheless, La Mission have a reputation for producing great wines even in atrocious years and they excelled themselves with this one!
Faded label.
This wine was found by my Dad in a wine merchant's shop in Brighton. He got it to have with my 30th birthday meal. So it was 25 years old when we opened it, and that was 35 years ago but remembered in perfect detail! (... and so good I kept the bottle, which I very rarely do). So my parents, me and my girlfriend at that time enjoyed two (very) small glasses each - one with the main course (grouse from memory because I can recall helping my mum pluck and draw them) and the other with the cheese.
The surprise to me (and to those of you in the know) is that 1963 is widely considered to be one of the very worst Bordeaux vintages of the 20th century. Nevertheless, La Mission have a reputation for producing great wines even in atrocious years and they excelled themselves with this one!
Erhard Bernstein, Fred Fouarge, Jean Paul Capdeville, Armando Taborda and 21 other people have particularly liked this photo
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Andy Rodker club has replied to William Sutherland clubSicher eine sehr schöne Erinnerung für Dich.
Schöne Grüße und eine gute Woche
Erich
Excellent picture and story.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Jenny McIntyre clubA wonderful and interesting picture, and great memory for you.
Sadly, I'm not a wine expert, but the main thing is that you enjoyed it!
Best Wishes, Happy Tuesday, a nice week ahead, and stay safe!!
Peter
George,
Thank you both!
Andy Rodker club has replied to Armando Taborda clubAndy Rodker club has replied to Jean Paul Capdeville clubNo (but I understand why you might think so!). Simply a mother with a great tradition of English farmhouse cooking behind her going back generations and an interest in cuisine from all round the world which I inherited from her (and of course including French, where I worked in a few restaurants in Lyon and in Provence - and not just 'faire la plonge!) .. and a father who has always had an interest in wine which we got into as children drinking watered down wine as I know do French children! My parents opened a well-regarded wine shop which added extra spice to the overall theme we're discussing here!
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