Wine Lovers Corner
- Stanley
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Will you survive? ( )
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Not keen enough it seems. I had to go to Aldi tonight, and took my specs, and had a close look at the bottom shelf. I was wrong- there are lots of less than £4 bottles available.
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It would have been rude not to. . . .
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I had to drive into town to pick up my new glasses.
Well, seeing as I was in town I may as well...
Well, seeing as I was in town I may as well...
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Let us not forget the great kosher wines such as Chateau le Crock, a snip at £54 a bottle. Manischewitz wine from New Jersey (Jack Sussman said that it was the worst Jewish joke ever!) and of course Schapiro's. They closed at one point but I found this on the web....
New York…Schapiro’s Kosher Wines , Manhattan’s only kosher winery for 100 years, is attempting a comeback, thanks to Kickstarter.com, a crowd funding tool which allows interested readers to donate to a specific cause or product. The donated money is then returned unless the needed amount is raised within the specified amount of time. It was in 1899 on the Lower East Side that Sam Schapiro created the first local kosher wine made from sweet concord grapes, so thick you can practically “cut it with a knife”, as he proudly advertised it. Produced underneath Rivington Street, the wine was sold for generations, including during the Prohibition due to its “sacramental” status. For over 100 years, Schapiro’s remained the only winery in Manhattan. In this Kickstarter project, grandson Daniel Schapiro aspires to continue his great grandfather’s iconic legacy by launching “Schapiro’s Sederade: Celebrate being Jewish and Kosher Kool!” As stated on their Kickstarter page.
My pic of Schapiro's shop in 1980. Note the slogan on the shop front.
New York…Schapiro’s Kosher Wines , Manhattan’s only kosher winery for 100 years, is attempting a comeback, thanks to Kickstarter.com, a crowd funding tool which allows interested readers to donate to a specific cause or product. The donated money is then returned unless the needed amount is raised within the specified amount of time. It was in 1899 on the Lower East Side that Sam Schapiro created the first local kosher wine made from sweet concord grapes, so thick you can practically “cut it with a knife”, as he proudly advertised it. Produced underneath Rivington Street, the wine was sold for generations, including during the Prohibition due to its “sacramental” status. For over 100 years, Schapiro’s remained the only winery in Manhattan. In this Kickstarter project, grandson Daniel Schapiro aspires to continue his great grandfather’s iconic legacy by launching “Schapiro’s Sederade: Celebrate being Jewish and Kosher Kool!” As stated on their Kickstarter page.
My pic of Schapiro's shop in 1980. Note the slogan on the shop front.
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Aldi and Lidl are more my style Stanley!
I will try a drop of this tonight, on special offer in Lidl a few weeks back.
I will try a drop of this tonight, on special offer in Lidl a few weeks back.
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Fascinating. . . Kosher wine It's an education this site - isn't it?
I'm warming to Judaism - I like the quote " Ein Simcha Ela BeBasar Veyayin—"There is no joy except through meat and wine". Not quite true, but on the right track, and the blessing " Blessed are you O Lord, Who created the fruit of the vine" has a lot of appeal.
I'm warming to Judaism - I like the quote " Ein Simcha Ela BeBasar Veyayin—"There is no joy except through meat and wine". Not quite true, but on the right track, and the blessing " Blessed are you O Lord, Who created the fruit of the vine" has a lot of appeal.
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I've tried a drop and paintstripper comes to mind. Not recommended but my supplier says it was very cheap!
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Kambala Chenin Blanc helped wash down tonight's chicken fajitas. Light and refreshing and just £3.79 from Aldi
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After a bit of thought I had another glass of that Moscato which I'd rejected earlier and have decided that I can live with it.
There's a hint of Elder-flower in there.
There's a hint of Elder-flower in there.
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Glad you liked the Kosher connection David.
The other strange wine connection I remember is the world of Sanatogen and Buckfast Abbey. See THIS Guardian article for an instructive ten minutes on Buckfast and 'Neds'. ('The Buckie made me do it!' has become the classic defence in Glaswegian assault trials.)
My old doc Arthur Morrison told me that he had quite a few Rechabite patients who swore by Sanatogen, he never told them it was alcoholic because it was doing them so much good. (See THIS for a description of the Independent Order of Rechabites.)
The other strange wine connection I remember is the world of Sanatogen and Buckfast Abbey. See THIS Guardian article for an instructive ten minutes on Buckfast and 'Neds'. ('The Buckie made me do it!' has become the classic defence in Glaswegian assault trials.)
My old doc Arthur Morrison told me that he had quite a few Rechabite patients who swore by Sanatogen, he never told them it was alcoholic because it was doing them so much good. (See THIS for a description of the Independent Order of Rechabites.)
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Thanks for the link to the Rechabites - I'd not heard of them. They've really no business on this thread though.
Great joy to read in the link that "The IOR were an offshoot of the Calathumpians, then a diverse collection of social reformers of independent religious views." Or as the Failsworth writer Ben Brierley described them 'Gallithumpians'. I'm a fan, as I've mentioned previously. I meant to put my religion down as such on the recent census, but for some reason failed to do so. I will next time though - he said optimistically.
Great joy to read in the link that "The IOR were an offshoot of the Calathumpians, then a diverse collection of social reformers of independent religious views." Or as the Failsworth writer Ben Brierley described them 'Gallithumpians'. I'm a fan, as I've mentioned previously. I meant to put my religion down as such on the recent census, but for some reason failed to do so. I will next time though - he said optimistically.
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"They've really no business on this thread though."
Sorry David, I have to disagree. This is exactly the right place to remind the world of the Calathumpians and Rechabites.
Sorry David, I have to disagree. This is exactly the right place to remind the world of the Calathumpians and Rechabites.
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I agree with the former, but I'm struggling to connect 'wine lovers' with the latter.
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Ah, but doesn't 'wine lovers' refer to the participants and not the subjects?
I will of course defer if this is not the case....
I will of course defer if this is not the case....
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A bit deep for me, but yes I think you're right.
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Now - for anyone feeling guilty about wine drinking here's the latest research. from the unfortunately named Prof Thomas Lüscher.
I liked his comment "he has cut his intake recently and now mainly enjoys one or two glasses at the weekend."
Sounds to me that he lies to his doctor - like everyone else.
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Have a look at this. Dr Thomas Stuttaford wrote a regular column on health for The Times in the 1990s and always recommended drinking red wine. The Oldie article has a 2021 header but note that it was written in 1992!
`The Joys of Alcohol - by the late Dr Thomas Stuttaford' LINK
`The Joys of Alcohol - by the late Dr Thomas Stuttaford' LINK
Nullius in verba: On the word of no one (Motto of the Royal Society)
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This weekend I might enjoy a glass or two of this Beefsteak Club Malbec. My supplier tells me he bought it at Sainsburys with 25% off for buying 6 plus a discount coupon for spending over £30....almost free in fact!
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By golly you lot have been at it since my last drink, well apart from a small glass of red yesterday. Another soon now Bob is back from his model engineers group . Just from the box at the moment but rather nice it is. A Tesco box of Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon... Isla Negro better than a lot of bottles . Weekend starts tomorrow
If you keep searching you will find it
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Box is empty so we are on a French red from Super U . Chateau Mauleon Caramany 2019 . Very nice indeed
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Careful, that's going to spill...