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ColinM

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Once in a Blue Moon
« on: September 25, 2015, 15:33:52 »
Now my son works in a wine merchants, birthdays have become a bit more interesting:


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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2015, 17:13:47 »
Oh by the way, he didn't pay for it all (just told me about some promising bin-ends and we used his staff discount).

I don't normally get to try stuff in this price range very often.
We're hoping to try the Bolly tonight ;)
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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2015, 17:18:16 »
lovely holidays ahead :)
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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2015, 17:32:37 »
Quote from: Fons Baerken on September 25, 2015, 17:18:16
lovely holidays ahead :)
Better than that - my birthday on Saturday :)
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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2015, 17:43:03 »
Quote from: ColinM on September 25, 2015, 17:32:37
Better than that - my birthday on Saturday :)

Happy Birthday... :-) We'll share a virtual bottle of Champagne... :-)
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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2015, 01:38:14 »
Happy Birthday and bon appetit.



You know Colin, you have a few holes in the wine rack. You gotta fill 'em. (I really want to see the Parisian's wine collection ... probably fills up the entire cellar.)
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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2015, 02:59:09 »
Colin - clearly you did something right :)
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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2015, 05:13:40 »
Jacques - thanks (hope you enjoyed that as much as I did!)

Gary - cheers (that looks like a potent red you're pouring in there, plenty of "legs" on it as it rises up the glass)

Else - you're too kind. I guess you're talking about the emphasis I put on my parenting priorities and the children's upbringing?!
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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2015, 05:59:39 »
Quote from: ColinM on September 26, 2015, 05:13:40
I guess you're talking about the emphasis I put on my parenting priorities and the children's upbringing?!

exactly
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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2015, 07:59:28 »
Happy birthday. I love wine if my health allows to digest it.
Interesting your son is in the business. My take on wine is
to find a good one buy lots of it and stay with the kind for
quite a while. Other friends like to open three different bottles
on one evening wich is not always a good idea.
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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2015, 16:14:48 »
Thanks Frank.

I have been fortunate not to suffer from hangovers when I was younger. Nowadays I am more aware of the after-effects so don't drink that much.

For me the biggest danger is that a glass or two of something nice often makes me feel like eating. And by that stage I have the willpower of a tiny gnat, so it can be fatal for my waistline :(
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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2015, 19:54:36 »
Frank, variety is the spice of life. I am always sampling new stuff. There are wines that I repeat ... but in my wine storage, the new stuff is in greater abundance than the repeats.

(Whenever I see this title I think of beer not vino.)
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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2015, 22:38:34 »
And tonight in Europe, it's not a Blue moon, but the super/eclipsed moon we've got to look forward to.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34375868

Sat outside in front of a fire as the moon came up an illuminated the whole garden. No fine wine tonight, just a glass or two of home made mead (made with the finest Welsh honey).

Sadly we have to wait till 1 or 2am till the eclipse fully kicks in. I'm relying on some of you more organised people to get some pictures of this.
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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2015, 22:51:32 »
well I am getting up at 3:45 to see the blood moon. And a nice young man offered to play body guard.
friggen pressure now to actually get a photo....  ::)
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Re: Once in a Blue Moon
« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2015, 09:37:19 »
Quote from: elsa hoffmann on September 27, 2015, 22:51:32
well I am getting up at 3:45 to see the blood moon. And a nice young man offered to play body guard.
friggen pressure now to actually get a photo....  ::)

Ahh, you didn't tell us you were too distracted to take the photo Elsa..... ;)
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