[roughplanet[_2_]]

"keithr" wrote in message
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MiNe 109 wrote:

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TT wrote:

"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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I had a very late night last night, talking music until the early
hours with an
old colleague I have not seen for a very long time .

Ah yes, an excellent way to spend an evening, especially if some fine
reds and few ports are consumed. Then the reminiscing becomes
embellishing ;-)

I have a bottle or two of Merlot 84, which I keep for such
occasions.

Great. Open one to let it breathe a little and I'll be straight over.
If only it was that easy? I am very partial to Merlot. Except once
when I passed through LAX and I asked for a Merlo(t) and the bar staff
corrected me in a broad 'Ameriken' accent and said "No, it is a
Mer-Lot." And then proceeded to get it out of the refrigerator!!!!!!!
It was a sweet French wine more like raspberry cordial. So the wife
drank it.

That explains a lot, the only time that I tried Mer-Lot was while I was
living in the US. I immediately put it on my list of experiences not to
repeat.

Someone else meets a bone-head airport bartender and you write off a
varietal?

Nope, in an otherwise very nice restaurant sharing a bottle with some
American friends who seemed to think it quite acceptable. Having not tried
it elsewhere, I assumed that that was just the way it was meant to be.
Whilst living in the States, I also tried White Zinfandel once, that was
enough, I have a sweet tooth, but that was just too much.

NZ wineries do a very nice DRY Zinfandel. Interesting :-).

ruff