Answer the questions AND find the common thread between them:
1. Penfolds St. Henri Shiraz was developed in the 1950's. Who was Henri?
2. In 1917 things were tough for Bordeaux' Ducru Beaucaillou the produced a wine that was a complete contrast to their traditional Bordeaux blend; what was it?
3. John Keat's poem "Ode to a Nightingle" is the inspiration for an Australian wine. What is it?
Friday Quiz - Here it is
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Friday Quiz - Here it is
Eschew Obfuscation
1.Henri is the name of the first son of Leon Edmond Mazure, creator of St Henri and wine maker at Auldana, credited as the inventor of Sparkling reds.
2.In 1917 the vintage was so crap that Ducru produced a sparkling wine.
3.O for a draught of vintage! that hath been
Cool'd a long age in the deep-delved earth,
Tasting of Flora and the country green
Dance, and Provencal song, and sunburnt mirth.
O for a beaker full of the warm South,
Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene,
With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,
And purple stained mouth;
That I might drink and leave the world unseen,
And with thee fade away into the forest dim.
The Hippocrene being a reference to Sparkling Red from Wilson Vineyards
So the common thread would Be Sparkling Reds....methinks
Cheers
Dave
2.In 1917 the vintage was so crap that Ducru produced a sparkling wine.
3.O for a draught of vintage! that hath been
Cool'd a long age in the deep-delved earth,
Tasting of Flora and the country green
Dance, and Provencal song, and sunburnt mirth.
O for a beaker full of the warm South,
Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene,
With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,
And purple stained mouth;
That I might drink and leave the world unseen,
And with thee fade away into the forest dim.
The Hippocrene being a reference to Sparkling Red from Wilson Vineyards
So the common thread would Be Sparkling Reds....methinks
Cheers
Dave
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Hoo boy; DaveB is hot today.
Well done,
Just a bit more clarification on the first answer:
Dave is right in saying that Henry was the son of Edmund Mazure; but he was no saint having deserted his wife and young family, never to be seen again. There is a school of thought that says it may have been named after Edmund's wife Philomene Henriette, who was generally known as Henriette.
St. Henri was made by the old Auldana winery in the 19th century. John Davoran, the winemaker at Penfolds Auldana at the same time as Schubert who famously described Grange as 'dry port', found some old Auldana St. Henri's from the 1890's and used these for the label design and name for Penfolds St. Henri.
Source
Story of Sparkling Burgundy written by John Wilson for the Wilson Vineyard newsletter in 1993, it's an excellent read.
check it out at http://www.wilsonvineyard.com.au/newsle ... age93.html
also "Max Schubert - Winemaker" by Houn Hooke
Well done,
Just a bit more clarification on the first answer:
Dave is right in saying that Henry was the son of Edmund Mazure; but he was no saint having deserted his wife and young family, never to be seen again. There is a school of thought that says it may have been named after Edmund's wife Philomene Henriette, who was generally known as Henriette.
St. Henri was made by the old Auldana winery in the 19th century. John Davoran, the winemaker at Penfolds Auldana at the same time as Schubert who famously described Grange as 'dry port', found some old Auldana St. Henri's from the 1890's and used these for the label design and name for Penfolds St. Henri.
Source
Story of Sparkling Burgundy written by John Wilson for the Wilson Vineyard newsletter in 1993, it's an excellent read.
check it out at http://www.wilsonvineyard.com.au/newsle ... age93.html
also "Max Schubert - Winemaker" by Houn Hooke
Eschew Obfuscation