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Brian Ellis

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1410 on: August 30, 2010, 01:21:34 PM »
Armin grapes have been grown in East Anglia since the Middle Ages, there are not many vineyards now, but the number are growing.  http://www.eastanglianwines.co.uk/index.htm

I understant the wine is quite light, (I don't drink) so I don't think the European vineyards need to worry - yet 8)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1411 on: August 30, 2010, 01:51:57 PM »
This info for UK vineyards..
http://www.food.gov.uk/enforcement/sectorrules/winestandards/ukvineyards


You can even google a link to an "Aberdeen Vineyard" ..... but it is the name of a church group. :P


 I have read that the first commercial outdoor vineyard in Scotland is on the banks of Loch Tay in Perthshire, where they hoped to make a  Riesling wine.... but I cannot find any further information.
 I have taken calls from gardeners for the radio phone-in from further north-east in Scotland who are growing good vines (for grapes  to eat rather than make wine) - they have the root of the vines  in a glass house and the vines are trained outside - I was surprised  to learn that was successful further north than here.
« Last Edit: August 30, 2010, 01:57:32 PM by Maggi Young »
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Diane Clement

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1412 on: August 30, 2010, 01:54:24 PM »
Quote from: Armin on August 30, 2010, 01:01:35 PM
Brian,
I'm a bit surprised to see grapes growing so far north.
Since when are the grapes grown in your region?
How does the wine taste?

We're a bit further north than Brian and there is a commercial vineyard very close to us, one of the biggest vineyards in England (perhaps that's not saying much!).  Latitude about 55.5oN
http://www.halfpenny-green-vineyards.co.uk/show.php?show=home&page=home
Wine is OK, but a bit expensive for what it is

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1413 on: August 30, 2010, 05:58:07 PM »
Ther's also a vineyard in 'last of the summer wine country'
http://www.holmfirthvineyard.com/
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1414 on: August 30, 2010, 08:23:32 PM »
Wine in Holmfirth!! Good Lord what is the world coming too. In my young days in Holmfirth you were a cissy if you drank Mild. ;D
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1415 on: August 30, 2010, 08:31:52 PM »
Especially after ballet lessons, David!!   ;D
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1416 on: August 30, 2010, 11:18:18 PM »
Oh oh!
It seems I've closed another knowledge gap ??? ;D
Many thanks for the fine wine lectures, Brian, Maggi, Diane and Mick.

David, what is a cissy? ::)
Can't find a translation.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1417 on: August 30, 2010, 11:21:57 PM »
Quote from: Armin on August 30, 2010, 11:18:18 PM
Oh oh!
It seems I've closed another knowledge gap ??? ;D
Many thanks for the fine wine lectures, Brian, Maggi, Diane and Mick.

David, what is a cissy? ::)
Can't find a translation.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sissy
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1418 on: August 30, 2010, 11:35:01 PM »
Mark, many thanks for the link.
Cissy=sissy!
That's it what I thought.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1419 on: August 31, 2010, 07:47:21 PM »
I'm afraid this one is definitely more Kermit the Frog, than Pamela Anderson....
A plant very well known for its foliage, but about to flower here.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1420 on: August 31, 2010, 08:11:28 PM »
Giles :

I think it could be a fig  :D

Hans
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1421 on: August 31, 2010, 08:19:30 PM »
Hans,
Sorry, no edible fruit from this one...
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1422 on: August 31, 2010, 08:23:58 PM »
Is the genus FICUS right ?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1423 on: August 31, 2010, 08:33:09 PM »
Sorry, no.
It's a Dutch introduction......
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1424 on: August 31, 2010, 08:34:57 PM »
thanks Giles ...but no idea  ???
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