Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No longer wish you were here; wish I were there. Seth - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 9:27 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW 9 dlridings > Ah .. the red stuff. > > The Hansa group made money out of picking up things cheap and then > exporting them expensively. I suppose that we might call it a "cartel" > today (sp?). > > Lübeck made it's money on three things in particular: herring, salt and > wine. So even if northern Germany isn't a wine district, there is a lot of > stored knowledge and tradition when it comes to wine. > > This particular wine came from Chile. I'm a little picky when it comes to > wines, but their winemaster did a good job in selecting their house wine. > It was excellent. A little heavy (you needed a heavier wine to cut through > the fat :) ) but full-bodied. It reminded me of a good Rioja ... somewhere > between a good Rioja and a good year of South African Pinotage. > > My wife has the note with the label and year. I can get back on that > later. > > Now for the REAL reason of driving down to Lübeck ... A bunch of friends > are coming over on Saturday evening and I would like to treat them to > everything ... food, wine, spirits (the last two are not the usual > Scandinavian custom ... none of us get paid THAT much). Wine cost 1/3 of > the Swedish price in Lübeck ... and as I said earlier ... there was no > lack of experts to make recommendations :) > > Daniel > > > On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Seth Rosner wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> > > > > > The alternative is my birthday meal: > > > > > > http://geocities.com/daniel_ridings/paw2003/9alt1.html > > > > > > Daniel > > > > Finished breakfast just a while ago, Daniel. Nevertheless am salivating > > heavily. Please describe in detail the red substance in the glasses. > > > > Having a wonderful time. Wish you were her. > > > > Seth > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html