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You can't imagine how happy Kent Feiler and I both were to read this :)

"Steve Grant" wrote in news:brj0bo $ snipped-for-privacy@dispatch.concentric.net:

Does this mean we have a fourth???

With all due respect, Larry, I think wine even trumps bridge (pun intended) as far as the volume of knowledge available. Whereas in bridge, there are a finite number of possible hands and bidding and play conventions, I am assured that no matter how much time I devote to wine, there will always be next year's vintage, new producers, new regions, etc. That's part of the intellectual challenge of wine, IMNSHO, that complements so well the hedonistic aspects of the stuff.

And the winemakers redouble their efforts to make wines with finesse while attempting to avoid getting 'slammed' by their detractors.....

Bill (who spent FAR too much time in the faculty club playing duplicate)

Or more... my bridge is rather more advanced than my wine knowledge :). BBO oenophile table?

Hey, this is _great_! I had no idea how many bridge players we have on this NG. The only other one I knew of was Ian.

I haven't had time to play recently, but I keep current on the game by reading what's going on in the bridge world.

Bridge is to other card games as Romanee Conti is to Beaujolais. ;^)

Tom S

The popularity of wine among top bridge players is very high. Many of the national champion caliber players (which does *not* include me) in the New York-Philadelphia corridor are cork dorks.

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I'm not as active a bridge player as I used to be, but I still play some. My main game always was Chess, though; I'm not active in that any more either, but in my High School and College days, I was a very active tournament player.

Hey Ken, drop on down.

Wednesday afternoon here in Auckland, NZ is cloudless, very still, humidity free 27degrC - totally suitable for anything white and chilled.

Check !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh dear, you've really squeezed the dregs there, Bill.

But I'm forked if I'm going to throw in the cards, and act like a dummy. I'ma tenace-ious kind of soul, and while my clubs are rarely blue, I like to use them with precision. I will now throw you in and win the postmortem

All the best Ian (To reply by email PLEASE don't use "Reply to" but use my name at wanadoo.fr) Thanks.

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Thanks. I'd love to visit NZ sometime. Although it's winter here in Tucson, AZ, our winters are much milder than in much of the US. The forecast for today is 70 degrees F--about 21 C.

If we vote yours as worst, will it stem the flow? ;-)

And I see that you are spreading this using your poor relative's account - does he realize you are traducing his good name across the ether like that??

Was that a compound squeeze?

Are we about through Hamman it up on this topic? ;^)

S moT

Even if you don't find the time to write up the whole 15 courses, I (and I'm sure others) would appreciate at least hearing about the 5/5 matches.

Hope you're enjoying your holiday,

Andy

Nope, a hexagonal squeeze. Though I suppose that counts as pretty compound.

Indeed, but I remembered that we're in family ng!

I think we're nearly out of the blackwood. All the best Ian (To reply by email PLEASE don't use "Reply to" but use my name at wanadoo.fr) Thanks.

Another one here...I'll bring a bidding pad, a transfer Moscito system card, aged Hunter Semillon and a Chambers Rare Tokay.

Kieran (or Tiggrr on rgb)

You are going in the right diection. Anyone who says he/she is the expert & doesn't realize that each set of taste buds is different & we have widely divergent tastes & scents which we prefer is out of it. What's the good of serving a $200,00 bottle of a fine vintage of Chateau Marguaux if the tasters dislike red wines? Your guests would much prefer a Riesling Spatlese or Sauvignon Blanc. Wine skill & knowledge are wonderful it's great fun to learn nuances of the better wines, but you've got to take the human factor into consideration.

After Malvern Hill Pres. Lincoln visited with Gens. Mc Clellen & Sumner as well as Col. Nugent (Commander of the Irish Brigade.)` A Lt. James. M. Birmingham, Adjutant of the 88th N. Y. came from a swim in the James R. & with his underwear drying on his body saw them talking. He ducked behind some cover to eavesdrop in time to see & hear Pres. Lincoln (overcome with emotion at the bravery & sacrifice of the Irish Brigade.) as he lifted a corner of the 69th N. Y.'s flag, kissed it & said "God bless this Irish flag" From Joseph Bilby's book "Remember Fontenoy" on the Irish Brigade Lancaster Civil War Round Table Website