... though some say Shiraz ...

Hello Ed; Sorry about the typo. No we did taste this previously, even gave a [TN] about it - it was one of those Croze-Hermitage we tasted while sitting in for the Garage Wine Importers, and, believe it or not, we liked it! Really. Yes. Cross my heart etc. Did. As for the Oz Shiraz, I can understand anyone taking a fancy to them - just as long as they are not too much bramble jam zeroing in at great velocity ...

Cheers

Nils Gustaf

Garage referring to the importers, not to the wine, I presume...

Cheers Nils !

Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link

I have lurked in this NG for well over a year now, but this one has made me post.

What the heck does "blue stencilled paper" smell like, and how can you distinguish it from red or ochre or periwinkle paper, stencilled or otherwise??

Thanks, Curt

presented

stencilled

FWIW, I understood "blue stencilled paper" to mean what we used to call "ditto" paper although I could be wrong. It has an odor that is similar to rubbing alcohol.

As Bi!! noted, this is an archaic item, often, in the "olden days" in the US, referred to as "memeograph" paper. Anyone less than about 45 has probably never smelled this. Another possibility for "blue stencilled paper" might be "carbon paper" which was often dark blue, but most often black. It had the aroma of pencil lead and a bit of spirits, possibly alcohol, but possibly a mineral spirit. I'd go for memeograph paper, myself.

Hunt

VA also covers the presence of acetaldehyde - a compound that is closely related to acetic acid.

Tom S

Some would also include ethyl acetate (smells of overripe peach to me) in VA, as some of the populace smells it as acetic acid (hydrolysis in the nasal passage?)

Mark Lipton