tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post8924581884214220530..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Drinking Through Georgette Heyer's 'Devil's CubDesperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-88994378429173170792021-03-17T14:27:17.043+00:002021-03-17T14:27:17.043+00:00Thank you for reading, Heyer is generally fun, and...Thank you for reading, Heyer is generally fun, and also really good for sending you off at interesting tangents.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-89954939237272571252021-03-07T16:26:38.218+00:002021-03-07T16:26:38.218+00:00I mostly enjoy Heyer but I haven't read this o...I mostly enjoy Heyer but I haven't read this one -- might have to try it just as an excuse to try all the wines. Thanks so much for all the historical context and information, this was fascinating. Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-9290359839142610962021-03-05T11:57:50.250+00:002021-03-05T11:57:50.250+00:00I like to think he's enthusiastic about the go...I like to think he's enthusiastic about the good things rather than a confirmed alcoholic, but they are in really great wine country and there would have been plenty for him to be very enthusiastic about.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-36543744057523044722021-03-05T11:53:02.360+00:002021-03-05T11:53:02.360+00:00Did not know about Desperate Dan, it seems crazy t...Did not know about Desperate Dan, it seems crazy to think he's a contemporary of Hitler. Old bottles are special. I once drank some 1905 Madeira, as well as some from the 1920's and 30's, and Champagne from 1963. Normally really old bottles that will be drinkable are to expensive for me to think about buying so when the chances have come up they've felt even more special. My grandfather was a Titanic enthusiast and managed to buy at auction a bottle of white wine that came from the White Star line cellars, and would have been served on the Titanic. I'm hazy about the details (to young at the time to be paying proper attention), and I don't know what it was. He drank it and it was disgusting, so I doubt it was one of the really good Riesling's that first class would have enjoyed - they might just have had the staying power.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-2013410812180615182021-03-05T04:48:53.507+00:002021-03-05T04:48:53.507+00:00As a Heyer fan who doesn't like to drink, this...As a Heyer fan who doesn't like to drink, this was perfect context for me to better understand Rupert! He's such a wonderful character and I'll have even more sympathy for him on my next reread. Claire (The Captive Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07430380065718826213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-24838760481070903992021-03-04T23:37:23.308+00:002021-03-04T23:37:23.308+00:00No headache after, I didn't drink it all at on...No headache after, I didn't drink it all at once, but over a very few days - it kept quite well. It would have been good to share it with you, as you are probably someone who would thoroughly appreciate it. 1937 was a year in which The Dandy ( Desperate Dan) was first published, George VI was crowned, the Spanish civil war was taking place, and Hitler was planning invasion of some neighbouring countries, as well as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers doing their stuff.jayceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00252396018395433888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-65982757219673514512021-03-04T10:31:38.826+00:002021-03-04T10:31:38.826+00:00Oh, wow. I wish I'd been with you (was there a...Oh, wow. I wish I'd been with you (was there a headache after?). What a thing to drink. There's something very romantic about the idea of old wine. What was happening in the world when those grapes were on the vine (Fred and Ginger dancing together is the nicest image that comes immediately to mind)? It's absolute magic. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-4165511041815476992021-03-04T10:27:44.682+00:002021-03-04T10:27:44.682+00:00Thanks Harriet. As is obvious, I do love Heyer, bu...Thanks Harriet. As is obvious, I do love Heyer, but she doesn't need to be everyone's cup of tea. Her books aside though, her research was excellent so she's very good at providing little nuggets of information which lead into all sorts of unexpected places. After reading her throughout my teens, it was a happy surprise to find she was so sound on wine when I started learning about it on the job.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-73949684636706292072021-03-02T15:43:17.578+00:002021-03-02T15:43:17.578+00:00When we were staying with my husband's brother...When we were staying with my husband's brother a couple of Christmas's ago, he unearthed a bottle of Dow's port from 1937, which his father had squirreled away. No-one else wanted to try it , so I drank it - it was pretty good, and had a large amount of sediment in the bottom of the bottle. According to a wine auction website I looked it up on, it was worth about £500!jayceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00252396018395433888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-22518724114257077252021-03-02T09:06:45.024+00:002021-03-02T09:06:45.024+00:00I've never got to like Georgette Heyer and I&#...I've never got to like Georgette Heyer and I'm not much of a drinker (though I do like a good red wine) but I enjoyed this post enormously!Harriet Devinehttp://harrietdevine.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com