tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post5120440182333977055..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Winter Tales with Highland Park Whisky Desperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-35640775382937300052016-12-29T21:39:10.619+00:002016-12-29T21:39:10.619+00:00Thank you! Yes, the 25 year old is sadly the prese...Thank you! Yes, the 25 year old is sadly the preserve of the wealthy, I'm lucky to have tried it a couple of times at trade tastings. But perhaps I wouldn't have appreciated it as much if I could have taken drinking it for granted. GMB was an extraordinary writer, and one who's reputation seems to be growing which is encouraging. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-57436635479907508152016-12-29T21:34:19.817+00:002016-12-29T21:34:19.817+00:00Tasting is definitely different to drinking and it...Tasting is definitely different to drinking and it's a good skill/habit to have. I'm glad you've enjoyed these posts, I really enjoy writing them and am ever hopeful that I'm successfully sharing my enthusiasm for excellent wines and spirits (in a responsible way). There are so many exciting things out there just waiting to be tried. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-80259432801790214962016-12-24T13:19:29.477+00:002016-12-24T13:19:29.477+00:00Anonymous has left a new comment on your post &quo...Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Winter Tales with Highland Park Whisky": <br /><br />I have been watching an old episode of Dr Findlay's Casebook, starring Bill Simpson, Barbara Mullen and Andrew Cruikshank.<br />Available on a BBC DVD as well as on YouTube.<br />Now I am waiting for the moment when Dr Cameron (Cruikshank) will say to a departing guest, 'Ye'll have a dram before you go?'<br />Surely that is among the nicest phrases in the language just so long as one isn't driving?<br />If only the 25 year old Highland Park was on offer.<br />At £300 a pop it is for Lotto millionaires.<br />Dr Findlay may be kailyard (though witty kailyard) but George Mackay Brown is not.<br />Let's drink to the memory of his genius and to all the Orcadians whom he celebrated in his work.<br />Including the good Saint Magnus.<br />Wha's like us?<br />Damn few and they're aa deid.<br />Wishing you the peace of God that passes all understanding.<br />Merry Xmas and a safe and happy 2017.<br />J Haggerty Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-5738325133244936702016-12-24T09:02:14.090+00:002016-12-24T09:02:14.090+00:00I've really enjoyed reading all your posts abo...I've really enjoyed reading all your posts about the various drinks & their pairings with books. The trouble is now I have a long TBT (To Be Tasted) list as well as a TBR (To Be Read) list!! I remember belonging to a wine club around the time New World Wines were becoming available & still use the techniques learned to taste & appreciate, rather than just drink, these wines & spirits.Spade and Daggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447641240079673493noreply@blogger.com