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2008 - Autumn
07-12-2008, 11:49 AM,
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2008 - Autumn
My Berry Bros Christmas hamper - ordered pre-economic supernova - arrived in my absence. It's a Kiwi Special - 4 x 3 selections of the rightly-lauded tipple with the curious selection of flavours in every mouthful. The excellent Cloudy Bay (2007 yet none the worse for its recent vintage), a 2006 Pinot (as yet untried), a surprisingly delicious 2005 SB variation Te Koko and for those celebratory moments their version of good old bubbly, Pelorus. I am, this year at any rate, very much the Marlborough man.

Rather like your increasingly heart-warming and entertaining missives, this delivery has hastened the arrival of the Christmas Spirit at Chez Sweder. It's fair to say I sweep the board when it comes to Seasonal Grumpy Old Curmudgeon awards but I can't help rubbing my hands at the prospect of a defiant rage against the gathering gloom, armed as I am with supplies of good wine, my reprieved wood-burner with its well-stocked lean-to and a steady flow of much-missed El Gordo wit and wisdom Big Grin

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph

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2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 05-10-2008, 12:17 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Antonio247 - 05-10-2008, 07:15 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 05-10-2008, 07:32 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Bierzo Baggie - 05-10-2008, 09:33 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 05-10-2008, 06:56 PM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 05-10-2008, 07:25 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 06-10-2008, 09:51 AM
2008 - Autumn - by marathondan - 06-10-2008, 11:21 AM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 06-10-2008, 08:01 PM
2008 - Autumn - by suzieq - 06-10-2008, 08:12 PM
2008 - Autumn - by marathondan - 07-10-2008, 05:50 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 14-10-2008, 02:04 AM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 14-10-2008, 09:28 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 14-10-2008, 09:47 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 14-10-2008, 10:52 AM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 14-10-2008, 11:44 AM
2008 - Autumn - by marathondan - 14-10-2008, 09:06 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 14-10-2008, 09:13 PM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 14-10-2008, 10:56 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 15-10-2008, 10:45 AM
2008 - Autumn - by marathondan - 16-10-2008, 07:28 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 16-10-2008, 07:31 PM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 16-10-2008, 09:36 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 16-10-2008, 10:22 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 18-10-2008, 07:02 AM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 18-10-2008, 08:56 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 24-10-2008, 07:59 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 24-10-2008, 08:22 AM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 24-10-2008, 10:20 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Antonio247 - 24-10-2008, 07:09 PM
2008 - Autumn - by marathondan - 28-10-2008, 10:10 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 31-10-2008, 10:34 AM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 31-10-2008, 12:50 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 31-10-2008, 01:15 PM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 31-10-2008, 01:36 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 31-10-2008, 01:47 PM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 01-11-2008, 07:34 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 02-11-2008, 07:39 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 06-11-2008, 10:10 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 06-11-2008, 02:49 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 13-11-2008, 12:39 AM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 13-11-2008, 01:12 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 13-11-2008, 01:33 AM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 13-11-2008, 08:39 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Seafront Plodder - 13-11-2008, 09:37 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 13-11-2008, 10:14 AM
2008 - Autumn - by marathondan - 13-11-2008, 11:15 AM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 13-11-2008, 11:18 AM
2008 - Autumn - by stillwaddler - 13-11-2008, 04:19 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Antonio247 - 13-11-2008, 05:06 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 13-11-2008, 05:15 PM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 13-11-2008, 05:16 PM
2008 - Autumn - by William_Shakespeare - 14-11-2008, 09:14 AM
2008 - Autumn - by glaconman - 14-11-2008, 12:57 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 14-11-2008, 09:47 PM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 15-11-2008, 12:10 AM
2008 - Autumn - by marathondan - 15-11-2008, 10:44 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 15-11-2008, 11:47 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 17-11-2008, 09:50 AM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 17-11-2008, 10:47 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Antonio247 - 17-11-2008, 02:45 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 18-11-2008, 09:47 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 23-11-2008, 11:13 PM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 24-11-2008, 12:15 AM
2008 - Autumn - by marathondan - 24-11-2008, 09:15 AM
2008 - Autumn - by stillwaddler - 24-11-2008, 01:14 PM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 24-11-2008, 01:27 PM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 24-11-2008, 06:26 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 24-11-2008, 07:50 PM
2008 - Autumn - by marathondan - 27-11-2008, 11:31 AM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 27-11-2008, 12:24 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Antonio247 - 01-12-2008, 08:20 PM
2008 - Autumn - by marathondan - 02-12-2008, 07:56 AM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 02-12-2008, 09:56 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 02-12-2008, 11:10 AM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 04-12-2008, 01:13 PM
2008 - Autumn - by marathondan - 04-12-2008, 01:58 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 07-12-2008, 11:49 AM
2008 - Autumn - by El Gordo - 08-12-2008, 10:27 PM
2008 - Autumn - by Sweder - 08-12-2008, 11:06 PM

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