Clearly no cost of living crisis among flint knapper of the world....
I can concur it good stuff.
The best pink fizz in the world? Gotta be up there.
Also it consistently surprises. You give it to friends and the older and less up-to-speed presume it is French or maybe Italian or even American, but it is British and English and ours and it is exquisite. Pricey, however
One of the best moments we had at the office pre-COVID was a blind testing of sparkling wines across Europe and our French unit director picking Nytimber over the Champagne option (which was in the £50-60 range iirc). He's never been able to live it down.
Nyetimber is fantastic.
I would also like to suggest the US champagnes made by the French houses in Napa - not least because they are excellent value. Mumm Napa is about 15 quit.
The best Californian sparklers are good, but they lack the delicacy of good champagne. England produces just about the only sparkling wines which are genuinely up there with the best.
I would agree that Nyetimber is genuinely outstanding. But it's also 4-5x the price of Chandon, Mumm Napa or Roederer Estate.
The standard Nyetimber is £27.69 at Waitrose. Were you thinking of some fancier cuvee?
Wow. I'm sorry, I thought it was 40 quid, vs 15 dollars for Mumm Napa.
In the discussion of a bye for Ukraine to the World Cup, has anyone suggested kicking Russia out and having Scotland play Poland instead?
You'd have one too many teams then, wouldn't you?
Postpones the problem though. This round, Russia just “loses” and Scotland and Poland both get a game. Later on you could redesign the paths and extract Ukraine, taking it straight through.
Two in a row. That's England in the Seventies. I was 15 before I was aware of England in a World Cup.
11 for me - my first World Cup memory is Ray Houghton scoring against Italy in 94.
Strangely I remember the day of the 1970 World Cup Final really well. It was our kid's Christening. We had a football pitch cake with chocolate goalposts. I was three. His Godfather was a distinctly less than gruntled Italian. His mood didn't improve when he discovered the score!
Two in a row. That's England in the Seventies. I was 15 before I was aware of England in a World Cup.
11 for me - my first World Cup memory is Ray Houghton scoring against Italy in 94.
I can remember watching with my Dad at breakfast time England Lose a semi final to Brazil, the ball deflecting over the goal keeper. I must have been about 6. I remember the goal and goalkeeper, a horrible greasy looking man.
Two in a row. That's England in the Seventies. I was 15 before I was aware of England in a World Cup.
11 for me - my first World Cup memory is Ray Houghton scoring against Italy in 94.
I can remember watching with my Dad at breakfast time England Lose a semi final to Brazil, the ball deflecting over the goal keeper. I must have been about 6. I remember the goal and goalkeeper, a horrible greasy looking man.
Two in a row. That's England in the Seventies. I was 15 before I was aware of England in a World Cup.
11 for me - my first World Cup memory is Ray Houghton scoring against Italy in 94.
I can remember watching with my Dad at breakfast time England Lose a semi final to Brazil, the ball deflecting over the goal keeper. I must have been about 6. I remember the goal and goalkeeper, a horrible greasy looking man.
Please don't hate me for this:
It was the quarter final. It didn't take a deflection, he just overhit it (he never meant it, whatever he says).
But it was Brazil's hardest match. The bloody Germans made the final despite being average.
Two in a row. That's England in the Seventies. I was 15 before I was aware of England in a World Cup.
11 for me - my first World Cup memory is Ray Houghton scoring against Italy in 94.
I can remember watching with my Dad at breakfast time England Lose a semi final to Brazil, the ball deflecting over the goal keeper. I must have been about 6. I remember the goal and goalkeeper, a horrible greasy looking man.
Two in a row. That's England in the Seventies. I was 15 before I was aware of England in a World Cup.
11 for me - my first World Cup memory is Ray Houghton scoring against Italy in 94.
I can remember watching with my Dad at breakfast time England Lose a semi final to Brazil, the ball deflecting over the goal keeper. I must have been about 6. I remember the goal and goalkeeper, a horrible greasy looking man.
Two in a row. That's England in the Seventies. I was 15 before I was aware of England in a World Cup.
11 for me - my first World Cup memory is Ray Houghton scoring against Italy in 94.
I can remember watching with my Dad at breakfast time England Lose a semi final to Brazil, the ball deflecting over the goal keeper. I must have been about 6. I remember the goal and goalkeeper, a horrible greasy looking man.
Your memory is not entirely accurate.
I thinking it was David Seaman and Ronaldinho the scorer, but a quarter final.
Two in a row. That's England in the Seventies. I was 15 before I was aware of England in a World Cup.
11 for me - my first World Cup memory is Ray Houghton scoring against Italy in 94.
I can remember watching with my Dad at breakfast time England Lose a semi final to Brazil, the ball deflecting over the goal keeper. I must have been about 6. I remember the goal and goalkeeper, a horrible greasy looking man.
Your memory is not entirely accurate.
I thinking it was David Seaman and Ronaldinho the scorer, but a quarter final.
But that was only two or three years ago surely?….
"Rishi Sunak refuses to answer questions about his millionaire wife's stake in Indian firm with Russian connections amid western sanctions after being asked if his family 'could be benefitting from Putin's regime'."
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His mood didn't improve when he discovered the score!
He's still playing for Parma in Serie B.
It was the quarter final. It didn't take a deflection, he just overhit it (he never meant it, whatever he says).
But it was Brazil's hardest match. The bloody Germans made the final despite being average.
chopped on after @FrancisUrquhart said something silly.
Has there ever been a worse budget?
"Rishi Sunak refuses to answer questions about his millionaire wife's stake in Indian firm with Russian connections amid western sanctions after being asked if his family 'could be benefitting from Putin's regime'."