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What comes to your mind when you think of France?

Paris
 
Allan said:
Is Cognac trademarked like Champaign?
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It's a region, like Champagne. Actually a subdivided region based on soil types. The Grand Champagne and Petite Champagne (no relation to the Champagne wine) tend to produce the best quality grapes and there is a distinct difference in the product that comes from those regions as compared to the Bordaries, Fin Bois and Bois Ordinare regions.
 
Rexedgar said:
What objectives did we achieve in any of those conflicts?
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Get back to me when you understand the term "surrender". As the South Koreans what was accomplished in the Korean War, you know, the ones not living under a tin pot dictatorship. As for Vietnam, ultimately nothing. Our involvement ended in a treaty. After we were no longer involved, North Vietnam overran South Vietnam. No surrender by America, unless you think we should have re-entered an unpopular war. No sure what the **** you are talking about in regards to Yemen. We bombed the Houthis back into the stone age and they cried "uncle" Where was the surrender? As for Afghanistan, a phased withdrawal was already in progress before President Dementia (Biden) ordered a hasty and chaotic withdrawal.
 
Revolution! And my grandpa who flew the B-17 to liberate France
 
Just dropped in to see what was new and exciting and saw this question.

Weed

My friends and I called weed France so people wouldn't realize we were talking about drugs. :cool:
 
Lutherf said:
It's a region, like Champagne. Actually a subdivided region based on soil types. The Grand Champagne and Petite Champagne (no relation to the Champagne wine) tend to produce the best quality grapes and there is a distinct difference in the product that comes from those regions as compared to the Bordaries, Fin Bois and Bois Ordinare regions.
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Yes but does it have to be from those regions to be lawfully called Cognac?
 
Two things: Standing in the opulent vastness of Verasailles and suddenly realizing why there are revolutions and the cheerful comradery with a French woman selling me a sweater at a farmer's market after putting up with the snotty waiters and salespeople in Paris.
 
Allan said:
Yes but does it have to be from those regions to be lawfully called Cognac?
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Yes. There are rigid controls on how it is marketed and produced. Only grapes from Cognac region can be used and the labeling goes deeper than that based on what "terroir" the grapes come from and how long it is aged.
 
On Paris...if you plan on touring there and want to actually enjoy your time there, I have two words for you...."tour" and "guide". Get a good one. Book your site visits in advance...otherwise you are likely to spend MANY HOURS waiting in lines.
 
MAGAnificent said:
Get back to me when you understand the term "surrender". As the South Koreans what was accomplished in the Korean War, you know, the ones not living under a tin pot dictatorship. As for Vietnam, ultimately nothing. Our involvement ended in a treaty. After we were no longer involved, North Vietnam overran South Vietnam. No surrender by America, unless you think we should have re-entered an unpopular war. No sure what the **** you are talking about in regards to Yemen. We bombed the Houthis back into the stone age and they cried "uncle" Where was the surrender? As for Afghanistan, a phased withdrawal was already in progress before President Dementia (Biden) ordered a hasty and chaotic withdrawal.
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Get back to me when you read some history……..
 
Lutherf said:
Yes. There are rigid controls on how it is marketed and produced. Only grapes from Cognac region can be used and the labeling goes deeper than that based on what "terroir" the grapes come from and how long it is aged.
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I see. You know a lot about this.

Have you seen the Netflix series Somm? I found that show fascinating.
 
VanceMack said:
On Paris...if you plan on touring there and want to actually enjoy your time there, I have two words for you...."tour" and "guide". Get a good one. Book your site visits in advance...otherwise you are likely to spend MANY HOURS waiting in lines.
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Story about tourist lines; we went to Ireland, among other things, to see the Book of Kells at Trinity College in Dublin. Arrived to find a long line going from the book, inside the library extending out into the mall outside the library. I really really wanted to see the stunning illuminations so we five waited patiently in line 3/4 hour moving slowly up to the open book displayed in a glass case. Finally it was my turn. With great excitement it bent over the book which was open to a page with one blue capital T.
 
"How can you govern a country that has 246 varieties of cheese?"--CDG
 
weaver2 said:
Story about tourist lines; we went to Ireland, among other things, to see the Book of Kells at Trinity College in Dublin. Arrived to find a long line going from the book, inside the library extending out into the mall outside the library. I really really wanted to see the stunning illuminations so we five waited patiently in line 3/4 hour moving slowly up to the open book displayed in a glass case. Finally it was my turn. With great excitement it bent over the book which was open to a page with one blue capital T.
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We couldn't get into the Book of Kells because the tickets were sold out, so we asked if we could take a look at the gift shop. Went in and after wandering around for a while, ended up through a doorway, voila, Book of Kells and no line. Oops.
 
Allan said:
I see. You know a lot about this.

Have you seen the Netflix series Somm? I found that show fascinating.
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I'm not sure how a trained sommelier does it. I have a decent tongue but some of these people are unreal in what they can pick out.
 
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