Talk:Claret

message: The original quote of Samuel Johnson not only was wrong, but contradicts his body of writing and well known negative opinion of claret...
"Johnson harangued upon the qualities of different liquors; and spoke with great contempt of claret, as so weak, that "a man would be drowned by it before it made him drunk." He was persuaded to drink one glass of it, that he might judge, not from recollection, which might be dim, but from immediate sensation. He shook his head, and said, "Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy. In the first place, brandy is most grateful to the palate; and then brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him. There are, indeed, few who are able to drink brandy. That is a power rather to be wished for than attained."
Boswell: Life of Johnson
--Cerejota 17:45, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: Are there ideas for the best way to work some of the details into the main article? It would be ideal to gradually phase out the trivia section, to lessen the impression of the article being trivial. Agne27 04:40, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I did some of this, but it still needs work, and I know little about wine. I'm not sure that the Catholic schools really belong there - this is an article about wine. Should they be put in a disambig/see also section, or axed altogether? Particularly the ones without wiki pages seem like the should probably be dispensed with. If they were notable, they'd have a page.--Spyforthemoon 21:14, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Revision: I made a  disambiguation  page, and most of the remaining trivia (plus a few other things) went there. The claret school mess is now appropriately at Claret School.--Spyforthemoon 21:49, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia Section

message: It must be noted that claret has not always been red. It used to be a rosé wine, hence the name: claret (English) coming from clairet (french), meaning pale. See the  French or English Rosé wine pages for more information. I'd do it myself, but I'm a little out of time...
--82.122.97.88 18:22, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The colour of claret

message: The mispronunciation of "claret" is not limited to United States English.
202.71.92.74 22:54, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Mispronunciation

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 02:53, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: I was once told at a cave in St. Emilion that, strictly speaking, Claret is red Bordeaux of a particular blend, originally made just for the British market as lighter alternative to Port.  IIRC it was Cab. Franc 40%, Cab. Sauv. 30%, Merlot 20%, Malbec 10%, but I will stand corrected if anyone knows better.  I have no idea whether such a distinction is still recognised, although it sounds like a blend that might still be produced in the Bordeaux area.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Swiveler (talk • contribs) 06:53, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Could it be a reference to the old Bdx style Clairet, which is still produced? MURGH disc. 07:41, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Specific blend of Claret