Timely Trivia?

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Eric Menchen
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Timely Trivia?

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Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. So what Port did brothers Charles and Ned drink in Nicholas Nickleby?
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Eric Menchen wrote:Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. So what Port did brothers Charles and Ned drink in Nicholas Nickleby?
I believe the answer is "Dixon's Double Diamond 10 year Tawny".

Get me a magnum of that as well :-)

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You are correct sir. And who made that then, and who makes it now?
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Eric Menchen wrote:You are correct sir. And who made that then, and who makes it now?
Not sure but think it used to be Morgan bros and today is Silchester Cellars. Correct?
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You are correct on Morgan. I think Silchester is just an importer or seller, and that Taylor makes it today, but I'm not 100% sure on that.
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I have something in the back of my mind that says the Dixon brand has been recently revived by a new shipper. I need to do some research through my notes of a couple of years ago...
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Al B. wrote:I have something in the back of my mind that says the Dixon brand has been recently revived by a new shipper. I need to do some research through my notes of a couple of years ago...
Silchester Cellars appear to own the Dixon brand.
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Al B. wrote:I have something in the back of my mind that says the Dixon brand has been recently revived by a new shipper. I need to do some research through my notes of a couple of years ago...
Just found my notes - it was Maynard's that was the old British brand that was revived a couple of years ago by Tiago Trigo and the Van Zellers.
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