Comments on: A tale of three ports http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/08/26/a-tale-of-three-ports/ Deliciously Hedonistic Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:21:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Recent Links Tagged With "cheese" - JabberTags http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/08/26/a-tale-of-three-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-8372 Recent Links Tagged With "cheese" - JabberTags Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:19:20 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/?p=1248#comment-8372 [...] public links >> cheese A tale of three ports Saved by BeardedDave on Fri 10-10-2008 “Who Moved My Cheese” written by Spencer Johnson Saved [...] [...] public links >> cheese A tale of three ports Saved by BeardedDave on Fri 10-10-2008 “Who Moved My Cheese” written by Spencer Johnson Saved [...]

]]> By: jonathan cockburn http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/08/26/a-tale-of-three-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-7536 jonathan cockburn Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:47:45 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/?p=1248#comment-7536 Hi Alastair. That's why I mentioned Riscal, because of your photo of a bottle on your main blog. I will be interested to read what you have to say about your visit. Strangely enough, I kept a blog for a short while when I stood against a certain Mr Tony Blair in Sedgefield at the last general election and it was quite popular at the time. After Blair resigned I could not be bothered to keep paying the web fees though, so I gave up my 'blairmustgo.org' site. Hi Alastair.
That’s why I mentioned Riscal, because of your photo of a bottle on your main blog. I will be interested to read what you have to say about your visit.
Strangely enough, I kept a blog for a short while when I stood against a certain Mr Tony Blair in Sedgefield at the last general election and it was quite popular at the time. After Blair resigned I could not be bothered to keep paying the web fees though, so I gave up my ‘blairmustgo.org’ site.

]]> By: Alastair Bathgate http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/08/26/a-tale-of-three-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-7525 Alastair Bathgate Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:14:45 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/?p=1248#comment-7525 Jonathan Funny stuff! Strange thing about names - little did I know when I was young that having a strange name is such a big USP in the internet world. Coincidentally I was at Riscal last weekend - hope to post about it soon. Jonathan

Funny stuff! Strange thing about names - little did I know when I was young that having a strange name is such a big USP in the internet world.

Coincidentally I was at Riscal last weekend - hope to post about it soon.

]]> By: jonathan cockburn http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/08/26/a-tale-of-three-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-7518 jonathan cockburn Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:47:00 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/?p=1248#comment-7518 Just read your bit about my family. Good stuff. Yeah, I guess some of my ancestors decided that 'Cock' was a bit of a joke, so they decided to change it to 'Co' but couldn't be arsed to change the spelling (probably too much paperwork for a Cockburn I guess)! Strangely, I was never teased at school because of my surname, but when I went off to university my colleagues were a bit brighter and came up with nicknames like ' hotcock' and 'Priburn' (you don't pronounce the 'ck'). All good humoured stuff and I gave as good as I got. When I tell people the spelling of my surname they often say to me "Oh yes, of course, Coburn, like the sherry."(?!) Louise (my wife and I went to Marques de Riscal the summer before last and met the children of the current owners. It's a great little place with a new mini Guggenheim hotel which was just about to open (I think). I bought their 2001 Rioja Reserva and it's great. I'll bring over my 1 remaining bottle, should we ever meet up! All best Jonathan Cockburn Just read your bit about my family. Good stuff. Yeah, I guess some of my ancestors decided that ‘Cock’ was a bit of a joke, so they decided to change it to ‘Co’ but couldn’t be arsed to change the spelling (probably too much paperwork for a Cockburn I guess)! Strangely, I was never teased at school because of my surname, but when I went off to university my colleagues were a bit brighter and came up with nicknames like ‘ hotcock’ and ‘Priburn’ (you don’t pronounce the ‘ck’). All good humoured stuff and I gave as good as I got.
When I tell people the spelling of my surname they often say to me “Oh yes, of course, Coburn, like the sherry.”(?!)
Louise (my wife and I went to Marques de Riscal the summer before last and met the children of the current owners. It’s a great little place with a new mini Guggenheim hotel which was just about to open (I think).
I bought their 2001 Rioja Reserva and it’s great. I’ll bring over my 1 remaining bottle, should we ever meet up! All best
Jonathan Cockburn

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