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Dear Quizters, a pictorial quiz today:




This historic picture is very much wine related.

Two out of the three identities in the picture are some of the most famous names in Australian wine. Who are they, and what other famous Australian wine name are they associated with?

For a bonus point; where was the picture taken?

lots of love
Quizmaster's Apprentice

I don't know about the other two but the guy on the right is TORB.

What, no-one willing to take a stab?

OK here's a clue:

It's the names that are notable here, not necessarily the people themselves.

The names are also well known on the international stage.

QmA

No,

No not TORB, but that is a natty mobile phone pouch he's got.

Is the person on the right Edward Tyrrell and photo taken at
Tyrrells?
Ron.

No, not Tyrrels.

Another clue, the guy on the right is best known by his nickname, and another picture of him is also very well known.

In fact probably better known to the mainstream population of drinkers than to the Auswine community.

QmA

Is the guy on the right MrGramp?
michel

No, not Gramp, but you are in the right state.

Samuel Wynn buying Chateau Comuam from John Riddoch. Negotiations after lunch on day 3

Graeme

No, not Wynns.

Another clue

Both of these guys were neither owners, nor founders, of the winery associated with them.

Ha, lost without your Google, aren't you

Let's recap the clues:

- The photo comes from South Australia, but more detail is required for the bonus point.
- The two people weren't owners or founders of the winery.
- The guy on the right is better known by his nickname
- Their names, and another photo of the guy on the right, are probably better known to the mainstream population of drinkers than to the Auswine community

Whiskers Blake ? Something to do with port ? Just from memory...

Oh, and something about cupping his deaf ear....hmmm...I'm sure I've seen a reference to this somewhere...

C.

Yes!

Whiskers Blake. His name is given to Whiskers Blake Port, his picture is also on the bottle.

Now, who is the other guy?

Another clue, while his name is associated with wine, you'd think it was named after a place that was named after him.


QmA

Ok, Hardy's Whiskers Blake port. Whiskers Blake and his dog were responsible for scaring the birds away from the grapes. His picture is on the current bottles of WB port.

I presume the other person is Thomas Hardy, who arrived in Australia in 1850 ?

Photo taken at the Tintara winery ?

Celia

Closing in PLCB but remember the clues:

- The two people weren't owners or founders of the winery

But you do get the Bonus point; my reference has the picture taken at McLaren Vale, so Tintara is probably thereabouts.

QmA

BTW PLCB,

I'll also give you the score for giving Hardy as the third name I was after. Both these gentleman were associated with Hardy's wines in the century before last.

Still looking for the surname of the guy on the left.

QmA

Quizmasters Apprentice wrote:BTW PLCB,

I'll also give you the score for giving Hardy as the third name I was after. Both these gentleman were associated with Hardy's wines in the century before last.

Still looking for the surname of the guy on the left.

QmA

Hmm, let's see
Eileen Tintara?
Jacob Creek?
Val E. McLaren?

I don't drink port with whiskers, how am I supposed to know these things?

cheers
Graeme

Actually Whiskers Blake port used to be fantastic value for money, but the blend seem to have gone off a bit it recent times.

Eileen Tintara?
Jacob Creek?
Val E. McLaren?

Notta single one correct.

Slow Day wrote:I don't know about the other two but the guy on the right is TORB.

Hurmph - watch what you are saying buster! I resemble that remark

Well done Babe, when you gonna change your handle to PORT Loving Chickie Babe?

Well done Babe

She hasn't got the musk stick yet, there's still the guy on the left, and I've given enough hints already.

Hmmm....was it Tom Nottage ? Of future Nottage Hill fame ?

C.

YES!!!

The Babe gets the Cupie doll.

I thought that 'notta single one correct' would be a dead giveaway given the marketing campaign a year or two back.

Tom Nottage managed the McLaren Vale cellars and vineyards of Hardy's for more than 60 years. His name lives on the the mass market wine Nottage Hill, which is produced in immense quantities and shipped around the world.

Whiskers Blake was one of the characters in the vineyard and was a gamekeeper. Whiskers Blake port was named after him. (I thought the Whiskers nickname would have been obvious)

Both names are clearly associated with the Hardy's name.

The photo of Tom Nottage admonishing Whiskers Blake in the McLaren Vale vineyard is part of the collection at Hardy's Head Office.

This particular photo was published in "Choosing and Enjoying Australian Wine" by Robert Mayne, published 1989 by Reed Books.

Quizmasters Apprentice

I'm going back into my dingy cell now. No need to thank me, I wouldn't know how to handle it anyway

Damn it, I *knew* it was in that book ! I've spent ages today looking for it, but couldn't find it. In the end, I had to resort to ...ahem...other forms of research...

Cheers, Celia

PS. Keep up the non-Google quizes, QA, it gives the rest of us a chance !

Thankyou quiz masters apprentice for such an entertaining and infomatuve quiz as per usual....your services are much appreciated...

PLCB wrote:Damn it, I *knew* it was in that book ! I've spent ages today looking for it, but couldn't find it. In the end, I had to resort to ...ahem...other forms of research...

Cheers, Celia

PS. Keep up the non-Google quizes, QA, it gives the rest of us a chance !

Cough! Splutter! Choke!
Oh yes, fine. And how's it going to look when I lug 40kg of wine research books into the office every Friday, eh?

I mean, here's me, taking on high moral ground (ah, its lonely on the non-Google road), dredging through the sediment of expired synapses scattered throughout my cranium ina futile quest for answetrs, all the while others are scanning at leisure the entire published history of Australian wine. Harrumph!

I'm just relying on inspired guesses to wine these things.

Of, course, it keeps my brain agile for work - that's what I'll tell the IT department.

Maybe my moral ground's not so high after all....

Avagoodweegend, everyone,

cheers,
Graeme