Aussie wine was not well known in WWII.
Cockburn's do a good one, as do some of the other makers though the names escape me.From memory, a lot of the Australian export business back then was in fortified wines. Yates' Wine Lodge in the UK was a major customer, taking a shitload of ruby, tawny and 'white' port. (Generally known as 'white lightning'.
I once managed to get a flagon of white port from the cellar door shop at All saints Winery back when the Sutherland Smith family still ran it. They seemed very surprised I wanted it, as it mostly sold to the 'paper bag on a street corner' clientele! But it was actually rather like a decent fino sherry, quite dry and best served lightly chilled with a plate of things to nibble. I managed to defeat a few wine buff friends on identifying what it was. They'd never heard of it, let alone tried it.
The only other white port I came across was in London, from Harvey's I think, and was called 'White Fang'! But they seem to have stopped making that years ago.
From memory, a lot of the Australian export business back then was in fortified wines. Yates' Wine Lodge in the UK was a major customer, taking a shitload of ruby, tawny and 'white' port. (Generally known as 'white lightning'.
I once managed to get a flagon of white port from the cellar door shop at All saints Winery back when the Sutherland Smith family still ran it. They seemed very surprised I wanted it, as it mostly sold to the 'paper bag on a street corner' clientele! But it was actually rather like a decent fino sherry, quite dry and best served lightly chilled with a plate of things to nibble. I managed to defeat a few wine buff friends on identifying what it was. They'd never heard of it, let alone tried it.
The only other white port I came across was in London, from Harvey's I think, and was called 'White Fang'! But they seem to have stopped making that years ago.
I wad defining "wine" as just red and white wines, excluding fortified wines.
Oh dear. My wife likes Yellowtail.Well regarded middle of the range red. Taylor’s is always a good bet, if you can get it.
Oh, and yellowtail is despised even here. Like Fosters.
Holy guacamole. That’s a pretty week Kido Butai.
If they can’t draw the US in range of land based planes, they are in for a world of hurt against five US fleet carriers.
Holy guacamole. That’s a pretty week Kido Butai.
If they can’t draw the US in range of land based planes, they are in for a world of hurt against five US fleet carriers.
I think yet again people are mixing this up with Keynes Cruisers.
1943 by Thanksgiving I promiseAnd both timelines are operating in late 1942 (for now), so it's easy for us to conflate the two.
You think it's bad now, just wait until Galveston Bay starts posting again.
This is not going to relieve the Bengal Famine, which killed 3M people. The 30,000 tonnes or so of food that six freighters could carry would feed those people for at most 20 days.1600 Hours, 8 November 1942, Chittagong Harbor, India – The convoy of six merchant ships...
Ostensibly the supplies brought by the freighters were for Slim’s XV Corps... However, Slim with the approval of both Wavell and Auchinleck was also diverting supplies to the local population in what he euphemistically called rear area stability operations...
This is not going to relieve the Bengal Famine, which killed 3M people. The 30,000 tonnes or so of food that six freighters could carry would feed those people for at most 20 days.
Besides which, the Chittagong area contains less than 5% of the total population of Bengal (BanglaDesh + West Bengal).
very nice touch sir, love the little detailsBernhard Herrmann is buried at the Kerguelen Islands, the southernmost German WWII grave.