Talk:Claret

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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)--

[edit] Trivia Section

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)

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)

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)