"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
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"Peter Aitken" wrote in
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"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in
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"Peter Aitken" wrote in
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"Dave Smith" wrote in message
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Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:


If it had been French, it would have been called 'Marc de
[wherever]' not Grappa. Regular-size bottles of grappa and marc
cover a wide range of prices reflecting what they can get for
them, just like whiskey, cognac, etc. Usually age is a
significant cost factor.

I tried Marc once. It must be an acquired taste. I like most
liquors
straight and
thoroughly enjoy a nice brandy or cognac. Drinking marc was a
unique
experience.
I sipped it and attempted to savour it. What I experienced was a
sequence
of
sensations as it passed from one zone of my palate to another, and
none of
them
pleasant.


Before you make any more efforts to come across as a learned
connoisseur you might do well to kearn a littlle about the subject.
Cognac *is* brandy.



Before you make any more efforts to come across as a complete ass,
recognize that not all brandy is cognac. It seems common to
reference both.

Wayne

Are you in a nitwit contest? I suspect you are way ahead. My point
exactly - all Cognac is brandy, but not all brandy is Cognac. Saying
"I enjoy brandy and Cognac" is like saying "I enjoy wine and Burgundy"
or "I enjoy whiskey and Scotch." If you do not understand that then
you are beyond hope.


No, but you must be. Many people make a distinction between Cognac and
other brandies. Some people enjoy one and not the other. Similarly, you
are missing the point in your own example of whiskey and Scotch. Some
may enjoy Scotch and not other types of whiskey. To collectively say
that they enjoy whiskey would not be correct.


Beyond hope it is. But, in a last effort to communicate, here's the correct
way to say it: I enjoy Cognac and other brandies.

Or perhaps: I enjoy Scotch but not other whiskeys.

I hope you get it. If not, there's nothing more I can do for you.


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