Latest news with #C8-ers
Sydney Morning Herald
03-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Waxing lyrical about a bottler of a time
'Such memories of the '60s with dinner party wines (C8),' says the progressive Richard Stewart of Pearl Beach. 'Thank you, Bill Yonge: Sparkling Rhinegolde, Mateus, Ben Ean Moselle proudly on the dinner table. And then, next dinner party, the same bottles, now empty, proudly stuck with a lit candle providing a sophisticated ambience.' Adrian Bell of Davistown remembers an even classier move: 'Sophisticated C8-ers will recall when the way to a girl's heart was to present her with the empty bottle in the basket woven cane covered Chianti bottle, used as a candleholder in the cool Beatnik era.' For George Baias of Summer Hill, that other oft-mentioned fizzer, Porphyry Pearl, was a 'drink of high sophistication' from the 1960s [John Frith of Paddington calls it an 'awful wine'] and recalls that it 'was advertised by Graham Kennedy on In Melbourne Tonight - made by the 'méthode champenoise' and only eight shillings and sixpence for a 'large' bottle.' Peter Snowden of Orange fancies a switch from lavish wine to swanky beer: 'I recall all the fancy wines and romantic tipples shared by C8 devotees of late, but gee I long for a crisp, chilled, twenty-six ounce bottle of Reschs DA. 'Dinner Ale, the perfect accompaniment to any setting'.' Shut the gate! Jack Munro of Concord West thinks that 'Surely the world's first big scandal (C8) took place in the Garden of Eden and should be known as Applegate.' 'A switch to get reserve fuel (C8)? Luxury!' says Peter Cole of Narrabeen. 'In VW Beetles, one had to use a foot-operated lever (remember them?) to access the last gallon or so of fuel. This was a great relief until you discovered that your partner had done that days before. Time to find the nearest public phone (remember them?)' It was the same deal for John McIntyre of Port Macquarie who says the lever 'turned the petrol intake pipe onto its side' to get to that final drop. Jane Howland of Cammeray has a sartorial update for Greg Baker (C8): 'I haven't noticed the disappearing breast pockets in men's suits, but I have noticed that young men wear blue suits at least a size too small.' It's the absence of pockets in the shirt that has Brian Kidd of Mount Waverley (Vic) shirty: 'It was a handy place to put the mobile phone when not in use. Shirtmakers – bring back the pockets!'
The Age
03-08-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Waxing lyrical about a bottler of a time
'Such memories of the '60s with dinner party wines (C8),' says the progressive Richard Stewart of Pearl Beach. 'Thank you, Bill Yonge: Sparkling Rhinegolde, Mateus, Ben Ean Moselle proudly on the dinner table. And then, next dinner party, the same bottles, now empty, proudly stuck with a lit candle providing a sophisticated ambience.' Adrian Bell of Davistown remembers an even classier move: 'Sophisticated C8-ers will recall when the way to a girl's heart was to present her with the empty bottle in the basket woven cane covered Chianti bottle, used as a candleholder in the cool Beatnik era.' For George Baias of Summer Hill, that other oft-mentioned fizzer, Porphyry Pearl, was a 'drink of high sophistication' from the 1960s [John Frith of Paddington calls it an 'awful wine'] and recalls that it 'was advertised by Graham Kennedy on In Melbourne Tonight - made by the 'méthode champenoise' and only eight shillings and sixpence for a 'large' bottle.' Peter Snowden of Orange fancies a switch from lavish wine to swanky beer: 'I recall all the fancy wines and romantic tipples shared by C8 devotees of late, but gee I long for a crisp, chilled, twenty-six ounce bottle of Reschs DA. 'Dinner Ale, the perfect accompaniment to any setting'.' Shut the gate! Jack Munro of Concord West thinks that 'Surely the world's first big scandal (C8) took place in the Garden of Eden and should be known as Applegate.' 'A switch to get reserve fuel (C8)? Luxury!' says Peter Cole of Narrabeen. 'In VW Beetles, one had to use a foot-operated lever (remember them?) to access the last gallon or so of fuel. This was a great relief until you discovered that your partner had done that days before. Time to find the nearest public phone (remember them?)' It was the same deal for John McIntyre of Port Macquarie who says the lever 'turned the petrol intake pipe onto its side' to get to that final drop. Jane Howland of Cammeray has a sartorial update for Greg Baker (C8): 'I haven't noticed the disappearing breast pockets in men's suits, but I have noticed that young men wear blue suits at least a size too small.' It's the absence of pockets in the shirt that has Brian Kidd of Mount Waverley (Vic) shirty: 'It was a handy place to put the mobile phone when not in use. Shirtmakers – bring back the pockets!'
