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- Abdul Rahman
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Should the selling & using of cigarette & tobacco be banned in the world? If yes, state how can its production be stopped?
After reading many articles & surverys regarding the use of Cigarette & tobacco, many people strictly condemn the selling & using of cigarette & tobacco. It is always written on the pack of a cigarette that " Smoking is injurious to health & causes lung cancer" but still people smoke it. Same is the case with tobacco. It causes several diseases in humans too. But still people use tobacco despite of being well-aware of its side-effects.
Feb 11 2014: Heh. Prohibition worked SOOOOOOOOOOO well in the 1930s, didn't it? Likewise, do you remember WHICH 20th century government had the most widespread limitations on tobacco? Here's a hint: They are now known as the most evil state to have ever existed.
I'm not a fascist, a nazi, or other type of totalitarian goon. Thus, I would say that you have a terrible idea that would only lead to institutionalizing criminality even further and extending tyranny and oppression even further. You would adore North Korea.Feb 7 2014: Nope. Banning would only start illegal trading and surround the issue with violence. If education is not enough then so be it. If we start banning all kinds of things because people continue them despite lots of warnings, then we would end up in a world where you are so over-protected that we would learn nothing and life would be miserable.
Also, I the warnings have reduced tobacco use much more than banning would have. I have witnessed so during my life. Before the warnings most of my relatives used to smoke. Now just one of two continue smoking. Education might not be 100% effective, but it works for many and it's harmless. It also shows respect for the individual.
Nadav Tropp
Feb 5 2014: The main question is how enforceable such a ban would be.
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If its realistically enforceable, probably a good idea. If its not, we'll end up with a situation like alcohol prohibition in the US; a rise in organized crime and illegal and reckless use of the stuff. Not to mention tax revenue loss, which is unavoidable either way.
Passing a law you can't stand behind does nothing but undermine your authority and encourage people to break it. Alcohol couldn't be banned because people could easily smuggle it across the border or just make it in their basement. Now, I don't know the first thing about tobacco farming, but a hunch tells me its non-enforceable.
Feb 5 2014: Such a ban would be more than 90% efficient if imposed. There must be punishments announced for the persons committing this offence and the ones guilty must be punished publicly so that others can learn a lesson from it.
The main reason for what I dislike and oppose the cigarette is that the non-smoker is more affected by the smoke of the cigarette than the smoker. Also it is a kind air pollution.
Nadav Tropp
Feb 5 2014: Like they tried with banning marijuana in the US?
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All that accomplished was land a few million people in jail who would have otherwise stayed out of it over what is in the rest of the developed world considered a minor offense.
Some deterrents apparently don't work very well... Maybe we should try Singapore's model? Draconian it might be, but it gets results.
Don't get me wrong, I don't smoke and I don't condone smoking, of any material. However, when looking to solve a problem, one must look to see that his solution doesn't cause more harm then good.
Feb 5 2014: This task will cause more benefit instead of harm. There is no chance of harm in it at all. Why must the ones guilty of this crime (if in future it is banned) be spared? There must be zero-tolerance in awarding punishments.Feb 9 2014: I am a smoker, and I chew, I will even dip. I find them all to be disgusting, shameful (because they scream: This guy is a stinky dumb dumb, or a grotesque dumb dumb, and all the chemicals they put in it are polluting my body (which has a seemingly endless list of adverse effects), making it harder to breathe,. I've wished many times that tobacco wasn't readily available, legal and broken down to purchase so easily that if I have $1.00 I can get a nicotine fix within a few hundred feet of my house. If I had to buy in bulk, say a year's worth of cigarettes which would cost me $2,190 usd for a year's supply if i payed $5 a pack and smoked only a pack a day I would say "hell no." And people can be very picky or flexible about their method of consuming nicotine, so it would have to ban all types, or maybe at first not the vaporizers because they are supposedly less harmful to individuals and to the environment (maybe just because the lack of combustion?, maybe that and less additives? maybe its horrors are just undiscovered?(the first guy to get boozed up didn't say "i shouldn't do this I don't want my liver to fail.")) Regardless of what methods we take (and a lot of activism and government help is moving us in the right direction here in the US) tobacco has no benefits at all and should be the first substance abuse/addiction target because most people don't confidently boast "I'll smoke til I die" well at least not in reference to nicotine products. I think the underlying issue here isn't as simple as banning cigarettes or nicotine products in general, but eliminating substance dependency wherever there is a want or need for it. My grandma always said "its not what you have its what you do w/ it" so these goals which we are contemplating, if achieved, would help us in the fight against poverty, disease/conditions, the destruction of our habitat at our own hands and probably many more things.Feb 5 2014: Its this attitude precisely that gets me worried.
"Repercussions? What's that?"
Feb 6 2014: Well, when applied so in future, then we shall witness what kind of punishments are awarded to them. Yet it is impossible to say anything.Feb 9 2014: I think this whole awarding punishments for harming ones' self or doing things others disagree w/ idea sucks, not just w/ tobacco products, but in general, it doesn't work if you look into things like recidivism or the repercussions of a vital family role being missing (imagine if your favorite movie was missing its starring or supporting actor/actress, it would suck right? imagine the lives of people w/ their substance/socioeconomic abuse free parents in their life vs their substance/socioeconomic abusive parents being either in or out of their lives the story sucks a lot less for the main character (the kids.)Feb 7 2014: well, abdul, do you have some idea of the punishments that shall be awarded to them? If so, shouldn't you state it as a step in answering your question?
Feb 7 2014: Well, the government knows better than me how to deal with the culprits.Feb 5 2014: Your argument speaks to why we should decriminalize all drugs, even heroine. We can not enforce the law 100%, so just give rise to criminal gangs making huge profit importing it. Same with prostitution and gambling.
Heck, we cannot enforce extortion laws 100%, creating criminal gangs running protection rackets (pay us and we will not beat you up, still your stuff, burn down your business).
Nadav Tropp
Feb 5 2014: I wasn't aiming for 100%, merely reasonable enforceability.
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So say, alcohol which is easily smuggled in country (as its legal practically everywhere else), and can be fermented from anything from fruit to grain in people's basement, enforcement is unrealistic, hence the failure of the US' prohibition.
Something like heroin, which is much harder to smuggle (as its not freely available in most of the rest of the world), and which can't be easily concocted in people's basement, enforcement is a lot more realistic, even if it'll never reach 100%.
Of course, the damage done by the material in question is also a consideration. Heroin is a lot more destructive then alcohol or tobacco, assuming a given amount of the stuff (in practice the former two do more damage because they're more widespread, but still).
As for whether a tobacco ban is realistically enforceable, I haven't a clue. I don't know the first thing about tobacco farming, though what I can tell you is that it'll be readily available abroad to smuggle in country.Feb 5 2014: At least we can control it upto some extent which is more than enough. Definitely it requires time and huge effort to control it but the word impossible doesn't fit in this case. It is 100% possible to control it.Feb 5 2014: I think this goes to a more fundamental question.
Should society work to prevent people from harming themselves?
From laws requiring you to use a seat belt in a car or wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle, to laws such as gambling and prostitution, and more serious stuff like drug use, there is a spectrum of laws that exist to deter you from doing things that are likely to injure yourself.
Where does one draw the line on which laws are okay, and which are big government sticking its nose where it doesn't belong?
It is my general observation that if you don't enjoy it then making it illegal seems to be okay. If you do enjoy it, then government should keeps its nose out.
Could there be a more objective measure of when it is okay and when it is not okay for government to protect you from yourself that a simple, self-centered litmus test of whether you enjoy it or not?
Feb 5 2014: Darrell: I partially agree with you. I'll dare to complete your statement adding that the criteria for permitting or banning or putting down legal regulation anything mustn't be exclusivelyif it's bad or good for the person (you, me, other..) but for the individual and the community.
Good concept that yours, anyway.
Feb 5 2014: It could be argued that any harm to any individual is a harm to society, since society is the sum of all individuals.Feb 11 2014: I actually had to create a TED profile just to respond to your 'idea.' I hope you can take some negative criticism, because the problems with your idea are so large that what you suggest should never happen.
First of all, it was tried, with disastrous results. The US saw fit to ban alcohol at one point. 5 years later it was repealed. In the meantime, all it did was create the Mafia, cause widespread violence and crime, infringe on personal rights and reduce the Rule of Law. Try reading about it, then replace 'alcohol' with 'tobacco' and you'll see that it cannot be banned.
Second, what you are attempting to do is Legislate Morality. That does not work. People have a right to think/do/partake of whatever they want as long as they do not harm others.
Third, your tone in describing the 'punishments' is frankly quite scary. What it implies is that someone (you, presumably) is going to decide what others can and cannot do based on their personal beliefs. That is the path that the brutal dictators of the world have taken.
Fourth, I question your motives. You have not mentioned religion, but I know that based on your locale that this could easily be religion-based. Motives such as Religion, control, money or power will frequently make demands such as you are suggesting - all for their own selfish agenda.
Fifth, if you REALLY want to help others live a better life by staying away from tobacco then EDUCATE them! That approach will 'save' many without punishing them. Smoking rates in the US have been falling for decades because of education, increased taxes on tobacco, and public bans. Note that they are bans for Public use, not Personal.
Sixth, your 'ban' approach is wrong. It implies that the problem can be eliminated. Consider instead limiting the bad effects while still allowing Choice. You will NOT end homosexuality by banning it, you will not end drug use by banning it, you cannot eliminate guns by banning them, you can't end prostitution, etc.Feb 11 2014: From a legal standpoint what right do they have to produce something that has been proven to be lethal and cause serious health problems in close to 100% of its users? If any other product had those kinds of stats the law would step in and recall the item that is so damaging to its customers.
The tobacco companies have been fighting to justify their product for a long time and have the money and the power to stay in business despite their products' horribly destructive affects.
Society has to be the one to say enough is enough and put an end to the industries.Feb 6 2014: I think you could extend this to anything harmful (alcohol, betel nut, gat) and then where do you draw the line? Would this court the human rights line?
The effects of alcohol, not in terms of just healthcare, but the damage people cause when under the influence, could quite possibly be just as much as a cost as smoking. So why stop at smoking?
Part of the problem is that these things are engrained in culture. How do you change culture?
Feb 6 2014: I haven't stated anywhere in my comments that I favor alcohol. I definitely oppose alcohol just as I oppose smoking etc. Alcohol is more dangerous than smoking even since a person isn't in his sense while being drunk.
Feb 7 2014: I agree. My point wasn't why smoking over alcohol - more that if you ban production of tobacco, where do you draw the line on what the government considers harmful to us? Surely we have the right to make our own decisions so long as we are aware of the consequences.
Regardless, I think we are probably on the way to stopping the sale of tobacco, not any time in the immediate future, but certainly in the long term. If you look at the UK, in the last 10 years we've gone from changing the age that you can buy cigarettes (16 to 18); warning signs on packets; graphic imagery and now cigarettes in a lot of retailers are hidden behind screens from customers. What's next? Probably further restrictions and then, I would have thought, stopping of sale.Feb 6 2014: Salam alaikum Rehman sir.as per my little xperience nothing is bad or Useless in de world but its a man how he reacts with Nature acquires the same. As some 1 said" Life is 10% how to make it & 90% how to take it"
Feb 6 2014: W.salam brother. You are right, humans have no sense of what they are doing and what they are doing is right or wrong.
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Feb 6 2014: This is the focusing point of my question that why do humans don't understand in what lies their benefit and in what lies their loss? I am feeling pity for them.
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Feb 6 2014: Welcome, no worries friend :)Feb 7 2014: humans are not machines ,they don't follow set of codes .Its not black or white for them they like to wander in the grey area.
You dont have to pity on them ,by doing so you are just making your ego happy by thinking that you are smarter than them.
They are living a different lifestyle respect that as they respect your's.
The problem is people who don't smoke feel they are intelligent .
I still consider smoking merely as a habit neither good nor bad.People do that for change of experience
Why make a big deal out of it .
Feb 7 2014: Never judge someone. You misjudged me. I didn't expressed that I am better than them or I am intelligent than them. I just said that this is a bad habit and are polluting the environment by the smoke emitted from the cigarettes.Feb 5 2014: I don't think selling and using should be banned because that would create a black market demand, which in turn would create an even bigger problem, without solving the problem. In some places smoking is on the rise, and in other places it's decreasing. I think we need several approaches depending on the part of the world. Tobacco makers should fund most of this through taxes.
No form of advertising should be allowed, because the only purpose of this would be to deceive people into buying deadly products. Education should be emphasized across all media channels. The difficult addiction problem must continue to be attacked - new products and techniques (some better or worse than others) continue to hit the market aimed at helping people quit. Smoking should be banned in all public places and work environments.Feb 5 2014: of course not. you point out that people still smoke regardless of the consequences - that in itself means that a black market will replace the legal one.
there are already too many laws in place discriminating against smokers. to ban it completely won't work and is somewhat hypocritical considering cars and fast food.Feb 5 2014: No I don't think there should be a ban; US alcohol prohibition proved that does not work.
Instead the world should do what is known to work on reducing smoking:
• Ban smoking and tobacco ads, on TV and in movies world wide, like the US has done.
• Ban smoking in public places. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smoking_bans_in_the_United_States)
And I like to see tobacco products tested and IF they modified the product to be more addictive the company and its owners would face criminal changes.
FYI: just in the news today, the drug store chain CVS has decided to stop the sale of tobacco products. (good for them!)
Feb 5 2014: Exactly, this is what I also want to see in the world that it must be banned in the public places and its advertisements should not be aired on television.
Feb 7 2014: well, do they air ads for cigarettes in your country on TV, Abdul? You could ask your government to create a law forbidding it? Do they let people smoke in public places in your city? You could ask your city government to make laws forbidding it?


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Lewis Hamilton secured his fifth win of this season, beating Valtteri Bottas to the chequered flag in Britain. Dan Ricciardo was third...
Lewis Hamilton: " Winning in front of your home crowd is just the best feeling. We really do have the greatest fans here and thank you so much to everyone for your patience after yesterday. To see the support all around the track is just amazing. I said before that I'd never give up but it was a tough qualifying and I really needed to dig deep and come back positive this morning. A huge thank you to my family and all of the fans for pushing me on - I couldn't have done it without them. Nico had a pretty big gap at the beginning of the race but I kept pushing and was happy with my pace. After extending my first stint, we switched to the prime tyres and I honestly couldn't believe the pace that I had and was closing up to Nico. Of course, he then had a problem and I saw him pull over. It's a shame for the team and I never want to see a team-mate fall behind - I always want to battle it out - but I'm sure we will get to do it again in the future. It's been a rollercoaster weekend and to come away with the win after a day like yesterday is fantastic, so thank you to everyone in the team for all their hard work. I'm proud to have done it for them here - so close to our factories in Brackley and Brixworth."
Nico Rosberg: "It's a pity what happened today as I lost a lot of points in the Championship. We are always aiming for 100 % reliability but unfortunately that didn't work out for me today. I had a small issue in the installation lap but the car felt great in the beginning. By lap 20, though, the gearbox started to become a serious problem and from then it got worse. I tried to get it into some safety settings, let Lewis through and just keep going until the end of the race. But there was nothing we could do so I had to stop the car. All I can do is accept that these things happen and work with the team to find out what went wrong. It's a shame for the race in a way, as it could have been a great battle against Lewis, but congratulations to him for the win. Now we are heading to Germany with the quickest car and I'm looking forward to a home Grand Prix for both Mercedes-Benz and myself."
Valtteri Bottas: "We knew that this race would be good fun. We knew we had a quick car and maybe it surprised us it was so quick. The first stint we went through the field fast and that needed a bit of risk. I am so happy for the team, they have worked on race pace and it shows. We were thinking about points today not the podium, and the strategy guys did a great job. I really felt for Felipe today in his 200th race, and it was so nice of him to come to the podium with the team; I really appreciated that. We are a stronger team than we were in the first few races and it won't be easy to stay near the top but we are doing a great job of it at the moment."
Felipe Massa: "It has been a really difficult weekend. It was a bad start but after that I could catch up everyone and pass cars in the first few corners. The car felt great. Then there was the accident. Kimi came across the track and I never really had a chance to miss him, and sadly the damage was too much to continue. Luckily I turned as it could have been a worse accident. I hope Kimi is ok but it's a weekend to forget for me personally; not the 200th Grand Prix I had planned."
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Daniel Ricciardo: "I feel good! This is the best third place I've ever got. I'm not normally ecstatic with a third but I really am today, obviously to redeem myself from yesterday and also the fact that I don't think we had an awesome race car today, but we made it work. We used the cards that we had and played the game well, so I was really happy to make a one stop work. For the last two laps, I saw Jenson coming and thought I was probably going to be a bit vulnerable but we held on. The one stop wasn't planned. We pitted quite early on the Prime because we were quite slow and it wasn't working, so we came in for the Option and, at one point, my engineer pretty much said alright four laps to go on this tyre then let's box. I said the pace seems OK, the tyres aren't getting any worse and let's try and stay out or at least think about keeping me out there and he said OK we'll look at our options. Then, a few laps later he said do you think you can go to the end, there's 15 or 20 laps to go, and I said, at the moment I think we can give it a crack. And so, yeah, we did and it paid off!"
Sebastian Vettel: "It felt very close with Fernando - maybe a bit too close! It got a bit silly when we both started to complain about the other going off track; I don't think the people care too much if the car is a little bit to the left or the right. I got the message that I should respect the limits and that he was complaining, so I was doing the same thing. I'm not sure who won the list keeping. I think twice it was maybe a bit too harsh into Turn 6, but it was good to get the move at the end. I expected to get third today, the pace was there but the strategy wasn't right. I'm looking forward to my home race in Germany; it's always special to race there."
Jenson Button: "Circuits with high-speed changes of direction aren't really our car's forte, so I think we can go away from Silverstone feeling encouraged by what we achieved this weekend. Specifically, it was great to have such a good fight with Fernando [Alonso], and it was encouraging to be able to pull away from him and Sebastian [Vettel] in the last stint. At the end, I crossed the line only 0.9s behind Daniel [Ricciardo]; if there'd been just one more lap, I think I could have made it past. I got so close to a podium finish - and I think it would've been so great for the fans to see Lewis and me up there together. I'm sorry it didn't quite happen, but I want to say a big thank-you to all the fans, and to my family, and last but not least to the entire McLaren team - everyone has been so supportive this weekend. Looking to the future, although today has seen us take another step forward, it's apparent that we still have a lot of work to: for example, even though Williams started behind us [on the grid], they still beat us today. Nonetheless, we're certainly not giving up. On the contrary, it's important that we continue to work hard to develop this car, so as to score as many world championship points as we can this year and learn as much as we can for next year."
Kevin Magnussen: "Today has been a good day for the team - we scored 18 points - so we should feel reasonably satisfied, because we're continuing to improve. Also, the engineers and mechanics did a truly great job this weekend. Having said that, all the other teams are continuing to improve, too; so our challenge is really about making progress faster than the others do. My race went okay - we struggled a little on the Option [tyre], and we had much better pace on the Prime. It's always frustrating when you slip back through the order a bit - but I made a really good start to be third initially, and after that I struggled to keep the Ferrari and Red Bull behind. So, as I say, I think we should be reasonably satisfied with seventh place. But I'm really pleased for Jenson, who was able to score a great fourth place for the team. Last but not least, I want to pay tribute to the Silverstone fans. It's been fantastic racing in front of them all today, especially as so many of them are McLaren fans. I'd love to have finished a bit higher for you, guys, but I don't think we had the pace today."
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Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH POWER OIS LUMIX G X VARIO PZ review by kshorter
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I've owned and used this lens now for a couple of years. Had read the reported issues with the shutter blur but kept looking back at the SLRgear chart of this lens performance, its price and the compact size and decided to take a chance. For two years this has been the default lens mounted to my Olympus OMD E-M5. If interested you can see a fairly recent example pic of my work representative of this lens. Data is on this link but I'll point out this image was shot at 14mm which is not the sharpest focal length of this lens but worked for this shot.
Despite some horror stories, I find this lens to be one of my fav all rounders. For me it gets strong points for ease of every day use due to its compactness, acceptable performance across the range getting slightly marginal at 42mm (at which I use it the least). And it has the distinction of rivaling a prime at 25mm and f8. Quite flat and linear with very good sharpness at this focal length/aperture.
So I've read the howls of doom about this lens, to which I howl back with delight. This lens is one of my favorite purchases. I've graded it a 9 in image quality because of its unmatched combination of form factor and ability to rival a prime when applied at the right settings.
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Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH POWER OIS LUMIX G X VARIO PZ review by gsartori
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Sharp, convenient
none, bad press probably due to early samples
I bought this lens just for video due to the power zoom , I was convinced that it's a pretty bad piece of glass. I use sharp Nikon lenses on my D800E and I can't stand bad glass. Ended up being very good. It is always on my Lumix GH3 and I enjoy it very much. Too bad it doesn't start from 12. I do have a 16-85 on my APS-C Nikon and a 24-120 F4 on my D800 and I'd love to have a similar range on my GH3. a 12-70 would be perfect but I can manage with the also good 7-14 that I bought.
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Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH POWER OIS LUMIX G X VARIO PZ review by PeteD
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Small, decent for a kit lens
none really, perhaps a tadge expensive
When I bought the GX1 I deliberatly didn't buy the kit due to all the negative comments. After time I read a number of reviews from people I respect and decided that this would be handy for travel.
Image quality? ok its not a 20mm f1.7 or a 25 f1.4 and as a kit lens it's not a Fuji 18-55 but it does a respectable job. I've not experienced the issue at selected shutter speeds that some have reported and I know a friend hasn't either. Both lenses were bought fairly recently so maybe Panny have done something.
as an f3.5-5.6 kit zoom it is priced a little high but it is very small. Coupled with a 45-150 and the two pancake primes it makes a very travel kit
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Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH POWER OIS LUMIX G X VARIO PZ review by photahmo
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compact size; rapid activation; smooth zoom
negative press!
I have studied the many forums and horror stories, but I have not had this experience. I bought mine prior to realizing there was all the bad press about it.
The range of doom commentary relating to the mechanical action of the OIS and its conflict with certain shutter speeds is facinating, but I haven't had this problem.
It is actually very well made and incredibly small for what it does - my review is based on accepting that fact of the best portability in exchange for I suppose some optical uber-perfomance.
I have Leica, Nikon, Canon, Oly, and Panny experience, and have a favorite camera in the Panasonic LX5 with the Leica lens, so I know a sharp shot ... i dont think this lens is as weak as others are experiencing, and for that I am personally happy. It does appear that Panny has a quality control problem so I recommend you BUY IT, BUT FROM A RETAILER U CAN RETURN IT TO - just in case.
As for value, there is not a comperable product yet; I do think the retail price is too high for the reported performance. I would like to say if it were $299, rather than $399, alot less negative would be said.
My shots close and far have been decent, a few have been excellent - a typical ratio for me. Video use has produced A+ results. Again, compactness of the lens is unmatched.
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Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH POWER OIS LUMIX G X VARIO PZ review by bg2b
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small, light, reasonable optically
somewhat pricey, slight OIS issue at moderate shutter speeds
I had wanted this lens when it was announced, but given Panasonic's typical delays in supplying US stores, couldn't get one. In the meantime, lots of reports of severe OIS problems at shutter speeds around the 1/80-1/200 range near the long end of the zoom surfaced. Panasonic issued a firmware update which according to many people didn't help much if at all. Based on the direction of the blurring, it was clear that there was some sort of shutter-induced vibration issue which was probably a real hardware problem, not down to just firmware. I crossed the lens off my to-buy list.
Time passed (still without US stock); I read a couple of reports of people who swore their copies were fine. Finally, Amazon got a few in stock, and after some agonizing I decided to try one and see if I got lucky.
The first slightly encouraging sign was that the lens came with firmware 1.1 already installed, so it was obviously of relatively recent manufacture. I had earlier tried a few shots with a copy of the 45-175X that did exhibit shutter-speeds-of-death OIS blurring, so I knew what to look for, and look for it I have in this lens. I can indeed see a slight hint of shutter-induced blur at 1/125 and 1/160 and 42mm, but haven't been able to find it at other shutter speeds. (I'm using a GH2 FWIW.) It's mild enough that I probably wouldn't have even noticed it without straining my eyes specifically trying to find it. At those two shutter speeds, it's further ameliorated if I rest my finger against the lens barrel while shooting. I would have to conclude that the issue is just not really field-relevant in the copy I received.
I can't really conclude anything about the distribution of bad vs good copies. It may be that most of the old ones were bad and the ones of recent manufacture are mostly good. Or it may be that it's just the luck of draw whenever it was made. All I can say for certain is that I have one that was made relatively recently and that behaves acceptably in this regard.
In terms of optical performance, I can only compare it to my current lenses. Here's what I've found from a day of shooting comparative tests.
At 14mm: my copy of the PZ, my 14-45mm, and my 14mm/2.5 are all roughly equivalent (generally good performance from all).
At 25mm: my copy of the PZ is excellent, notably better than my 14-45mm (especially on the left side), and about equal to my Leicasonic 25mm/1.4.
At 42mm: my PZ is acceptable, but definitely worse than my 14-45mm in corners (especially on the right side). In the center, the two are the same. Both zooms are put to shame by my Olympus 45mm/1.8.
Overall, I would call the optical quality acceptable and about as expected for a basic zoom.
Operationally, the zoom switch is a mixed bag. I somewhat prefer a ring, but I can live with the switch (the 45-175X, having both, was much nicer in that regard).
So what to say? It's obvious that lots of people have had bad copies of this lens. On the other hand, I have to conclude that the copy I got is basically OK. It fulfills it's basic mission of being a very light and compact zoom with reasonably competent optics, though not overall better or worse than my old 14-45mm. If you want one, I wouldn't do anything to discourage you, but I would caution you to buy from a retailer with a tolerable returns policy. Good luck!
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Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH POWER OIS LUMIX G X VARIO PZ review by oluv
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small, light
soft, extreme reliability issues, expensive
i tested 4 copies of this lens and all of them had serious softness issues.
this was not typcial decentring, because the location of soft areas could vary between shots. i assume this is due to a badly designed OIS-element that can cause softness even when it shouldn't be active.
the already known problem with soft images at 42mm and shutter speeds between 1/100 - 1/200 is true even with OIS turned off and on olympus bodies as well.
even when stopped down this lens is softer than my lumix 14-140!!!
it could be the perfect standard zoom lens for small mFT cameras like GF3 or E-PL3, but this lens is too unreliable for serious shooting.
panasonic didn't provide any fix yet nor did they confirm any issues, so far i am still waiting for a definitve answer!
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Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH POWER OIS LUMIX G X VARIO PZ review by Eriknielse
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Small, light, fast focusing
Very unsharp related to the chosen shutterspeed
The bad copies of this lens are useless.
Using shutter speeds between about 1/30 sec. and 1/300 sec. the lens is extremely soft at all f.l. and apertures.
A lot of copies of this lens have this problem.
It doesn´t matter if IS is on or off, and mounted on an Oly. body the problem is the same. (I also bought the Pana. 20mm 1.7. This lens is very sharp.)
I bought my X 14-42 PZ one week ago as a kit with Panasonic GX1, so the sharpness problem isn´t a problem only related to the first shipments.
Panasonic will not answer any questions about this lens.
I hope they are able- and willing to solve the problem.
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Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH POWER OIS LUMIX G X VARIO PZ review by Ranger
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Extremely compact, probably a good choice for video use, decent walk around lens
Sharpness disappointing, mainly at tele end of range, expensive for image quality
I admit, I'm picky when it comes to sharpness and contrast. For a $400 lens, I find my sample wanting. Sharpness at the wide and middle focal lengths is decent. Unacceptably soft at the 42 tele end. Didn't see any difference in my tests with OIS "on" or "off". The controls take some getting use to. The power zoom especially can be frustrating if you are trying to set the focal length to a middle range. I tested this lens side by side with my Panasonic 14-45. The 14-45 outperforms my sample in sharpness and overall IQ at all focal lengths, especially at the telephoto end. IF this was a $250 lens then I would have rated it higher overall, but for $400, you are paying a premium for size, not image quality.
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2014 Hubert Veneau Côteaux du Giennois Rosé
Review Date: 08-09-2015
Seeking out a refreshing, dry, tart rosé to wrap up your summer with? Heeeere's Veneau! The flavors run to cherry, candied apple, and watermelon, but that makes it sound like a much different wine than it actually is. This rosé's flavors come across more as redolent of, or fragrant, than fully saturated, and it finishes clean and lip-smacking. Modestly priced, it is a great "why not?" sort of rosé to keep in the fridge for any old time, as well as for irrigating your larger, informal social gatherings with.
Price: $10.99
2013 Banshee Sonoma County Pinot Noir
Review Date: 08-07-2015
The 2013 leads with a nose redolent of low key cherry fruit accented by earth, tar, and dark cocoa powder. The palate adds dried orange peel, pine, cranberry, strawberry-rhubarb, and cinnamon and other spices, with the earthy dimension expressing itself as baked clay. Throughout, the dusty fruit character is never over played. While the mid-palate has just a bit of heft to it, and the finish is supple and creamy, there is nothing approaching over-ripe here, and the oak keeps a low profile, which, at this price, makes this fully dimensional Pinot Noir a hard bargain to beat.
Price: $22.99
2014 Domaine Cherrier Père & Fils Sancerre
Review Date: 07-24-2015
The 2014 opens with notes of green melon, talc, lime, and tomato leaf. There is a decidedly cool, brisk, greenness to this Sancerre, with its focused, tangy flavors of lime and crushed rock. The mineral component asserts itself on the finish, giving the emerald glade bit a little textural contrast.
Price: $14.99
2013 Les Chancelieres Vouvray
Review Date: 07-21-2015
This is one of those simple pleasures; an attractive, affable, affordable white wine for anytime and no particular occasion. With no oak anywhere in sight, the crunchy yellow fruit shines forth, picking up honeyed, floral, and citrus accents. There's good heft to the mid-palate, and an emphatically crisp finish brings the proceedings to a definitive close. Permission hereby granted to splash it about liberally, as needed!
Price: $10.99
2014 Les Roches Sauvignon Touraine
Review Date: 07-20-2015
There's no mistaking the varietal here: this is indubitably Sauvignon Blanc. Lemongrass and pepper have the van, followed by a tropical/citrus dimension, and, lastly, wet riverine rocks. All those aforementioned notes recur on the palate, with the fruit taking up a little more bandwidth in the overall scheme of things. This has a tad more to say about what it is made of, than where it is from, compared with other Loire Valley Sauvignon Blancs, and so is a nice crossover wine for fans of domestic or Kiwi bottling of that varietal. Perfect breezy, light-on-the-pocketbook refreshment.
Price: $9.99
2014 Les Ligeriens Rosé d'Anjou
Review Date: 07-15-2015
Most people ask you for a dry rosé if they're searching for rosé, but not all. When made off-dry, the danger of the wine being cloying is real; however, getting the balance in an off-dry wine right is also possible, too. Bugey Cerdon is a useful example of this, and so is the Les Ligeriens Rose d'Anjou. Not at all a dessert wine, this is basically dry. There is plenty of acidity backing up the softer, sweeter, floral dimension you find initially, and it finishes cleanly, without any residual sweetness. This is a cheerful, happy-go-lucky wine, and the low alcohol makes it perfectly suited to an afternoon picnic, for instance, or any other warm weather, out-of-doors get-together.
Price: $8.99
2014 Eric Cottat Sancerre Rosé
Review Date: 07-13-2015
I've long been a fan of Sancerre rosé. That's not to say I've loved each and every one indiscriminately and unequivocally. When it is done well, though, there is a purity and a rigorousness to the best that many other regions and varietals just can't seem to pack into a bottle of rosé. The 2014 Eric Cottat finds a nice poise between the more convivial, come-hither side of rosé, with bright berry fruit and pomelo notes, juxtaposed with whiplash acidity and rocky undercurrents. Vibrant and compelling, this is more than fun or pretty; it manages to both captivate your senses and capture your interest. Get it while you can!
Price: $17.99
2014 Eric Cottat Sancerre
Review Date: 07-07-2015
Over a foundational bed of minerality, the 2014 Eric Cottat Sancerre Blanc builds from a lemon-lime, cilantro framework towards suggestions of more exotic fruit notes. The evocation of "cool" here is primary, though: try not to think of green mossy rocks and ferns stream side while sipping this. The palate turns the tables, and sees the flinty-chalky dimension come to the fore, with the citrus buoying it up. The difference between this Sancerre blanc and others around its price point, to my palate, is in the length, and intensity, of flavor. While it doesn't quite manage the heft of larger scaled Sancerres, it hints at it. Get these while you can; we never seem to have enough from this small grower-producer to meet all the demand!
Price: $18.99
2014 Franck Millet Sancerre Blanc
Review Date: 07-06-2015
Why Loire Sauvignon Blanc? You've got rocks in your head, that's why. Or, at least, you will when you taste a nice Sancerre blanc like the 2014 Millet. It starts out with gooseberry, guava, green melon, lime, and verbena, set against the aforementioned mineral dimension, on the nose, and carrying through to the palate, with wet rock, light melon, and citrus notes repeating, before a clean, lip-smacking finish. This is a perrenial fav., and the current vintage continues the string of successful releases from the Domaine.
Price: $14.99
2010 Maison Idiart Blanc de Blanc Brut
Review Date: 06-29-2015
Are you looking for an emphatically dry sparkling wine, but at an everyday price? Then the Nicolas Idiart Blanc de Blanc Brut is definitely one you should try. Scents of citrus, yeast, and florality on the nose lead the way into a medium-weight palate which evokes fresh-baked bread, in a diaphanous vein, before concluding with a welcome snap. Every fridge door this summer should be prepared, for the advent of necessity or whim, with at least a couple bottles of this fizzy delight.
Price: $12.99
2013 Napa Cellars Napa Valley Chardonnay
Review Date: 05-27-2015
Are you looking for oak and butter front and center in your Chardonnay, but at a price that makes it an affordable, everyday pleasure? This no-holds-barred style delivers just that and then some, with plenty of toasty vanilla, oaky spice, and buttery richness. Though definitely the secondary aspect, there is also candied pear and pineapple lurking underneath, and a decent level of acidity as a counter weight, keeping everything from slipping too far into the plush-zone. Could be just the wine for your Tuesday night white!
Price: $13.99
Bellussi Prosecco di Valdobbiadene
Review Date: 05-15-2015
Sweetly citric; more orange-y than lemon/lime, with a bit of crisp apple, this prosecco still cleaves to the drier end of the spectrum. The texture is almost the most salient feature to my mind: the mousse is generous, but oh-so-soft, and provides a wonderful frame for the gentle suggestion of sweetness implicit in the wine's flavors. The only thing that will bring you up short is finding yourself at the bottom of the bottle.
Price: $14.99
2014 Domaine des Côtes Blanches Sancerre
Review Date: 05-04-2015
Lemon-lime, green plum, wet rock, tomato leaf on the nose leads to a focused, citric-driven palate with echoes of the aromatics that appear on the nose. Lots of vim and vigor here, and a less deep shade of green than some Sancerres get up to, this can do duty as a cocktail wine in addition to pairing well with a wide variety of foods.
Price: $17.99
2013 TWR (Te Whare Ra) Pinot Noir Marlborough
Review Date: 04-30-2015
Both the nose and the palate here bear evidence of the earthy, woodsy side of Pinot Noir. Roast beet mingles with cherry and dry brush on the nose, while the palate takes that cherry aspect and adds cocoa powder, earth, and more forest floor notes. The tannins are light, and the wine has an acidic profile, keeping this Pinot Noir lively.
Price: $26.99
2010 Soluve Chianti Classico Riserva
Review Date: 04-30-2015
The 2010 Soluve commences with balsamic notes, with a hint of anise, and dried cherry. The cherry fruit, while still dried, really comes holographically alive on the palate, where it is joined to tobacco, tar, and sandalwood. The tannins and acidity are well concealed within the wine's over-all volume, making this an easy-drinking Chianti Classico Riserva for immediate enjoyment.
Price: $19.99
2013 Allram "Papageno" Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) Kamptal
Review Date: 04-24-2015
Apple blossom, lemon verbena, pea shoots, tangerine and meyer lemon scents emerge from the glass as you swirl this Austrian Pinot Blanc. "Emerge" doesn't quite do it justice; there is a bodacious richness to the aromatics here. This firms up a bit on the palate, with the weight and flesh snapped into line by high acidity. Pleasantly juicy, there is just a wisp of something like almond/hazelnut-y lurking on the margins, before it finishes clean and fresh. If you like Chardonnay's power, but are burned out on oak and butter, this Weissburgunder could be your lifeline.
Price: $18.99
2010 Acumen "Mountainside" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Review Date: 04-20-2015
The 2010 "Acumen" Cabernet Sauvignon lives up to its name, showing the felicitous results of mindful wine making applied to attentively farmed, mountain-grown fruit. The resultant wine is dry, focused and structured, with natural fruit counter-pointed by menthol and roast herb notes, along with woodsy spice. The key here is balance. It neatly misses the pitfalls of excessive ripeness and over-obvious oak, and I'd wager it will even be significantly better as the years wear on, the tannins begin to melt in, and the wine begins to stretch out and unfurl its full array of flavors.
Price: $59.99
2013 Von Strasser "Rudy" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Review Date: 04-17-2015
Ripe plum, gravel, charcoal, and an ethereal vanilla note all feature in the profile of the 2013 Rudy Cabernet Sauvignon. Medium bodied and juicy, this vintage has slightly higher tannins than the previous one, but is still remains moderate overall. A light cedar note rounds out the roast plum that comes out on the finish.
Price: $19.99
2013 Ermacora Pinot Bianco Colli Orientali del Friuli
Review Date: 03-30-2015
Aromas of lemon and wet sand start this Pinot Bianco off in a precise and steely vein. The first impression is belied, however, by the mid-palate, which does have a little roundness to it, with flavors of tangerine, a hint of just-ripe pineapple, and raw almond, with mineral backing. An excellent choice for a vibrant, refreshing, everyday white wine that'll blend seamlessly into a wide variety of circumstances.
Price: $15.99
2012 Philippe Tessier "Les Sables" Cour Cheverny
Review Date: 03-23-2015
The fruit for this bottling comes from 60 year old vines, versus a vine age of 30 years for the standard Cour-Cheverny. Not too different than its younger sibling, the 2012 "Les Sables" simply offers more of everything: there's resin, lemon juice, hazelnut, beeswax, and dried citrus peel and ginger, on this medium bodied white wine, along with bracing acidity. Anyone lamenting the scarcity of stellar white Burgundy at bargain prices could do worse than to give this wine a whirl!
Price: $23.99
Mas Codina Cava Brut Reserva Penedès
Review Date: 03-02-2015
The Mas Codina cleaves more to the doughy-yeasty side of things, but has a light, delicate fruit character, in a citrus, tart apple vein. This definitely comes across on the dry side, and finishes clean, with a suggestion of green apple. Absolutely affordable, and well balanced, this is a great pick when you need good, inexpensive fizz!
Price: $13.99
Marietta "Old Vine Red-Lot #62" Red Blend
Review Date: 02-25-2015
Bright cherry-berry fruit, with warm baking spice accents framing it, lead into a medium bodied, juicy mouthful of wine. There is only the faintest whiff of tannin here; the wine derives its freshness and structure courtesy of its vibrant acidity. There aren't many domestic wines that stand up to the best of the competition at this price point from Spain, say, but this is one that really does, and boasts an unmistakably Californian character besides. This slides easily into the roster of top, everyday-red deals!
Price: $11.99
2013 Franck Millet "Insolite" Sancerre
Review Date: 02-06-2015
The 2013 Insolite boasts a veritable rainbow of citrus scents: lemon, lime, and orange mingle with a pungent quality reminiscent of the first bite of a kumquat, along with pea shoot and lemon grass. The palate is clean, streamlined, sleek, and cool, with the cuvee's characteristic richness all but enveloping the bristling acidity until the very end, and a smidgen of talc dusting the robust fruit.
Price: $23.99
2013 Rutherford Ranch Napa Valley Chardonnay
Review Date: 10-20-2014
Round and juicy, this Chardonnay is driven by clean, tropical flavors of sweet citrus and pineapple. Its easy-going style, with a price to match, should make it a hit with those looking for an everyday white that has a little more richness than a Sauvignon Blanc, say, but avoids the oak-and-butter side of the Chardonnay spectrum.
Price: $12.99
Sherman & Hooker's Shebang! "Cuvee III" Sauvignon Blanc
Review Date: 08-20-2014
You may already be familiar with the Shebang red, which has been a big hit for a California red blend. Well, it is time to get acquainted another good bargain bottle from the folks at Bedrock: their third Sauvignon Blanc cuvee. Flavors of tangerine, lemon, and cantaloupe, set against a green shiso note, mark this tasty, tart white. This isn't grassy, feline, or highly herbaceous, and should be a good all-arounder when a fresh, lighter bodied, inexpensive white is what you want.
Price: $11.99
2013 Margerum "K&L Blend" Happy Canyon Sauvignon Blanc
Review Date: 05-26-2014
With a nose offering up citrus, lemongrass, and honeydew melon, this is a vital, vivacious Sauvignon Blanc. Svelte on the palate, the flavors run to pomelo and melon, while managing just a suggestion of a mineral dimension in the form of powdery talc notes. Should perform yeoman duty as the summer party season commences!
Price: $18.99
Franck Bonville Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Review Date: 04-16-2014
Fresh and racy, showing crisp apple and citrus, with hints of mineral and brioche rounding out the palate, this focused and elegant Champagne is as good as--or better than--its previous incarnations, and remains a steal for the price.
Price: $34.99
Powers & Sons 12 Year Old John's Lane Pot Still Irish Whiskey 750ml
Review Date: 01-20-2014
The all pot-stilled Powers John's Lane bottling really ratchets up the intensity and complexity from the usual run of Irish whiskies, while remaining true to type. You'd never mistake this for Bourbon, Scotch or any other style of whiskey. The nose gives up orange marmalade, yellow plum, honeysuckle, powdery vanilla, and cedar, before a duet between toasted graininess and yuzu fruit, with spice and crème brulee accents, begins on the palate. I hope we soon see more like this!
Price: $69.99
Lot 40 Single Pot Still Canadian Rye Whisky 750ml
Review Date: 01-20-2014
Unctuous and rich, this Canadian Rye packs in an intriguing array of flavors that stays true to the character of the grain. Style-wise, it skews to the sweeter side of things, with a fat mid-palate, and a supple, seamless texture. This is definitely the best new addition to the--of recent days--rather un-crowded field of contemplative, sipping Rye Whiskeys that I've had occasion to sample.
Price: $54.99
James E. Pepper 1776 Straight Rye Whiskey 750ml
Review Date: 04-29-2013
Surprisingly sweet and round, with lemon, mandarin peel, and pine contrasting toasted almond, marshmallow, and vanilla, there is a solid depth of flavor here for a two year old rye. That being said, if you plan to make a Manhattan or some similar creation, go with a lighter sweet vermouth and be chary with it. I find this works best for my palate in cocktails with just a few small additions. As an aside, it is refreshing to see that the bottle's legend freely admits to the whiskey being from sourced barrels, while the label's own distillates are coming of age.
Price: $23.99
Old Forester Bourbon 86 Proof 750ml
Review Date: 04-29-2013
Not every whiskey needs to be pondered. Sometimes, you just want something enjoyable that you can splash liberally about. For under twenty dollars, this delivers. Robust without being heavy, this Bourbon ranges from dried fruit, crème anglais, pecan and nougat, through to cinnamon, allspice, and cedar. While you could nit-pick this or that aspect, overall, I find this quite easy to enjoy just on its own, straight up. Nicely done!
Price: $16.99
Plymouth Navy Strength Gin 750ml
Review Date: 11-04-2012
It had been bruited about that such a creature as "navy strength" Plymouth gin existed, or once had, and here in the midst of the great cocktail revival, where many a long-lost dream comes true, it once more graces these shores. If you're familiar with Plymouth gin, there are no great surprises in store for you here; which is just fine. Why mess with success? The Navy Strength bottling is simply a brawnier version of the classic Plymouth taste. When this is, for instance, mixed up simply 1:1 gin to vermouth(Noilly Prat), no garnish, as a Wondrich reprint of an early 1850's San Francisco Gibson recipe suggests, this is a fabulous drink, and one in which a standard proof just wouldn't cut it. With the Navy Stength, you can taste the gin's presence clearly and distinctly. An excellent addition to the canon!
Price: $33.99
Tempus Fugit Kina L'Aero D'Or Aperitif Du Quinquina750ml
Review Date: 10-08-2012
Does Kina l'Avion d'Or replace Lillet? Not exactly; more like compliments Lillet. While you can have a glass of Lillet all by itself, L'Avion is much too sweet for such a maneuver. The bitterness is also, correspondingly, more pronounced in the l'Avion d'Or, though it is still only moderately bitter. What is different is the scope. It would be more correct to say that it has an array of bitter flavors. When mixing, those flavors and l'Avion's over-all robustness really stand out when you substitute this in a cocktail in place of Lillet. I think you might even find you want to adjust your proportions accordingly to take that into account. The fact that this is so clearly its own creature is to be commended, and provides plenty of room for the imagination to invent new drinks as well as showing established recipes in a different light.
Price: $32.99
Tempus Fugit Creme de Menthe 750ml
Review Date: 09-04-2012
I admit, I had my doubts. While a devoted fan of the sweetly aromatic, cooling smell of fresh mint, any attempt to capture that essence always seems to me to come up short. This liqueur comes about as close as I reckon you can. It doesn't, naturally, take the place of fresh mint in cocktails; as much as it is true to the flavor, it is best considered as its own creature. It mixes splendidly, especially in gin drinks, where the juniper and the crème de menthe get together and execute a sort of cool tango on your tongue, and in a way that muddled sprigs wouldn't. So, yeah, I'm a convert: this is well worth checking this out.
Price: $30.99
Byrrh Grand Quinquina Aperitif 750ml
Review Date: 09-04-2012
What sort of aperitif is this? I'd liken it more to Dubonnet than sweet Vermouth, though it has a brighter, fresher berry-fruit character to Dubonnet's plush, bass heavy profile, and a more pronounced bitterness as a counterpoint. Note, though, that this is skewed more towards the sweet than the bitter, and therefore seems to me to suggest it wants dilution of some sort, whether passively by serving it over ice, or through mixing: dust off your copy of the Savoy Cocktail book for a few suggestions on how to get started if that latter course strikes your fancy.
Price: $19.99
Leopold Bros Navy Strength Gin 750ml
Review Date: 08-03-2012
As noted, this is NOT the same creature as the Leopold Bros small batch gin. At first, you might think it bears no resemblance; the aromatic profile is markedly different and I don't think anybody would want to sip this as is. What happens, though, when you mix it, is that that recognizable Leopold's suppleness of texture comes out. True, the botanicals here sing out clearly even when you are mixing it 1:1:1, but it still comes across more polished than savage, with the result that you can more easily plug this into a wide variety of recipes with excellent results.
Price: $44.99
Leopold Bros Orange Liqueur 750ml
Review Date: 06-19-2012
Ever notice the way things can seem to recede from you apace with the attention you give to them? What seems a solid, known quantity or concept—a river, say—can be, depending on where you observe it from, both a bubbling spring on down to a many branched, meandering delta, and so is not one thing but many things. And even observing the portion that accords with the more straight forward conception of "river" is, itself, is up for question: where it is can shift drastically, and what it is, too: spring's rush to fall's hush, never exactly the same, as the old saw goes, twice. If there is a fault, it owes not so much to our perception and experience as to the limitation inherent in creating an idea of, and a name for, a phenomena or process both varied and fluxional. "What the heck does this all this have to do with orange liqueur!?" I can hear you wondering. Well, where once there was but Cointreau and Grand Marinier at the top, in recent years, the narrow scope of high-quality sweetened spirits flavored with oranges has burst its banks and proliferated considerably. You have at once recreations of historic recipes as well as re-imaginings with different spirit bases, or, as in this case, different oranges, specifically bergamot here. Considering the ongoing popularity of Earl Grey tea, and the ubiquity of bergamot as a component in perfumery, I'd say the Leopold Bros decision to include bergamot in the recipe for their orange liqueur constitutes a very sage twist on the Curacao tradition. While the aroma and flavor is distinctive, it is not so far removed from traditional preparations that it cannot be profitably put to use in cocktail recipes calling for triple sec, etc. If it is not the one orange liqueur everyone must have, I nevertheless heartily recommend it both as a tasty, finely crafted spirit and as a ingenious expansion of the possibilities of the genre's boundaries, a welcome additional texture to the multiplicity of expressions the concept of orange liqueur is capable of.
Price: $35.99
Pierre Ferrand 1840 Formula 90 proof Cognac 750ml
Review Date: 05-31-2012
There aren't a bevy of Cognacs out there built for mixing. This one has two things going for it: 45% abv, and a formulation that is an attempt to recreate the flavor profile of a pre-phylloxera Cognac. So, does it fly? Yes, it does. That little bit extra strength combined with the robust flavor profile gives this the power to really sing out in mixed drinks where other Cognacs might just fade into the background. The flavor is mostly in the dry fruit and new leather vein, with a papery vanilla, and some citron and bergamot, in the background in this plump, round, reasonably sweet brandy. Try a sidecar with it and see for yourself!
Price: $39.99
Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength Irish Whiskey 750ml
Review Date: 04-15-2012
This cask strength bottling of Red Breast certainly ratchets up the drama. There is more oomph, more richness and intensity, on both nose and palate. It remains, however, an Irish pure pot still whiskey foremost, and as such bears closer kinship to its more familiar version lower proof bottling than to the untamed ferocity of something like a George T Stagg. You ain't toying with no pipsqueak, though; you will want ice or water or a bit of both to round the edge off. You get a wonderful range of baked banana, dried fruits, butterscotch and sweet grain, enlivened by a citric note that keeps things from seeming cloying or fatty. The finish here rolls on like thunder—well, civilized thunder, anyway. I'd note, too, that if you're mixing a Manhattan-style cocktail with Irish whiskey, this is probably the best one for the job I've come across to date. The cask strength really keeps the whiskey from getting lost amidst the other ingredients.
Price: $59.99
Hidalgo "Napoleon" Amontillado Sanlucar de Barrameda (500ml)
Review Date: 01-21-2012
This has a meaty, rich, sweet date scented nose with toasted walnut and almond behind it. Once sipped, you recognize immediately that this sherry was none of the fat you might expect. While the flavors have good depth, this is quite devoid of heaviness and has plenty of salty, lip-smacking tang. The finish is lively and bracingly fresh, with a slight chalkiness and a lingering almond character. You can luxuriate in this Amontillado without the flavors ever cloying. With that said, however, you just might have to keep an eye that the 17.5% doesn't get the better of you…
Price: $17.99
La Guita Manzanilla Sanlucar de Barrameda
Review Date: 12-26-2011
What? A new sherry to try? On it. This manzanilla gives up sea breeze, wet gravel, brine, a gentle toasted almond note and a lemon juice-citric tang on the finish, showing all the character you'd expect and at a reasonable price, too. While this certainly shows where it's from, there is a softness to the middle that can almost fool you into thinking you're sipping a brisk, dry white that didn't mature under a veil of flor. There's a funny piece of twine on the bottle's front. I gave it a tug and it came unstuck from the labels holding it in place. Alas, it let loose no confetti. I afterwards ascertained that the name "La Guita" came from a favorite quip of the house's founder, and was a slang word for "money" but also meant "cord." Now you know. That they also stamp the bottling date on the back is perhaps the more salient, and appreciated, detail with a perishable item like sherry.
Price: $14.99
Rare Wine Company Historic Series Charleston Sercial Madeira
Review Date: 11-27-2011
The dominant character here is a subdued toasted nuttiness, not specifically almond or walnut, with undercurrents of dried fruit. The palate is another thing altogether. This is one a wine that succeeds more on texture than nuance of flavor. While it is a sweet wine, it doesn't put itself across the way a sauterne or even a sweet sherry would. It is as though you'd put the proverbial "spoon full of sugar" in your mouth-though for the purposes of this analogy we'd better make sure you're visualizing raw sugar-and then sucked a fat wedge of lime. The tremendous acidity doesn't just balance out the sweetness, but actually overcompensates for it, making it seem to finish much drier than it started and lip-smacking, too. Singular stuff. Works pretty nice with a slice of pumpkin pie and I'd wager you would get good mileage out of it with well-seasoned meaty bites, say dumplings of some sort.
Price: $49.99
El Dorado 15 year old Demerara Guyana Rum 750ml (ships in a 1.5 box)
Review Date: 07-01-2011
Demerara-rah; that's the spirit! The El Dorado 15 year certainly shows the benefits of the time that the spirit spent in barrel in the initial intensity of the nose and palate. What is better still is it pulls back a bit towards the finish and finds a little reserve, avoiding the bombast of certain other "too much isn't nearly enough" long-aged spirits. Toasted chestnuts, antique woodsy vanilla and candied pear, papaya and pineapple ornament a core of lush, sweet sugar cane that switches about between the continuum of sugar-brown sugar-molasses without ever settling on just one, a sort of olfactory iridescence. Pull up an evening and a chair and settle in; you'll want to linger long—in the same way that the finish does—with this rum.
Price: $39.99
La Cigarrera Manzanilla Sanlucar de Barrameda (375ml)
Review Date: 05-30-2011
This manzanilla plays down the toasted almond dimension of sherry, and offers instead clean, vibrant, salty aromas coupled with golden apple and a little sprinkling of parsley, even. Take a sip, and you'll find a smooth texture and a pleasantly plump middle palate, finishing with a citric pucker and a lingering evocation of wet stone. Well worth trying where you'd normally reach for muscadet, say.
Price: $12.99
Elijah Craig 12 year old Small Batch Bourbon 750ml (ships as a 1.5L)
Review Date: 04-28-2011
This has got to be one of the best values in an aged bourbon that we carry. The 12 years this spent in barrel is amply attested to by the nose: full, heavy, oaky vanilla fudge, a beam of bright maple syrup, peach and loads of spice. The flavors follow in a similar vein, with good richness of body. Relatively smooth, there is only a slight rasp from the oak aging and the finish brings back some of that light, bright vertical maple character. To my taste, it is a little too contumacious to use in a mixed drink; I recommend you sip this one only, but that, of course, in whatever fashion you like.
Price: $24.99
Leopold Bros. Small Batch American Gin 750ml
Review Date: 01-31-2011
Damn, this is pretty! So very pretty-pretty! Juniper shares the stage with a prominent sweet citrus oil component and a delicately floral dimension in the nose. While the Leopold's would have to be counted amongst new-styled American gins, I think it is really in a category all its own. Why? Take a sip. Yes; just of the gin straight, at room temperature. This is gentler, softer, suppler, and more delicate than any gin I've heretofore had occasion to taste. Now, I wouldn't necessarily advise this for use in every cocktail recipe out there. For people who want that indomitable juniper character shining through in a drink despite citrus juices, liqueurs, bitters, absinthe, whatever you might throw at a gin in the course of making a cocktail, well, this probably isn't that spirit. In more gin-centric drinks, this is beautiful, fresh, gracefully perfumed... and well worth a try!
Price: $36.99
Dudognon Vielle Reserve 20 year Cognac 750ml
Review Date: 01-29-2011
The Dudognon Vieille Reserve puts me in mind of golden, late afternoon sunshine. It isn't the spirit's color, but rather the gentle, relaxed warmth this spirit seems to contain. If only we all had such refinement and grace in our twenties! The Vieille Reserve is a slight notch up in amplitude from its younger sibling, the Reserve, taking on a weightier texture and greater length while retaining an obvious stylistic kinship in its purity and delicacy. Powdery, dusty vanilla and warm spice joins light caramel, citron and dried apple notes, which then fades longer than the diminuendo on a seventies rock track outro. You'd have to be something of a curmudgeon not to feel this.
Price: $89.99
North Shore Gin No. 11
Review Date: 11-29-2010
This is a very smooth take on a London dry style of gin. There is noticeably less "bite" here than with a good many other gins in the same style. The botanicals are well balanced, too: while you're never in any doubt that there are juniper berries present, it doesn't spell out JUNIPER in block caps; more like Spencerian script. Clean citrus and warm spice notes flesh out the cool, clear juniper. While it doesn't lack for flavor, this is more about grace than force. So; if you didn't believe the dog pile of reviews on this gin already, now I'm giving you my two cents: well worth trying!
Price: $31.99


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This slice of life, fun film which will entertain as well as bring a lump to the throat also boasts of impressive and promising talent drawn from Indian theatre. "Chalo Dilli" is a journey which along with the two protagonists showcases the real India and its colorful and funny people with their eccentricities.
Cast: Vinay Pathak, Lara Datta
Produced by: Krishika Lulla, Mahesh Bhupathi
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