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And my wife and I are off to sample some wines.

... which may be the last coherent statement I'll make this evening.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Fri Dec 11th, 2009 at 11:20:37 AM EST

Wine tasting (none / 1)

Whatever happened to that spitting it out disgusting habit? I'm with you. Nose, dance and length are one thing - but how can you tell if a wine is any good unless you've had a whole glass of it? It would be like awarding points for foreplay at the sex olympics ;-)

<runs for cover>

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Dec 11th, 2009 at 11:26:40 AM EST
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Re: Wine tasting (none / 1)

Whilst I would normally agree with you, having done a several hour long wine tasting last year I'm pretty glad I was so scrupulous about spitting out cos otherwise I'd have probably been unconscious about an hour in. Even so, I was getting squiffy on fumes after about 3 hours.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Dec 11th, 2009 at 11:34:06 AM EST
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Re: Wine tasting (none / 0)

We have a regular wine source, and every so often we go along to see (taste) what new stuff she's got in. And catch up on what's new generally.

And if she doesn't happen to have anything new, she can reintroduce our palate to some old friends, so that's OK too.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Fri Dec 11th, 2009 at 03:16:38 PM EST
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