Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 17:09:05 GMT From: Harvey White <madynnopsametcom.com> Subject: Re: Wish me luck, year shocks today.
On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 10:51:46 -0000, MeatballTurbo <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> wrote: >In article <g6odrvclthrgbv48qk88dk8pmc92vpqnnknopsamcom>, >madynnopsametcom.com spouted forth into alt.autos.saab... >> Next time, try an australian shiraz, a decent riesling, and avoid >> greek wines (especially the traditional ones with resin...). >> >Oh no worries on that, I know. We had already polished off a bottle of >Garnet Point Grenache Zinfandel. It's a very nice very drinkable >pleasant Rose, but the other two were brough back by various members of >the GFs family, and while under the influence, seemed a good idea. Hmmm... TWI... Thinking While Intoxicated.... > >I know Retsina is a very aquired taste. I have never yet managed to >aquire it :) We bought one bottle, tried one or two sips... Decided that the acquisition of that taste wasn't worth the effort. Probably explains a lot about the ancient Greeks..... > >I'm not a wine buff by any means, though I did used to run a wine aisle >in a supermarket, so had to get to know a little about the types, >although I have forgotten most it by now. I (now on hiatus) made wine, but from kits, not from the grapes themselves. Surprisingly easy, it was. Price would be about 2 to 3 dollars a bottle, roughly, equivalent to a good consumer wine, if not a bit more. Harvey
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