1. Robert Parker likes cheap wine as much as we all do. According to Decanter's website, the American critic said "The real marketplace is in Beaujolais Nouveau". So that would be for two or three weeks every year? Also, he said this on the day before he drank 1990 Petrus, 1948 Doisy Daene and 2000 Cheval Blanc.
2. The Goverment is doing nothing to help alcoholism. If the average price of a bottle is £4.01, and a billion bottles are sold in the UK each year, a duty rate of £1.45 per bottle, plus the vat, means the government makes £2,050,000,000 per year from wine alone! And according to a report on the BBC website this week, the NHS spends £217,000,000 on alcohol treatment and a further £6,000,000 on a campaign to inform people how much they are drinking. Where has the other billion and a half gone?
3. England is no longer a green and pleasant land. It is a land under vine and has won 22 medals at the International Wine Challenge including 1 gold. Will more follow as the world heats up?
4. Young French people don't like wine.
5. Michael Broadbent is getting miffed with a new book called Billionaire's Vinegar
2. The Goverment is doing nothing to help alcoholism. If the average price of a bottle is £4.01, and a billion bottles are sold in the UK each year, a duty rate of £1.45 per bottle, plus the vat, means the government makes £2,050,000,000 per year from wine alone! And according to a report on the BBC website this week, the NHS spends £217,000,000 on alcohol treatment and a further £6,000,000 on a campaign to inform people how much they are drinking. Where has the other billion and a half gone?
3. England is no longer a green and pleasant land. It is a land under vine and has won 22 medals at the International Wine Challenge including 1 gold. Will more follow as the world heats up?
4. Young French people don't like wine.
5. Michael Broadbent is getting miffed with a new book called Billionaire's Vinegar
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