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* There’s no legal drinking age in Shanghai
* Wine bottles are 75cl in size because that was the capacity of the typical glass-blower’s lungs
* The % of alcohol listed on a bottle represents the actual % of the liquid that is alcohol (sounds obvious but we’d just not thought of it that way before!)
* Until 2002 Chardonnay was the most planted variety in NZ, not Sauvignon Blanc
* Madiran from South West France is a great summer red
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Homework to complete:
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* Find out if no legal drinking age has lead to more or less of a binge drinking culture in Shangai
* If wine bottles are 75cl, why are spirit bottles 70cl? Asthmatic glass blowers perhaps?
* Drink more Madiran – Cimes Pireneus Madiran 2010 by Plaimont is a good one. A blend of Tannat, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc it’s an intense glass of smoky tobacco, pen ink (really!) and black forest gateaux infused deliciousness. A great BBQ red: nice served slightly chilled too. £11.99, Tesco.
Summer holidays & homework… my sort of homework… pass me a glass! http://t.co/swSFD45a7i http://t.co/2HfZLqNZ2s
Summer holidays and homework! Miss Bouquet: http://t.co/KqnKkKwKJe – on learning % alcohol,’abv’ might have helped, if you’d ever heard it!!