Because there is nothing i like more than a stiff drink before i drive my
MG...or any car for that matter.
Adam Deutsch
72B
On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 WSpohn4@aol.com wrote:
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> How nice to see a car group discussing another of my favourite pastimes =
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> wine. The guys over at the Jensen group are, almost to a man, unrepentant=
suds
> suckers and wouldn't know a good wine if they were handed one (I say that=
,
> confident that there is no overlap between the groups, except for one fri=
end
> that wouldn't squeal on me =97 right Len?)
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> An interest in wine complements a sports car hobby =97 almost wherever we=
go on
> car events, we can find something also interesting related to wine. I sti=
ll
> can't convince everyone that the perfect place for a meet is in Napa, tho=
ugh.
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> I don't usually do car things when in Europe, but a couple of years ago
> happened to be in Monaco for the weekend of the Historic races (a week be=
fore
> the Grand Prix), and it was the most interesting and civilised thing to b=
e
> sitting at a cafe at trackside sipping a nice bottle. The most contact th=
at
> many racers get is the spray of bubbly in the face when they win a race (=
gross
> misuse of often decent wine!). Wish we were more into that here, but with=
the
> exception of Gil Nickel, who runs Far Niente and tries to promote wine at=
the
> races, it is still the rolling out of the barrel that heralds the end of =
the
> day's event.
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> Do you members in Oz do car events in wine country?
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> Bill S.
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