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MovedGoalPosts

30-10-2013 19:06

Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?

Apparently the world faces a global wine shortage:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24746539

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demand for wine "exceeded supply by 300m cases in 2012"

Disaster. How will I kill off my liver now?

Dash: CF noob

30-10-2013 19:14

Re: Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?

Plenty in Bargain Booze

MovedGoalPosts

30-10-2013 20:54

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Originally Posted by Dash: CF noob (Post 35638923)

Plenty in Bargain Booze

That stuff not only kills your liver it rots your gut, roasts your gullet ....

alferret

31-10-2013 04:09

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There will be a run on the vino tinto on the bottom shelf at tesco tonite with all the local alcoholics stocking up!

papa smurf

31-10-2013 06:29

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it all tastes like vinegar to me

as long as theres plenty of beer i dont care;)

"demand for wine "exceeded supply by 300m cases in 2012".
if thats true then the shelves would have been empty

Nidge41

03-11-2013 07:49

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Aren't Australia big wine producers?

Taf	03-11-2013 12:49

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Declare a shortage, increase the price.

Market forces at their worst.

The French have been drinking less and less wine as most of their own country's product has been getting poorer and poorer whilst prices have been rising and rising.

New World wines knock spots off Old World wines in my opinion.

Osem	03-11-2013 12:55

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Originally Posted by Rob (Post 35638919)

Apparently the world faces a global wine shortage:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24746539

Disaster. How will I kill off my liver now?

I dare say the Eurocrats did us all a very big favour by reducing them for us during their many nice official functions. Wouldn't do to flood the market with cheap vino for the masses to enjoy...

Kymmy

03-11-2013 13:20

Re: Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?

Got 2 gallons of red fermenting as I type, and that was from just two vines. We still have to harvest the three white vines.. So no shortage here

Uncle Peter

03-11-2013 14:00

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Most of it is in my shed and garage. Sorry.

Maggy

03-11-2013 14:05

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Well wine can be made from any fruit source..My mother made a lethal homemade Elderflower wine.So get cracking..

Osem	07-11-2013 09:07

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Making wine's quite easy - we used 100% grapes, nothing added - but you do need to make sure that all the vessels used are sterile or you could wind up with a whole lot of vinegar. Last time I made it we got around 150l IIRC. Of course proper equipment helped, we bought a proper masher and a large screw type press to get all the juice from the pulp after the initial fermentation, and several 55l demijohns which looked like giant chianti bottles in baskets. The best part was the day I went down to check the barrels and could hear the contents fermenting away like mad. After just a few weeks it was surprisingly drinkable and very cheap. The way things are going I might just have to make some more...

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35640269)

Well wine can be made from any fruit source..My mother made a lethal homemade Elderflower wine.So get cracking..

I seem to recall my mum making potato wine. Can't vouch for how it tasted though... :erm:

Maggy

07-11-2013 10:02

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35641687)

My mother's Marrow Rum was lethal...

Osem	07-11-2013 14:16

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The only good marrow is a dead marrow... :D

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