Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?
30-10-2013, 19:06
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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"
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Disaster. How will I kill off my liver now?
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30-10-2013, 19:14
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Re: Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?
Plenty in Bargain Booze
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30-10-2013, 20:54
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Re: Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?
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Plenty in Bargain Booze
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That stuff not only kills your liver it rots your gut, roasts your gullet ....
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31-10-2013, 04:09
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Re: Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?
There will be a run on the vino tinto on the bottom shelf at tesco tonite with all the local alcoholics stocking up!
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31-10-2013, 06:29
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Re: Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?
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
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03-11-2013, 07:49
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Re: Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?
Aren't Australia big wine producers?
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03-11-2013, 12:49
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Re: Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?
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.
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03-11-2013, 12:55
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Re: Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?
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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...
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03-11-2013, 13:20
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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
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03-11-2013, 14:00
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Re: Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?
Most of it is in my shed and garage. Sorry.
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03-11-2013, 14:05
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Re: Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?
Well wine can be made from any fruit source..My mother made a lethal homemade Elderflower wine.So get cracking..
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07-11-2013, 09:07
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Re: Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?
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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Well wine can be made from any fruit source..My mother made a lethal homemade Elderflower wine.So get cracking..
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I seem to recall my mum making potato wine. Can't vouch for how it tasted though... 
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07-11-2013, 10:02
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Re: Oh Noes - Whatever happened to the Wine Lakes?
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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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I seem to recall my mum making potato wine. Can't vouch for how it tasted though... |
My mother's Marrow Rum was lethal...
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07-11-2013, 14:16
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The only good marrow is a dead marrow... 
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