And the alcohol for tonight is.....

[TheLocalYokel]

A fine selection of wines and whisky, but to have to suffer Britains Got Talent 😱 - banned on my telly!

Kevin

And there was me thinking you were all bent on drinking non-alcoholic wine.

Thanks for translating BGT, Kevin. I was about to ask Ray what it meant. I'm not much of a telly watcher as you might gather.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

A fine selection of wines and whisky, but to have to suffer Britains Got Talent 😱 - banned on my telly!

Kevin

And there was me thinking you were all bent on drinking non-alcoholic wine.

Thanks for translating BGT, Kevin. I was about to ask Ray what it meant. I'm not much of a telly watcher as you might gather.

 

[rollo]

A fine selection of wines and whisky, but to have to suffer Britains Got Talent 😱 - banned on my telly!

Kevin

Quite right total garbage, went out nice pub grub baked hake with sauté potatoes on a bed of mediterranean veg washed down with a J20 to drown my sorrows after the footy guess who was driving?

 

[Ray Finkle]

but to have to suffer Britains Got Talent 😱

Quite right total garbage

No you can see what I have to put up with when Mrs F and #1 sprog gang up on me.

Thankfully I have a decent pair of headphones and F4A to keep me occupied 🙂

 

[Ray Finkle]

The line up for the rest of the evening is as follows.......Fursty Ferret, Proper Job, Worcester Sorcerer and Old Thumper.

 

[thunderchild]

Getting in the mood for Tuscany with a nice bottle of Chianti (liver and fava beans optional)!

 

[paully]

Getting in the mood for Tuscany with a nice bottle of Chianti (liver and fava beans optional)!

Enjoy..................not sure about the beans though could be a bit iffy after a bottle or 3😗👍

 

[thunderchild]

Enjoy..................not sure about the beans though could be a bit iffy after a bottle or 3😗👍

On the second bottle now....

 

[Ray Finkle]

Getting in the mood for Tuscany with a nice bottle of Chianti (liver and fava beans optional)!

Have a great time Buddy 👍

I'm working my way through 1.5 litres of Apelia. When you're sat outside a Greek restaurant watching the sun set over the bay there is nothing better, drinking it in East Birmingham makes it taste like something that my neighbour made in his shed 😱

 

[thunderchild]

The Greeks haven’t quite mastered the wine yet. I was mortified once when I ordered a glass of red and I saw them reach it out of the fridge! Thankfully it soon warmed up.

Still, I’d take chilled red wine over Ouzo anyday!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Funnily enough all of the red that I had this time has been at a decent temperature. I've had it out of the fridge in the past though, I remember cupping it desperately trying to give it some heat.

I never used to mind Ouzo but after a very bad night in Kos some years ago I try to avoid it now. Unfortunately almost every meal ends with a free shot, usually Ouzo or Sambuca.

 

[thunderchild]

I had a similar experience with Metaxa!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Now I do like a Metaxa (or two) but when getting caught up in the moment on holiday I imagine it could do some serious damage?

 

[Aviador]

M&S Merlot for me. It's gone done nicely.

 

[jason1-11]

3 pints of Peroni in Kings X.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I'm working my way through 1.5 litres of Apelia. When you're sat outside a Greek restaurant watching the sun set over the bay there is nothing better, drinking it in East Birmingham makes it taste like something that my neighbour made in his shed 😱

Talking of homemade wine reminds me of a tale from my past. I was on summer break from university and went with my parents to Italy (meeting up with my best friend from school and his family), with our caravan. We found a quaint little village miles from anywhere and pitched up in the campsite. We then headed into the village and found a great little family run restaurant. The proprietor was very excited at having English visitors and stated 'I a bring you my a homemade wine' and came back with litre bottle of red wine. On pouring it, we found it was full of dead fruit flies .

The Greeks haven’t quite mastered the wine yet. I was mortified once when I ordered a glass of red and I saw them reach it out of the fridge! Thankfully it soon warmed up.

Some years ago, I was visiting my Sister in Australia. We had been invited to a barbeque, so I took along a bottle of red wine. On getting there, I poured myself a glass and left the bottle in the kitchen. I went back for a top up, to find the bottle had gone. A quick search found it outside in the shade, in a bucket of ice 😱.

Kevin

 

[paully]

Me and her indoors once had a bottle of Retsina... struggled to finish it...just too much similarity to Jeyes Fluid...aaaaaargh.....

 

[Ray Finkle]

Me and her indoors once had a bottle of Retsina... struggled to finish it...just too much similarity to Jeyes Fluid...aaaaaargh.....

My first experience of Retsina was in Crete, after the first sip I remember immediately thinking you could run a two stroke engine off this stuff.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Mrs F returned from Tescos with a few bottles of Mythos rather than my usual Estrella.

It's a decent drop but never the same as when you're on a Greek Island 🙁

 

[Aviador]

Mrs F returned from Tescos with a few bottles of Mythos rather than my usual Estrella.

It's a decent drop but never the same as when you're on a Greek Island 🙁

You need to have it in the frosted glass to appreciate it properly!