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!