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davidg
Posts: 71 Joined: Thu Mar 25, 2004 2:16 pm
Location: Melbourne
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by davidg » Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:25 pm
Oddly enough two of my passions merge in this story I found on a sailing forum.
French send wine by sailboat
French vineyard owners are returning to a slower pace of life by starting to export their wine by sailing boat - a method last used in the 1800s - to reduce their carbon footprint.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/sto ... 20&ref=rss
David G
"I'm going to die with a twinkle in my eye cause I sung songs, spun stories, loved, laughed and drank wine"
John #11
Posts: 483 Joined: Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:57 am
Location: Adelaide
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by John #11 » Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:15 pm
Yo-ho, a pirates life for me
silkwood
Posts: 180 Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:33 am
Location: Adelaide
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by silkwood » Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:05 pm
John, your timing's all wrong. "Talk Like A Pirate Day" isn't until September 19th! (I kid you not).
About the same time the boat containing the next shipment of Burgundy will arrive!
Cheers,
Mark
Cheers,
Mark
Craig(NZ)
Posts: 3246 Joined: Sat Aug 23, 2003 3:12 pm
Location: New Zealand
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by Craig(NZ) » Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:44 pm
carbon footprint my ass
nothing but a marketing ploy
Follow me on Vivino for tasting notes Craig Thomson
Duncan
Posts: 98 Joined: Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:09 pm
Location: Yallingup, Western Australia
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by Duncan » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:20 pm
silkwood wrote: John, your timing's all wrong. "Talk Like A Pirate Day" isn't until September 19th! (I kid you not).
RRRRRRRRRR
BTW, 99.9999999% of Australian wine is sent to Europe by boat, saving a gazillion tons of CO2. And a few pennies.
Hide the rum Captain Jack Sparrow
cuttlefish
Posts: 1014 Joined: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:46 pm
Location: Sunbury
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by cuttlefish » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:20 pm
What's the bet they fly back once they've completed their delivery ?
Smack my [insert grape type here] up !