The Auswine Forum

Posted: **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

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:15 pm**

Yo-ho, a pirates life for me :wink:

Posted: **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

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:44 pm**

carbon footprint my ass :lol:

nothing but a marketing ploy

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:20 pm**

What's the bet they fly back once they've completed their delivery ?