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From: Ace on 6 May 2010 10:54 On Thu, 6 May 2010 15:45:08 +0100, Mike Buckley <Mike(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >In message <bjk5u5dv7etno03e83km20phq6bkksievu(a)4ax.com>, Ace ><b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> writes >>On Thu, 6 May 2010 13:22:10 +0100, "Hog" >><sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >>>I don't know why you wouldn't want to tour the US though. Amazing landscapes >>>and lovely people. >> >>Terrible food, dreadful beer. People? Well, some may be lovely, but >>there's a lot who aren't. >> > >The wine is pretty good. Some of it, for sure. >While we were in SF we did a days tour of >Sonoma Valley. A bit touristy but actually still a really good tour as >they mixed the vineyards up between fairly large scale producers and >real small organic concerns, learnt a lot as well as plenty 'free' vino. > >I think the entire coach fell asleep about 4pm. We did three wineries in one afternoon a few years back, with a horse-riding session at the third. At which we all had to sign a statement that we hadn't been drinking <hic!>.
From: Hog on 6 May 2010 11:17 Mike Buckley wrote: > In message <bjk5u5dv7etno03e83km20phq6bkksievu(a)4ax.com>, Ace > <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> writes >> On Thu, 6 May 2010 13:22:10 +0100, "Hog" >> <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >>> I don't know why you wouldn't want to tour the US though. Amazing >>> landscapes and lovely people. >> >> Terrible food, dreadful beer. People? Well, some may be lovely, but >> there's a lot who aren't. >> > > The wine is pretty good. While we were in SF we did a days tour of > Sonoma Valley. A bit touristy but actually still a really good tour as > they mixed the vineyards up between fairly large scale producers and > real small organic concerns, learnt a lot as well as plenty 'free' > vino. > I think the entire coach fell asleep about 4pm. I've eaten amazing food in America. Drunk fantastic beer and people are variable everywhere. They do a lot of great wine too. The "ordinary" and fast food in France is shite after all. -- Hog
From: doetnietcomputeren on 6 May 2010 11:19 On 2010-05-06 16:31:31 +0200, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> said: >> I don't know why you wouldn't want to tour the US though. Amazing landscapes >> and lovely people. > > Terrible food, Eh? > dreadful beer. Whaa? Plenty of US microbrewery beer is very drinkable. > People? Well, some may be lovely, but there's a lot who aren't. and this is different to the rest of the world how? -- Dnc
From: Hog on 6 May 2010 11:30 doetnietcomputeren wrote: > On 2010-05-06 16:31:31 +0200, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> said: > >>> I don't know why you wouldn't want to tour the US though. Amazing >>> landscapes and lovely people. >> >> Terrible food, > > Eh? > >> dreadful beer. > > Whaa? Plenty of US microbrewery beer is very drinkable. AOL Kemo Sabi This is rather nice too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon_%28beer%29 -- Hog
From: Ace on 6 May 2010 11:41
On Thu, 6 May 2010 17:19:56 +0200, doetnietcomputeren <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On 2010-05-06 16:31:31 +0200, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> said: > >>> I don't know why you wouldn't want to tour the US though. Amazing landscapes >>> and lovely people. >> >> Terrible food, > >Eh? Err, yes? >> dreadful beer. > >Whaa? Plenty of US microbrewery beer is very drinkable. No. Some of it verges on the OK, but in general it's not a patch on decent European lagers or proper English ales. |