On Oct 2, 4:28*pm, cwdjrxyz > wrote:
> On Oct 2, 4:00*pm, "Rick" > wrote:

> Google carries Usenet groups. Select Groups on the Google home page
> from the More dropdown. You can then go to alt.food.wine and read the
> posts. If you want to post yourself, it is very easy to do so at
> Google Groups also. It requires litle more than a working email
> address to sign up to post. If you want a lot of extra features that
> Google does not have, you can sign up for a newsgroup reader, often at
> a small fee.

You might want to bookmark http://groups.google.com/group/alt.food.wine/topics
which is the direct link to alt.food.wine in Google groups. This
direct link is also given in the faqs. You will still have to sign up
if you wish to post there, but you can read the posts of alt.food.wine
without any additional input. Even if you have the group from an isp
or a newsreader, it is nice to have a secondary link at Google,
because some post will now and then show at one place and not the
other.