In article >, ianhoare@angelfire.
com says...
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>Salut/Hi Hunt,
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> le/on 20 Aug 2004 04:21:55 GMT, tu disais/you said:-
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>>In article >, says...
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>>I'd suggest that he look into the Ports.
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>Good thinking Batman!
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>Pop in to Berry's in St James' and get some of their own bottling.
>Alternatively Taylor's Vintage (what ever is current) is amongst the best
>around.
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>I have been thinking long and hard about this since reading the original
>request. Whisky isn't English of course, and Welsh whisky is the subject of
>a royal (Edward 7th) joke. English wine's OK, but not exactly world
>shattering.
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>There are some typically "english" liqueurs, but mostly of little merit.
>Drambuie is pleasant (scotch whisky based liqueur) as is Tia Maria (coffee).
>The english drink is "Bitter", but that hardly travels. Gin (as in Booths or
>Gordons) is english OK and is dreadful muck - IMO.
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>Hey, Appletons Rum is as English as they come, and both they and Mount ***
>make excellent barrel aged rums, God knows where one can find them, though.
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>> Though obviously not English in origin, were it not for Britain, Port
would n
>ot exist, as it does today.
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>Same applies for Claret, Madeira and Sherry, of course.
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>--
>All the Best
>Ian Hoare
Right you are. I suppose that the Empire, on which the sun never set, was
instrumental for shaping so very much of that, which we now take for granted.
Hunt