On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 15:05:10 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser
> wrote:

>On Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 2:22:44 AM UTC-4, wrote in alt.usage.english:
>> On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 7:10:50 AM UTC-7, Quinn C wrote:
>> > * :
>> > > On Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 1:25:26 PM UTC-7, bruce bowser wrote:
>> > >> On Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 4:08:27 PM UTC-4, Lewis wrote:
>> > >>> In message > Tak To > wrote:
>> > >>> > On 5/31/2021 9:57 AM, bruce bowser wrote:
>> > >>> >> On Monday, May 31, 2021 at 5:17:21 AM UTC-4, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>> > >>> >>> charles > wrote:
>> > >>> >>>
>> > >>> >>>> In article >,
>> > >>> >>>> Peter Moylan > wrote:
>> > >>> >>>>> On 31/05/21 07:40, Quinn C wrote:
>> > >>> >>>>
>> > >>> >>>>>> And yet we're not joking when we call both red and white varieties
>> > >>> >>>>>> "wine". If those had different names to start with, I'd agree.
>> > >>> >>>>
>> > >>> >>>>> The slang term "plonk" comes from French "vin blanc", but I've most
>> > >>> >>>>> often heard it in reference to cheap red wine.
>> > >>> >>>>
>> > >>> >>>> no, that's "kangarouge"
>> > >>> >>>
>> > >>> >>> Only Brits are poor enough, I think, to have
>> > >>> >>> bad Australian wine shipped halfway round the globe.
>> > >>> >>
>> > >>> >> Heard of California? Even New York?
>> > >>>
>> > >>> > FWIW,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> > a friend of mine has opened up a small boutique wine shop in
>> > >>> > Hong Kong after his retirement. According to him, the Brits
>> > >>> > have the logistics in place to ship small quantities of wine
>> > >>> > (10-20 cases, I think) all over the world. Note that wine
>> > >>> > needs to be in special shipping containers to make sure the
>> > >>> > temperature is kept within a certain range. Similar shipping
>> > >>> > services have yet to exist in the US. As a result, he can
>> > >>> > import wine from the US only by air freight and only in the
>> > >>> > cool seasons (IIRC).
>> > >>> The US has multiple jurisdictions with multiple laws and restrictions on
>> > >>> selling and transporting liquor, so the infrastructure for shipping
>> > >>> alcohol basically does not exist. This is very slowly changing, but it
>> > >>> is very slow.
>> > >> Or if the infrastructure does exist, management has more of a control over it than unions or a government jurisdiction.
>> > >
>> > > Depends what you mean by management. Here in Canada, liquor sales are a provincial jurisdiction,
>> > > which is to say they are regulated by provincial governments, with a few exceptions. Most liquor
>> > > stores are government-owned and operated, and their employees are mostly unionized. Between
>> > > government regulations and strong union contracts, management has lots of rules to follow but not
>> > > much control over what can and can't be done.
>>
>> > Right, but those government organizations aren't going to deal with
>> > orders of 10-20 cases, which puts limits on their selection. There are
>> > specialists dealing in "private imports" in this province (who know how
>> > to clear the imports with the monopoly and pay taxes.)
>> >
>> Yes, and that is how those government organizations *do* deal with orders
>> of 10 or 20 cases. They make rules for how such orders are to be dealt with,
>> and the specialists who know how to process such orders will process your
>> order, for a reasonable fee.
>
>Fees like what they charge in Monaco or on the island of Kauai in Hawai'i? Is that reasonable?
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