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Post by JohnY on Aug 30, 2023 18:52:09 GMT
The glycol plonk scandal did not involve the French. If a French producer had got up to such practices then they would have got a guillotine up and running. (The French use of the guillotine plainly was a case of 'oh, what do you call it', plagiarism or cultural appropriation or whatever. The machine was invented in Halifax as the Halifax gibbet and independently in Scotland as the maiden.)
Back on topic: The glycol wine scandal was Austrian. The French make far more decent wine than the Austrians. A French producer caught adulterating wine with ethylene glycol would be a dead man walking, but not for long. By the way Blue nun is German and is made for the British 'down' market.
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Post by willien on Aug 30, 2023 19:10:19 GMT
The glycol plonk scandal did not involve the French. If a French producer had got up to such practices then they would have got a guillotine up and running. (The French use of the guillotine plainly was a case of 'oh, what do you call it', plagiarism or cultural appropriation or whatever. The machine was invented in Halifax as the Halifax gibbet and independently in Scotland as the maiden.) Back on topic: The glycol wine scandal was Austrian. The French make far more decent wine than the Austrians. A French producer caught adulterating wine with ethylene glycol would be a dead man walking, but not for long. By the way Blue nun is German and is made for the British 'down' market. The Scottish Maiden is* not a guillotine. Instead of hauling up a weighted blade and then dropping it - providing it did not jam in its runners which it they frequently did - the maiden's blade rested on the neck and a weight was pulled up above it for a free drop. With no runners to jam it was a simpler but much more reliable device.
* It (or at least one of them) still exists and resides in the National Museum of Scotland.
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Post by don on Sept 1, 2023 16:05:31 GMT
The price of wine will be kept higher if they destroy their excess stock, it seems silly to destroy it rather than sell it. But maybe I’m just being the stupid guy wishing to get cheap wine 🍷 It won't work like that in Scotland as there is minimum pricing of 50p per unit of alcohol so a bottle of wine is likely to cost at least a fiver regardless of how cheap the retailer can get it for. My mate bought a bottle of his local wine and at the time 2010 it cost one pound and was very good |
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Post by Chester PB on Sept 2, 2023 13:49:07 GMT
I assume they are only 'destroying' the excess rubbish wines, leaving the decent stuff that is produced in smaller quantities to sell as usual. Perhaps a similar policy might improve the House of Commons.
Like some of the Italian reds, some of the very cheapest stuff really is only fit for cleaning drains anyway.
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