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They had this on Jonathon Ross's chat show last night, and I doubt it tastes that good, given that the man will usually shove anything in his face, and just puckered up at a mere sniff of it.
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Dehydrated water
Just a packet of this dehydrated wine and mix it with the packet of dehydrated water and Viola. I wonder if you get a dehydrated hangover?
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I think i'd prefer to carry a half bottle of wine and use it as a treat.
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I,m sure toratech have this stuff for sale. There must be someone out there whos tried it or maybe its poison. I find a box of wine minus the box is easy to transport 3 litres of the lovely stuff and the empty bag makes a great pillow or floatation device.
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They had this on Jonathon Ross's chat show last night, and I doubt it tastes that good, given that the man will usually shove anything in his face, and just puckered up at a mere sniff of it.
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hi alex, it would be fun to see what the average breton thought of this stuff? lol.....
why carry the stuff around? if you are somewhere in the world you cant find some reasonable local wine or hooch then;
a/ the locals dont, so you shouldnt either
b/ youre in a harsh place and getting pissed isnt a good idea
c/ whats the point of going places like a and b?
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Okay - I managed to get hold of some of this stuff from Touratech (took a mere three weeks to deliver)....
Wrote a quick review over at
Wine snob » Journey To Russia
in summary - yuck.
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The Wine Fairy
I'd prefer to rely on the 'wine fairy'.
Staying in a campsite in Slovenia a couple of years ago I was enduring several days of heavy rain in a leaking tent. One damp morning I got up feeling pretty cheesed off, opened my tent and there was a bottle red wine and a note: "Greetings from the wine fairy. Enjoy your travels!"
No idea who it was from, it cheered me up no end! Have meant to do it in similar conditions for someone else ever since. No doubt the opportunity will arise one day!
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I'd prefer to rely on the 'wine fairy'.
Staying in a campsite in Slovenia a couple of years ago I was enduring several days of heavy rain in a leaking tent. One damp morning I got up feeling pretty cheesed off, opened my tent and there was a bottle red wine and a note: "Greetings from the wine fairy. Enjoy your travels!"
No idea who it was from, it cheered me up no end! Have meant to do it in similar conditions for someone else ever since. No doubt the opportunity will arise one day!
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Very cool - can I give you my camping schedule for this year?
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You-tube?
If ever there was a test that should have been filmed it was this one. Go, buy more and give us a full audio-visual treat as you and a selected bunch of wine ponces, sorry friends, give it a try.
Who knows perhaps like crotch-rot, it'll grow on you?
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If ever there was a test that should have been filmed it was this one. Go, buy more and give us a full audio-visual treat as you and a selected bunch of wine ponces, sorry friends, give it a try.
Who knows perhaps like crotch-rot, it'll grow on you?
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Seriously did consider filming it.... but being sick on camera is not something that I want to do again!
Might make a 5 min funny though....
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what happens when you eat it without any water
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The alcohol in the crystals require water to dissolve - I'm not sure if it would break down in saliva / stomach acids in the right way to release the booze - so I suspect what would happen is that you'd be sick very quickly - the stuff is hideous watered down I can't imagine what it's like neat!
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Our local supermarket (Intermarche) does a limited range of wines in 6 packs of 6x25cl screw top bottles for 6 euros. They are perfectly satisfactory and the same wine sold on the ferry is more expensive per litre sold as a 75cl full bottle..
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How long before some enterprising bugger tries it straight up the nose...?
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