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THEFT
You think it’s harmless fun. But taking berries without permission threatens the livelihood of the grower. Enjoy your vineyard tour. But expect prosecution if you’re caught red-handed.
ISSUED BY THE WINE MARKETING BOARD
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Well you keep reading about a cost-of-living crisis and a recession and what have you but nobody I know seems to be struggling … far from it … I mean we’ve seen our energy bills go up a bit but we got a very good price for the cottage in Cornwall, and the dividends thankfully keep rolling in from the investments and whatnot, so we’ve barely noticed … plus there’s obviously no more nursing home fees for Cathy’s mum now she’s popped her clogs and a nice little inheritance will be on its way if the solicitor gets her act together … people moan about having no money but what happened to saving for a rainy day rather than maxing out the overdraft and credit cards?
Most sensible people have still got plenty of disposable income, not just for the basics but the niceties of life too … talking of which, I’ll go for a couple of bottles of that Chilean Syrah please … very pleasant indeed … sorry, did you say seventeen pounds?
Actually I think I’ll just take the one … in fact that bottle next to it, the twelve quid one … that’s it ...
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Anagram Time
Congratulations to the five Wine Merchant reader survey respondents whose names were drawn at random and who each win a Coravin, courtesy of our partner Hatch Mansfield.
Can you unscramble these wine accessories? If so, you win a tired witticism for your A-board
Peter Fawcett, Field & Fawcett, York
1. Finite Rewards
2. Strong Pots
Anthony Borges, The Wine Centre, Great Horkesley, Essex
3. No Vicar
4. Memo Rewritten, Eh?
5. Creole Wino
Zoran Ristanovic, City Wine Collection, London
Daniel Grigg , Museum Wines, Dorset
Riaz Syed, Stonewines, London a base Object that comprises the data associated with the message. That Object contains data in one of the base JSON types (String, Number, Boolean).”
To which I can only respond with a fourletter word. Namely, “what?”
