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sillydoll said:Arn, If you are lucky you will have the opportunity to witness one of the most exciting ceremonies involving alcohol in Galicia - the Queimada.
Deirdre said:patxarán
Arn said:it possible to get any of the more exotic firewater outside the local region.
MermaidLilli said:SO he brings us a large brandy snifter with a reddish drink served over small cubes of ice.
William Marques said:The harsh remote plains of the meseta in León have little to offer the oenophile other than a grape variety unknown elsewhere
Arn said:in an underground restaurant. Give it up!
Arn said:Cueva San Simon is a name that keeps coming up. Does that ring a bell?
Br. David said:I sit here and read them and I LONG to just throw stuff in a bag and GO - this is terrible ... are we all like this forever? Hooked on this blasted uncomfortable, hard, sweaty, painful, tiring, magnificent, joyful, trek/journey/ Camino?
Arn said:To take make it a bit more personal...what one specific drink might you drink right there at home?
Arn said:It's become obvious that the folks that make the Camino come from around the globe and do it for various reasons. In that we are in the Holy Day season and, there are pilgrims underway, here's my question:
What "holiday" specific libations might they be enjoying?
Arn
Arn said:William...I've begun a search for the Villafranca "Pilgrimage". If it's possible to get it here in the US...I'll give it a try.
Deirdre said:My local wine dealer is always stocking new Spanish wines
Lillian wrote: be available in the US from this importer:Well Oiled Wine Company
1 Loudoun Street SW Leesburg, Virginia 20175
Arn said:Vinotinto, Deirdre, Lillian and my other fellow lovers of the grape!
Mermaidlilli wrote:IF you're able to wait......
Arn said:Vino for everyone!
Vinotinto wrote: at the rate the dollar is getting pounded by the Euro
Arn said:Gosh VT...even on my poor old retired Marine pension I could live high on the Berg!
Vinotinto commented:
A lifer, eh?
Arn said:I was selected to 0-6, but took my 23 and ran back home. Initially a 2311 (ammo humper/EOD type),
Arn said:I managed to DRINK my way (getting back to the thread) thru most really bad countries on the planet
Vinotinto wrote: Very impressive, Sir
Vinotinto also wrote: you either become a heavy drinker or a PT freak
Arn said:I'd also want to try a "local" bodega.
sillydoll said:I think Arn and Vinotinto have earned the title - pero-vinos (or will it be pero-drinkos)!
Arn said:That's why I'll never be an alcoholic.
Dael said:The Choices are :- The Famous Grouse (2 litres), Dalwhinnie, Black Bush (Irish), Glenmorangie or Glenmorangie Lasanta, and my favourite, Highland Park.
Dael wrote:which do I carry in my Sigg flask
Arn said:So, I'd say, Jura, Dalwhinney and then Bowmore. My humble opinion of course!
I wrote:My how my list of watering opportunities is growing.
Rebekah Scott said:Just wait til you hit Spain. The rum here is the real stuff, From CUBA!
DeirdrE wrote:It is a pity our culture promotes behaviour that fosters the eventual excessive use and consumption of alcohol and all the bad behaviour that accompanies it!
Sil wrote:Arn, when you walk el camino again (and I'm sure it will call you back) you should walk in September
DeirdrE wrote:local spirits merchant whom you may well cause to go out of business!
Arn said:Well Vinotinto...I'm on the wagon!
Arn said:I figured if I gave up something I really enjoyed and looked forward to, I may gain a few more graces and lose some size in a few more places.
Vinotinto wrote:Lent is a time to take up something new
Arn said:But never fear...the callus on my trigger finger receives daily attention.
Vinotinto wrote: vs. a holier-than-thou goombah who is pushing a puffed-up martyrdom on everyone
sillydoll said:They called this festival Carnevale, an Italian word meaning “to put away the meat.”
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