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Khan will have his team doctor there to stop Alexander should they feel he is in bother....nothing will stop Team Khan getting all the cash they deserve

Would take Torres surely. Maybe Rafa too ;-)

Things I don't understand in business #2.307.

How is it possible for someone in California to grow, pick, thresh and ferment 500 grapes, get a bottle, put the liquid in it, print and plonk a label on it, put in a crate, send the crate to a port, get it imported to the UK, pay duty, get it distributed to a wholesaler, get it distributed to a seller, and still make money when selling it at £3.99?

They don't do one bottle at a time 

I watched a documentary the other night,can't remember what station but it was about wine coming to the UK from Australia. It comes in massive 24000 litre bags that are then shipped over and the bottling is done in the UK somewhere.

Supermarket Secrets I think that was. Those big bags of wine were mad.

The Reds not in red...not the red devils ;-)

The Reds will win on Sunday as they will play a high tempo game and give Utd zero time or space. It's Utd v Liverpool. Will be the same against Everton. Its these games the players know the fans really wont accept any other 100% commitment. It's the other games that are the ones to worry about.

[Definitely "smooth and cosmopolitan" to drink wine in recent years......... "especially a glass of wine with dinner".]

Can't stand the taste of wine and the very few times I drank it I had a ferocious hangover.

Definitely "smooth and cosmopolitan"  to drink wine in recent years......... "especially a glass of wine with dinner".

Prefer the glass of tap water myself with dinner or with cordial as a treat.

Could it possibly be that some people just like it?

Suppose so. Just find it hard to fathom the massive interest in wine in the last decade or so.

embrace it luvvy :-)

Has there been a worse Liverpool side than the current one since Shankly took them out of Division 2 fifty years ago?

I was thinking the same during the first half on Tuesday night. Its the lack of fight and passion though that is most grating. BR may not have spent well and made some (many) ludicrous decisions, but the players on the pitch have to take alot of the blame for the lack of fight they have shown in matches. Lucas, big Marty and Sterling are about the only ones putting in a shift and showing heart. For the life of me I cannot understand why Coutinho does start and finish every match. Shows for the ball without fail and will create chances.

Rodgers has made that many daft decisions this season, I wouldnt be surprised if Lucas is dropped on Sunday and Gerrard put in as the holding midfielder (which isnt working!)

a third of the way through the season and very few could predict the following for the game v Man U

* the left back
* the centre half partnership
* the lone striker
* the holding midfielder
* will he play 1 or 2 holding midfielders
* go with 1 or 2 wingers
* what position Sterling will play?
* will Coutinho get a start?

talk of entry into the CL next year by winning the EL.....would needy be some turn a round. Staying in the top half of the league will be an achievement unless a few rockets are shot up a few backsides

The Cono Sur Sauvignon Blanc I mentioned above is Chilean and it doesn't give me a sore head.

I never drink Red, what would someone recommend for an intro to red wine? or just take a lucky dip in the wine isle some day based on how I like the look of the label

You can't go wrong with the Campo Viejo range, the Rioja Tempranillo has a nice spice to it




Or if you want to get off your head there are some real strong German wines that will feck you up lol

get on it sir

http://www.tesco.com/wine/product/details/default.aspx?id=250218971

[Châteauneuf-du-Pape]

To certain extent I have to agree with laoislad here!  Unless you truly are an expert no need to be spending big dough on wines.  One of the best value for money wines you can get is, Yellow Tail shiraz.  Really nice, and its a bout £6 usually a bottle on offer.

Remember watching Come dine with me.  A girl slAbbering about the wine all week.  Telling ones she wouldn't drink their cheap wine because it was like vinegar.  So in the last night one of the guys got the empty bottle of her favourite wine, which was about £50 a bottle.  Poured a £3 bottle in it, and watched her make a complete t**ser of herself, hadn't a clue! 

I'd say you could do this with a lot of wine snobs. Some just like to hear themselves talking

We pretty much always stick to white wine, sauvignon blanc or pinot grigio. I find chardonnay too sharp and leaves a sore head. I quite like the Yellow Tail sauignon blanc, hard to go wrong with it as most will like it
Some nice ones we'd get regularly are going for £5 atm in ASDA, often around £8-9;
Cono Sur Sauvignon Blanc
Barefoot Sauvignon Blanc

Tried a Lidl wine for the first time at the weekend, think it was this;
Rosecreek NZL Sauvignon Blanc Malborough
Tried it with someone who could possibly be described as a wine snob, and all were impressed

The Barefoot Merlot is an easy one to put down the gullet especially when Sainsburys are doing a deal on them.

Preferred the Chilean wines to a lot of the old world stuff, Concha y Toro Cab Sav in particular.

Had a bottle of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape and wasn't overly impressed with it, but in saying that, if I'm ever holidaying in France, Spain or Italy I always ask for the house red and have never gotten a bad one yet and cheap as chips to boot.

some are not as good as others . The stuff is rocket fuel.

The Loyalist fella with the abused wife is the worst actor I have seen, cringe sometimes when I see actors trying to really stress the NI accent on TV.

and the fact he looks like a big fenian doesnt help!

A good argintinian mal bec can be perfect.  Love the french  at the moment. I'm a delboy bow jolly connasaurus.

like the Malbec myself.

Red only in our house. I see Tesco are doing a Chateau Neuf du Pap for a tenner ( £8 off). Make good presents.

I ordered this box for christmas:

http://www.tesco.com/wine/product/details/default.aspx?id=250218971

Would not touch Hardy's, McGuigan's or any Australian wine with a barge pole.....seriously sore on the head

Anyone ever buy online from Morgans Wines in Dublin? Any use? I emailed them on Tuesday and got no reply

I always enjoyed watching Hunt play. Has great enthusiasm and good work rate, but how can himself and Seamon Weeney say GAA players would have difficulty adapting to a pro lifestyle?  I'd say it would be a breeze for most

[The system is not perfect for sure but]

Ah, the Russell Brand approach.

The system is not perfect for sure but, as a wise man on here once said "perfect is the enemy of good". Opting out is not the solution.

maybe the understatement of the century

I suppose is how you define a hypocrite.. what about a pink faced commentator who accuses a team of playing puke football and when is team does the same says it is tactical masterclass?

There's a world of difference with a team who's default setting was puke football compared to a team who played puke football in a final to beat a another team who only play puke football. ;-)

[ex junkie]

He is an ex junkie, he is a hypocrite and he is a self publicist.

But this does not exclude him from having a view point on this or any other topic. Also the fact that he is highlighting some of the social injustice of this society can only be a good thing, if it resonates with even a few people then it maybe is worth the more unpleasant things.

you're practically a saint