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UK government considers delaying introduction of Brexit import labels for EU wine https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2022/08/uk-government-considers-delaying-introduction-of-brexit-import-labels-for-eu-wine/ More money for the EU Why more money for the EU? We are having a free for all exporting from...

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Calling all Irish posters. Don't miss out on the fantastic value Acuro organic Rioja Reserva for the bargain price of € 13,95 from O'Briens: https://www.obrienswine.ie/products/acu ... a-reserva.

You won't regret it.

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Rocketz wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:57 am UK government considers delaying introduction of Brexit import labels for EU wine

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2022/ ... r-eu-wine/

More money for the EU

Why more money for the EU?

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It’s cut red tape for the 85% of U.K. business that don’t have any EU trade. Red tape cut, eh? Have you seen the latest on Aussie wine? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/wine-excise-duty-sunak-brexit-b1989237.html PM-elect Truss cuts duty on Aus wine by 20p a bottle whilst alternative ...

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Looking to bring herself away for a city break around the end of January as part of my annual effort to win brownie points before the 6N starts . We’ve done most of the popular touristy cities tbh but haven’t been to Munich or Madrid and they came up I’m discussion. Anybody with experience of eithe...

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Rocketz wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:07 am

UK bigger than the US

US is the biggest by value.

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The SinoRomanianBritCanuck flying the Flag for the multicultural haven that is the UK :thumbup: Funny, I never had you down as a "some passport holders are more British than others" bigot. Raducanu went to Newstead Wood. I have lots of happy memories of groping (consensually, extraordinarily enough...

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The SinoRomanianBritCanuck flying the Flag for the multicultural haven that is the UK :thumbup: Funny, I never had you down as a "some passport holders are more British than others" bigot. Raducanu went to Newstead Wood. I have lots of happy memories of groping (consensually, extraordinarily enough...

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YOYO wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:15 pm £2k doesn’t sound like a lot

There speaks a man who doesn't work in the wine business.

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I'm in the stocking up on (primarily) European wine camp. I see no downside in this approach. The downside is that you'll be paying more (assuming no deal). We already pay import duty on (most) new world wines, but none on EU wines. From Jan 1, if there's no deal, you'll be paying import duty on EU...

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To be honest, I was only half awake at the time so didn't pay too much attention to the root cause. The example used was a £7.99 bottle and the response given was around £1.35. There may be some fixed (e.g. shipping cost) and some variable rate (e.g. tariff /duty) so I hedged my bets. All are free ...

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All a bit sh*t, really. "Industry Body Warns a Third of Oz Wineries Could go Under" https://harpers.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/26974/Industry_body_warns_a_third_of_OZ_wineries_could_go_under.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=e-mail&utm_campaign=Harpers%252Bnewsletter%252BIssue%252B873 "South A...

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Those of you who are English wine fans - Chapel Down are still delivering (free) and have some half decent deals going. Coincidentally, somebody I was commiserating with today about how the wine business has completely collapsed was telling me that Chapel Down have fired 75% of their team. Hi TBT, ...

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croyals wrote:Those of you who are English wine fans - Chapel Down are still delivering (free) and have some half decent deals going.

Coincidentally, somebody I was commiserating with today about how the wine business has completely collapsed was telling me that Chapel Down have fired 75% of their team.

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Wine biz. Absolutely farked. I just started working on behalf of a new winery to open up new distribution channels, and clients I'm calling are literally laughing at me for offering new products right now. So I'm not expecting my 6-month contract which ends in June to be renewed. At which point I wi...

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Insane_Homer wrote:Which refendum promises does Boris Johnson’s withdrawal agreement delivery on?

The one about leaving the EU?

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Various options: The Merchant, The Phoenix Pub, but I would go for O'Neils on Paseo de Colón. Closer to the tourist stuff so your wife can do that while you're on the beer.

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I am off to Bulgaria soon any advice regarding decent wines? Personally, I would avoid Sauvignon Blanc and local varietals (other than out of interest). Sauvignon Blanc TENDS to be disappointing (there are a few exceptions of course), and to my mind none of the native varietals (especially the whit...

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Maybe this has already been covered, but I thought this was a classic humourlessly PC review of a popcorn movie: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/30/avengers-endgame-cinema-fat-shaming But here I am, the morning after seeing Avengers: Endgame, and I am still shocked, angry and hurt. FFS. Th...

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...for winning the Copa del Rey de Rugby for the first time ever. First time they've been in the final in fact. A great match, full of excitement, won by Brad Linklater's try 10 minutes into injury time: https://www.facebook.com/alcobendasrugby/videos/2093098460804021/ and the conversion that seale...

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...for winning the Copa del Rey de Rugby for the first time ever. First time they've been in the final in fact. A great match, full of excitement, won by Brad Linklater's try 10 minutes into injury time: https://www.facebook.com/alcobendasrugby/videos/2093098460804021/ and the conversion that sealed...

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frankster wrote:Anyhoo...

UK importer / wholesaler Bibendum had their first Irish tasting today.

Irish-owned since last year, as you probably know.

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Skirmantas Strimaitis takes a selfie onboard a Boeing 737-800 airplane, taking off from Vilnius, Lithuania, March 16, 2019, as the only passenger aboard. The aircraft with two pilots and five crew members and which usually can sit up to 188 people, flew to Bergamo, Italy. Bet they still wouldn't le...

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If you move to WTO rules all 3rd countries need to be treated equally. You can't discriminate. Tariffs protect local businesses. The UK would be crazy not to impose some. The EU will tariff the UK as it will want to protect business within the bloc which will get priority as one would expect. I had...

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Mobro app for android.

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it's châteaux, and the Brexit can't come any sooner It's probably not going to lessen the number of brits buying cheap holiday homes in the South of France. perhaps not. it is very annoying seeing friends who have grown up and wish to settle in their neck of the woods, raise families etc. unable to...

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c69 wrote:Stoke Park is quite nice.

I like Trafalgar Square, which is about the same distance from Guildford.

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I think we should give ourselves some credit. We didn’t play brilliantly and there’s lots to work on but when was the last time NZ scored less than 20 points or only one try? Had the scores been reversed, it wouldn’t have been unfair. On the other hand, I’m wondering whether a 1 point defeat is the...

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I think we should give ourselves some credit. We didn’t play brilliantly and there’s lots to work on but when was the last time NZ scored less than 20 points or only one try? Had the scores been reversed, it wouldn’t have been unfair. On the other hand, I’m wondering whether a 1 point defeat is the...

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Worse than the Lions series, when the British & Irish defenders set up camp permanently in the All Blacks backline. Blame the Kiwi coach. For the refereeing? Strange. It's almost like this poster is just trolling? Don't be silly. Starting a thread with a hard-luck-story whinge about a match that yo...

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Ali's Choice wrote:Worse than the Lions series, when the British & Irish defenders set up camp permanently in the All Blacks backline.

Blame the Kiwi coach.

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Fantastic intensity by the ABs in the middle section of the match. They're like a machine and when it all clicks, they look unstoppable.

Retallick was immense.

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Very poor form, this fred. You won, ffs.

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It's going to be very interesting to see what the EU put in their counter-proposal. The big stumbling block is still the Irish border, so I wonder if they'll come up with an alternative proposal for that issue. I hope it is not just me who is astounded that someone would still think this. The EU ha...

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That's not true. I'm sure Tusk recently said he'd be open to a proposal for a Canada-type deal 2 years ago Barniers famous slide deck said the UK could have a Canada trade deal. We could have one tomorrow if we agreed to the backstop proposal which keeps NI aligned with Ireland. We can't have one w...

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This is a man paid large ammounts of money to analyse then talk about politics: Nick Robinson @bbcnickrobinson Interesting. Very interesting. Foreign Secretary @Jeremy_Hunt refuses to rule out a Canada +++ deal with the EU to solve the Brexit impasse in interview with @BBCr4today. Watch Hunt's lead...

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This is a man paid large ammounts of money to analyse then talk about politics: Nick Robinson @bbcnickrobinson Interesting. Very interesting. Foreign Secretary @Jeremy_Hunt refuses to rule out a Canada +++ deal with the EU to solve the Brexit impasse in interview with @BBCr4today. Watch Hunt's lead...

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Question for fellow wineaux: Does "Château" on a label add prestige to a wine? My latest blog post Surely this is only a French thing? Not many of the outstanding Spanish, Italian, Australian, New Zealand etc etc wines that I've ever drunk had the word "Chateau" on their labels Bordeaux mostly the ...

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