tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27657184.post765173329135816803..comments2023-07-06T08:09:02.418-04:00Comments on Joe's Wine: Raise a Glass...Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07747056255576335926noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27657184.post-67390922234864209282007-12-06T22:56:00.000-05:002007-12-06T22:56:00.000-05:00Hi Edward, Canada also had a temperance movement, ...Hi Edward, Canada also had a temperance movement, but with only fleeting success. Yes, a spouse with a problem would be difficult, but we winos are different...sniffing a glass for an hour before drinking is not a drinking problem! However, taking pictures of wine bottles in the garden is surely some psychosis...Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07747056255576335926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27657184.post-62205803668600752007-12-06T02:10:00.000-05:002007-12-06T02:10:00.000-05:00Joe,Certainly a day to celebrate! The closest we c...Joe,<BR/><BR/>Certainly a day to celebrate! The closest we came in Australia was the temperance movement, which called for prohibition, but never succeeded. I have some sympathies for the women who were largely the driving force behind the temperance movement. I can only imagine how difficult it would be dealing with a spouse with a serious drinking problem. <BR/><BR/>You and I are of course non serious, as long as we keep insisting on taking photos of wine bottles in the garden. . .Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020445581810054798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27657184.post-20360114252541713662007-12-05T19:42:00.000-05:002007-12-05T19:42:00.000-05:00Hi Debs. Of course I remembered - I never forget a...Hi Debs. Of course I remembered - I never forget a wine promise!<BR/><BR/>Hi Mark - As a Montrealer I can only dream of the 'permissive' laws south of the border...Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07747056255576335926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27657184.post-61009562457459068802007-12-05T13:00:00.000-05:002007-12-05T13:00:00.000-05:00Joe, Lets take it a step more there are many laws ...Joe, <BR/>Lets take it a step more there are many laws still on the books from those days that have restricted the shipping of wine interstate. I just wrote an article or two and so did Thomas of vinofictions check them out and give us your thoughts. http://winelimo.typepad.com/winery_times/2007/12/interstate-ship.htmlMark V Marinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15312663598239178489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27657184.post-83956000896680999052007-12-05T11:57:00.000-05:002007-12-05T11:57:00.000-05:00Happy End of Prohibition! How great that you remem...Happy End of Prohibition! How great that you remembered--I forgot!Dr. Debshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892131332003571463noreply@blogger.com