We have minimum beer and wine pricing here. I remember about 10 years or so
years ago, there was a local wine producing, offering a good wine for $3.50
or so a bottle. Gov said no no to that, much charge at least 7.50 or
whatever it was. It's not the greedy beer and wine producers, it's the gov
that seems to if they set the min price high enough, no one will get drunk
and misbehave. Another example of, how did we ever get by before the gov
came along told us what was best for us. hee hee.
As for cigars, they are something I enjoy, along with the odd bowl of pipe
tobacco. Usually a bowl or a cigar on the weekends. I have a few Cohibas
in my humidor at the moment, but I have to admit, not my fave stick. My
fave shape is Robusto. Big enough ring to get enough complexity from the
filler, and a long enough smoke for me. Pipe tobacco, I lean towards the
English blends, with Latakia. Hard to find a good selection of "proper"
pipe tobaccos now. I hear Dunhill is reintroducing several of theirs.
Back to wine....I think the Italians have it all figured out. last time i
was there, a decent bottle of red table wine, cost the same per litre as a
litre of premium fuel. hee hee.
Plan another trip up, we have several really good tobacconists with great
selections of cigars. :-) Just remember to fill your tank before crossing
over, the gas prices here will shock you!!
Ed
300E
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You and I have similar smoking habits re: weekends. The rationale is: its bad
for you, and if you do it a lot it will kill you, but if you do it juuuust a
bit, maybe you can get away with being naughty! Either way, life without an
occasional good cigar is a life not worth living, eh?
Yeah, that would be cool. Where in CA do you live? I live in the Milwaukee
area, Racine to be exact. As mentioned, my one trip to the Great White North
was to Sarnia, ONT, just north of Detroit/Windsor.
There is some booze that I wouldn't mind hooking up with in Canada. IIRC, we
Americans get to declare one litre per adult per trip duty free.
I'm not sure what the deal w/cigars is. Cubans going back are a no-no, but you
simply unband them in-country and put another on them, like Dutch Masters ;
) and it simply isnt' worth the customs agents time to debate it with you.
DBV, singing the smugglers blues information minister.
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