alt.food.wine FAQ


Apropos of a comment Max H. made awhile ago, I would like to propose that a new afw FAQ be created that addresses many of the more common questions posed to this newsgroup. I would be willing to post said document on a (weekly? biweekly? monthly?) basis to afw using a cron job (not a worry if this phrase doesn't mean anything to you -- it just means that it'll be automated). In thinking about such a document, here are the topics that I recall as being frequently asked:

ACMD report wants tighter controls on booze & tobacco for teenagers
Young face tougher drink, smoking laws Call for tighter under-25 drink-drive limit and tobacco ban for...

is it worth?

I find more to buy?

What is a good brand of wine storage cabinet to buy?

Do those Riedel glbuttes really work?

In additional to those questions, it might be useful to have a compendium of recommended wines still on the market from recent posts. A list of recommended food-wine matches is also a possibility. Also, a list of recommended Internet retailers might be a good feature.

So, what do people think? Is this a useful idea? Do you have additional topics to add? Would you be willing to write a section of the proposed FAQ? I'd be happy to use whatever parts of Harm Ellens's FAQ that would be useful, but I think that it's important that we make more of an effort to get this information to the people who want it: the first-time posters and lurkers to afw. All comments welcome.

Mark Lipton


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