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Feb 02 2004 Leave a Comment

Asking for trouble

I’ve always been a beer drinker, but in a desperate attempt to slow down the ever-increasing size of my stomach, I’ve recently started drinking wine. So on a recent visit to Ginza, I had a look in the rather fancy wine shop Enoteca.

The shop contains all manner of wines, which unfortunately mean little or nothing to me. But one bottle in particular caught my eye. Lying in a wooden box dangerously near the door, was a bottle of wine with the hefty price tag of 130,000 Yen (675 Pounds). No cover, no chain, no security at all. It was just there, begging to be stole purchased.

Can you imagine that in any other country? I don’t know whether the owners are either very trusting or very foolish, but in a bid to teach them the error of their ways, I had no choice but to steal it.

No, only joking.

Or am I?

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Some unattended wine in Enoteca last week

Categorized: Food and Drink, General

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