WINE WHINE

LOL, here's one that reminds us of our favorite Auckland restaurant -- Merlot Wine Cafe in O'Connell St. Perhaps owner Erwin Zimmet will post this cartoon along with the others that are well hung in his restaurant....





Thinking about Merlot makes us a bit "homesick" for Auckland. Many of us involved in the last Cup got to know Erwin and his popular restaurant very well -- some might say too well given the volumes we sometimes consumed there, to say nothing of the tabs often run up. No wonder few of us ever noticed that the walls are actually purple!

Erwin, you used to live in Spain. Why not take a sabbatical and open a Merlot in Valencia for a couple years?



Life is too short to drink cheap
wine...and is verboten at Merlot.