I'll stick to jagertea

Oh, live a little...mix a little Jungle Juice in and you'll have a great time no matter what you're drinking.

Germans will drink anything with ethyl alcohol in it. Jägermeister comes to mind as an obnoxious carrier of EtOH, along with G. Try a mug. You'll probably go back to your regular poison. IMO there is nothing that can be done with German red wine to make it palatable. Maybe I should say potable.

Since you like gin I recommend a trip to Amsterdam where you will be in heaven with the NL national beverage - genever, neat and ice cold, and poured to the brim of the flute. Lean over the bar and suck it up so you don't spill a drop. Try the Hoppe at the Spui in Amsterdam. You'll love it. Muffy might decide to stay forever. Go in the side door with the regulars.

Whatever, I am looking forward to another of your off the wall reports with Muffy and you on the road. I am laughing already.

send postcard, Pastis is yearing to hear who is taking care of Jackie-O or is she going with Keith?

TG - and here I was so certain that you would just love BB&B. (yeah, right...)
Are they still around? When I was at Temple I used to buy lovely silver baby rattles from them as gifts for my fecund friends.

Shucks, I just read that Muffy is deserting you on this trip.

Jagermeister?

It tastes like Buttercup Syrup to me but DH loves it.

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>>>IMO there is nothing that can be done with German red wine to make it palatable<<<

hopscotch:

You should try a red wine from the Ahr made by
- Meyer-Näkel,
- Adeneuer or
- Stodden
before you say that again.

You may also read Hugh Johnson about German wines.

The prejudices againt German wines come from people who are used to drink Liebfraumilch and Blue Nun. These products are not available in Germany; they are specially made for British and American palates (in fact, they are the products of chemical factories in Northern Africa, using recycled camel pee as the main ingredient).

Although I admit that I also have a box of 1989 Cos d'Estournel in my cellar (it was the year my children were born)...

Same with Jägermeister. The last time I drank it I was sixteen. Now, in the USA, it sells like hotcakes. What do you learn from this?

Thingorjus:

In Berlin, you will find a Cos d'Estournel at these restaurants:
- First Floor,
- Fischers Fritz,
- Hugo's,
- Margaux
and certainly many more.

Dear Mimi, Jackie O will go with my sister, Heidi, for Christmas. I already have her outfits picked out. Keith would take her, but his parents have 3 cats. Jackie does not like kitties. My sister has a Lab, so Jackie will have a friend for the holidays.

My sister likes to dress up the dogs in Christmas outfits and take lots of photos.

Did I mention that my sister, Jennifer, your neighbor, went to Aix-en-Provence to visit her son who is at school there? She will be back on Friday.

Thingorjus

I'm not thinking Eliza Dolittle as much as I am Sally Bowles!

<<< IMO there is nothing that can be done with German red wine to make it palatable. Maybe I should say potable. >>>

Drink a bottle of Jagemeister beforehand

<i>Drink a bottle of Jagemeister beforehand</i>

LOL. Thanks alanRow. You made my day!