Just a friendly reminder, from long time contributor, now full time lurker (well, until the rush is over, sometime around 2020!!!!!)
A comprehensive FAQ for alt.food.wine is available at
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For any newbies / would-be posters, I recommend taking a quick look-see.
Over the past weeks/months, I have seen an increasing retro-trend towards including the full text of a post with a very short reply.
You know the sort of thing - A Poster writes a comprehensive, 500 word report entitled "The Non-Availability of French Wines in Columbus, Ohio" (grin!), and B Poster includes the whole post, while adding "I agree!"
For the sake of us s-l-o-w r-e-a-d-e-r-s please, please! please!!! [snip] to a short, relevant excerpt!
Regards to all