Thing is, I have never known anyone that goes on holiday as much as you! So I think you deserve November in Blackburn! Ah yes, medical conditions and alcohol! I actually stop drinking for a month each November as this undoes the damage I do to my body the rest of the year (really, it does) and also is a good test to see just how reliant you have become on booze.

It is actually much harder for me here, as the wine selection is so good. I actually prefer, generally, Spanish wines to Portuguese, but only by the narrowest of margins. The other day I bought some adega (local co-operative wine maker) made Borba, a Portuguese white from the Alentejo region, for 1.4 Euros per bottle; Borba is the best of the region and Alentejo is THE white wine region of Portugal. The adega co-operative stuff tends to be a bit higher in sulphates though, as spraying vines with cheap sulphate prevents mildew and increases crops. I like to drink a bottle of good, more expensive wine (like a Rioja Grande Reserva, Cava Reserva or organic Douro) one day, and then a cheapy the next.

Oh well, just another 28 days to go!

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