Myth. Vanilla extracts either come from low grade vanilla pods or cloves. It may have been but not today.

So, in essence, this, but with added marketing steps.

Part of the problem, part of the solution.

True. Now shut up and take my upvote! Jo need for arguments; all has already been said.

Not universal yet but heading that way. MBWay is gaining momentum as well and the eEuro could be a thing.

Are we drinking the same stuff? Put the cork back and keep it in a cool and dark place and it will keep for months.

I have always the “holy trinity” of ports at home - tawny, ruby and white - and its well over a year to go through the a set.

I’ve drank them all: ruby, tawny, LBV, rosé, reserve, special reserve, etc. The oldest I ever tasted was over 50 years old, an heirloom reserve of a private producer.

A Port should not sediment that much. The high grade alcohol used to snuff the fermentation kills off the yeast and the cask aging sets the lion’s share of the sediment. That much sediment signals poor quality wine or wine that “broke” in the bottle. It may be still drinkable, sure, but I would not serve it.

Porto wine takes a long time to spoil. I wasn’t concerned with that. And I’m glad it helped. But try to drink it slowly. It’s not a drink for a single sitting.

I’m from the land of Porto wine.

And I can assure you that a wine with that much sediment would go straight to the bin. It is expected for a Porto to settle a bit over the years but not that much.

Not knowing how much you forked over for that bottle, I’m going to say it was too much.

Regardless, cheers!

Porto is the right wine for all ailments, be it physical or spiritual. Enjoy.

So it just disappeared? How long did ot last? And is the same skin usable or could it resurface or reactivate the old tattoo?

Now I’m even more curious.

How long will those last? Can you expand a bit on it?

Mine too but I always thought I was an odd thing.

The gross majority I am fairly confident they are.

But if you think recreational drugs are fine, campaign for them to be legalized, just like tobbacco, alcohol and guns. And pot. Those have been legalized. Less trouble when something is properly regulated.

We can. They are failling to do what I first mentioned.

You’re completely missing the point.

The most effective way to dismantle criminal organizations of any nature is not by guns and bullets but by eliminating their markets.

People resort to drugs out of despair and disinformation. They either want an escape of reality or they want to “have fun” and they disregard or ignore the trap drugs represent.

Give to people security and a good life, inform and educate them, create safety nets for them to crash when things go wrong and 90% of drug trafficking and related crime just disappears. The other 10% you keep at bay by having good, humane, well trained police, on which the population can trust and rely.

Going for an all out war on cartels is a nighmare waiting to happen, at your door.

I live in an area where 50 years ago the population was bordeline autonomous.

The main activities were centered around sheep, wine, a little on open grazing cattle, some cereal production and orchards.

With no money issues, I would start by buying all abandoned and empty buildings and launch a massive rebuilding and renewing campaign. This town has several centuries of history and preserving and returning people to it would be my top priority.

In tandem, I would force a massive reforestation program in the surrounding area. It is technically a national park but it is almost barren.

Paired with this, techonlogy and infrastructure would need to be developed and implemented. A small datacenter would be created deep underneath the city, cooled with waste waters. For this, a completely new and top of the line waste water management plant would be built and every available human built surface would be covered in solar panels.

Reflorestation efforts would be paired with development of forest fire detection, prevention and extinction technology.

City renovation would be planned around low density population areas, with building topping at six individual dwellings, with built in commercial areas for small local shops. Parking would be concentrated on the outskirts of the town, in purpose built buildings, leaving the core areas for walking and human powered means of transportation.

In terms of job creation, I’d start cooperatives for wine, fruit, cereals, produce and cattle, to stimulate small and medium producers to settle and develop their activities and relaunch the wool and cloth industry of the city, using the wool from locally raised sheep. As a by-product, a specialized lanolin extraction shop would be created. I’d leave traditional cheese making for small producers (the local cheese can go for crazy high prices but not for the people that have the work making it) but support creating a guild to negotiate prices.

Orchards would have support from a locally established industry to transform the lower grade fruit into jams, juices and other related products. Always coops.

There would be more to plan and but at some point I would be too busy going to court daily being accused to trampling every other interest, so I would have to have an army of people supporting my megalomaniac plan.

“Do you shoot at birds?”

Dare anyone to pinpoint that quote.

How furiously?

Send in the goats!

And Satan is such a nice figure he keeps and tends the critters. And goats can be extremely annoying. Goofy, stuborn, a bit malicious too. But annoying.