Comments on: Vodka: nyet! Wine: da!

By: The Daily Winegraph

The Daily Winegraph — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:24:37 +0000

2Jenny: No. Russian wine importing rules are very obfuscated and compicated. And customs duties on wine too high.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:19:29 +0000

Maybe it will be easier to ship to Russia than in the US.

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:34:56 +0000

I am happy to see that Russia is coming over to the wine side. I look forward to learning more about Russian wines…!

By: Dave Erickson

Dave Erickson — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:55:58 +0000

From Anthony Bourdain’s “A Cook’s Tour”:

“At the time of their deaths, three out of five Russian men, I’m told, are found to have a blood-alcohol level exceeding what one needs to qualify for a DWI. That doesn’t mean the booze killed them, just that the majority of Russian men happen to be drunk when they die.”

By: Robin C

Robin C — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:43:47 +0000

People often drink excessively because they have problems and are unhappy. Perhaps this aspect of life should be addressed in Russia. Maybe there’s a genetic component too.

By: The Daily Winegraph

The Daily Winegraph — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:56:37 +0000

You should not pay too much attention to Medvedev’s sentence: next year’s presidential election makes it only “blah-blah-blah”.