On 26/06/16 07:45, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 25-6-2016 20:25, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
>> El 25/06/16 a las 13:30, Thomas de Groot escribió:
>>> That too indeed. 'Vino de Jumilla' was the local wine (3 pesetas the
>>> glass). The brandy... no. That was awful.
>>>
>>
>>   3 pesetas? ...that must have been before I had the legal age to drink.
>> I'm not sure I was even born when wine was so cheap...
>>
> 
> End 60's early 70's and not on the coast or in the cities obviously but
> in the small villages in the Province of Murcia. The quality of the wine
> was not, hm, something to remember, but it was the cheapest. Better (for
> your guts) was to drink wine at 5 to 10 pesetas the glass.
> 

Ah yes. The price range compares favourably with that in the White
Mountains in Crete at the same time.

John (remembering his impoverished student days)
-- 
It's not about bravery.
It's about doing what I need to do to win

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