Alcohol as disinfectant
Saturday 3 January 2004
A German physician, Dr Dietrich Weller of Leonberg wrote this to me recently:
Dear Mrs. Robinson,
Thank you for many hours of reading your books and tasting wine accompanied by your suggestions. I have just finished reading "Der Degustationskurs" (Wine-tasting Workbook/How to Taste[link to books] in German), which again gave me quite a lot of good ideas and affirmations. But I stumbled over a small but important mistake, and therefore I would like to write to you.
In the chapter "Offizielle Weinproben" you write on page 83 (German edition)that we could easily share the same glass because alcohol is a...
Dear Mrs. Robinson,
Thank you for many hours of reading your books and tasting wine accompanied by your suggestions. I have just finished reading "Der Degustationskurs" (Wine-tasting Workbook/How to Taste[link to books] in German), which again gave me quite a lot of good ideas and affirmations. But I stumbled over a small but important mistake, and therefore I would like to write to you.
In the chapter "Offizielle Weinproben" you write on page 83 (German edition)that we could easily share the same glass because alcohol is a...
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