Jeremy Falcon wrote: Ouch! Well, I can't speak for all Americans but every last person I have seen in my entire life has never used ice in their wine. Well, okay, I've seen this only once. It was years ago, when I was visiting them in the barracks. I knew the daughters of an American soldier, they were around 18, and their friends around 20. Hm, maybe not typical ;) Jeremy Falcon wrote: I do like French and Italian wine better. Ah, I don't like them. I prefer German wine (of course), from Württemberg, Baden or Franken. Must I tell you, that I live in Württemberg? :-D Or wine from California or Chile. Martin