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Thursday, February 15, 2007

These cows will drink better than you will tonight

By Mark Fisher | Thursday, February 15, 2007, 07:40 AM

Red wine with beef? Even the cows agree it’s a perfect match. Only their cab-merlot blend comes mixed with hay.

Yes, some Australian farmers are taking the red-wine-with-beef match to the next level, feeding each cow in their herd a liter of cabernet-merlot blend per day to improve the flavor and quality of the beef, according to a story in the London-based Telegraph entitled Vintage red decanted to gourmet cows.

The wine ain’t no plonk, either. It costs 20 Australian dollars a bottle. Isn’t it uplifting to discover that a herd of cattle in Australia will be drinking better than you will tonight? What’s next, handing the cows a wine list?

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