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The Famous Grouse: Smoky Black Blended Scotch Whisky

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This boldness isn’t restricted to exchanges with other grouse, either: in some locales, members of this circumpolar family are astonishingly foolhardy around humans. Red Grouse by English ornithologist and artist John Gould (1804-1881), from The Birds of Europe.

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La Vieille Ferme: Rouge (2016)

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And that’s not all: I’m even relaxing my unwritten prohibition against featuring domestic fowl. The chicken, which the ancient Egyptians called “the bird that gives birth everyday”, was introduced to Europe by the fifth century B.C., I suspect I won’t be the only one drinking French wine this weekend. So I survived.

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