I said "Ah, New Zealand wine, home of the "Cat's Pee on a GooseberryMy friend choked and about spit his wine out with shock, giving me a horrid look such as "how dare you say something so rude..."  the salesman laughed and confirmed that yes, New Zealand is home to Cooper's Creek wine with their bright green label and grinning cat. I've had this fruity wine and ironically, it goes well with seafood, just like cat's prefer. A bit of trivia, the wine "Cat's Pee on a Gooseberry Bush" is sold worldwide except in America, the authorities made them change the spelling ofGo figure, only in America, would they get a slight insult over such a fun name. There's a great book out. Merlot and the Naked Grape: Odd Wines from Around the World " and of course this wine and many others with odd names and odd labels have made the book. Many of the labels are reproduced in the book for here to look inside. Tortola imports wines from all over the world, every store is bound to have

a different selection from the last.  I've also discovered that if you save up the distinctive corks from Pussers Rum, (the famous franchise originating from the BVI) they make a great wine topper stopper, because Pussers has the wooden cap attached to the cork, so it's easy to recork your wine with a Pussers Rum cork than with the original wine cork, which can often fall into the wine (very frustrating). Speaking of wine, might as well tell you a cheese tidbit...  the BVI with our ever changing elec-tricky conditions, and for those of you on boats with fridges that tend to go up and down in temperature, I sometimes fine my cheese has gone a tad moldy. Well, there is a perfect remedy for that. Just shave off the moldy cheese, then saturate a linen towel or 2 paper towels, folded over, with plain white vinegar. Wrap your cheese in the vinegar soakedIt won't alter the flavor but no mold will grow on your cheese. grown in the BVI make good wine too.