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5 Aug 2014 Europe drinking EuroVelo
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The people behind the EuroVelo European cycling network, keen to encourage wine tasting by bike, have published a handy guide to drink-cycling limits in different countries. Several EuroVelo routes run through wine-producing regions, such as EV15, the Rhine Cycle Route. They observe that in France and Italy, the same limit applies to drivers and cyclists (0.05g/dl); the Czech Republic is a zero-tolerance zone; but that Austria and Germany are more relaxed, at 0.16g/dl for the latter. Curiously they don’t mention the UK, perhaps out of respect for the quality of our wine.

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