Each had a six-pack of beer and a few joints, which they quaffed and puffed as we played.
Most people quaffed only with meals; solitary boozing was rare.
They were from Cofco, a big state-owned Chinese food and drink manufacturer whose Great Wall wines are quaffed by the country's aspirant middle classes.
In 2012 Iranians quaffed nearly four times as much as in 2007.
Compared with the 70 litres or so quaffed by the average American, it sounds like Africans are bunch of party-poopers.
According to IWSR, a market-research firm, consumption last year grew by 1.6% to 27 billion litres and China, the world's biggest market, quaffed 38% of that.
They also suggest purchasing UCP Backus, a Peruvian brewer, because more beer is quaffed during warm weather, and selling Telefonica del Peru, because heavy rains could interrupt the installation of telephone lines.How smart are these bets?
TO CELEBRATE the birth of the euro, bankers and politicians across Europe quaffed champagne and, no doubt, munched sides of smoked salmon and trays of delicate canapés.
They are the "local" wines many of us enjoy on our Mediterranean holidays – quaffed on warm nights on the terraces of Mallorcan or Corsican villas or sipped in beachfront tavernas in Sardinia and Corfu to the sound of lapping waves.
It was an ancient variety, grown only on a few acres in a corner of Korčula, which he and his mates bottled and quaffed once a year.
After Nat Rothschild's guests have quaffed his champagne and sung a chorus of "Happy Birthday" they will get a chance to look around.
