Submitted by MitchTobol on

More bubbly please

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In this bizarro moment in time, here's a problem I think most of us can get behind.

 

“We are experiencing a crisis that we evaluate to be even worse than the Great Depression (1929-1939) in terms of economy for Champagne,” Thibaut Le Mailloux of the Champagne Committee said . “And if you look at a more recent crisis like 1974, the drop in Champagne shipments was only half of what we are expecting this year.”

 

Even though alcohol consumption is up, producers in France’s northeastern Champagne region expect roughly 100 million bottles of bubbly to go untouched by year’s end. Champagne sales have dropped by one-third and producers say they’ve lost $2.7 billion

 

We could turn the grapes into hand sanitizer. "Every squirt will have a fizz". However an owner of one of the champagne brands said, unsurprisingly, that doing so would be “an insult to nature.”

 

Let's save the industry...everyone drink more champagne :)

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Fred Klein

My drink of choice is ice cold bubbly!

Submitted by NeilHollander on Sat, 08/08/2020 - 06:23

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Neil Hollander

Ice cold imported champagne and Beluga caviar . Breakfast of champions .

Submitted by Phyllis_Newbert on Sat, 08/08/2020 - 06:24

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Phyllis Newbert

I'm definitely on board for the task!! Cheers!!
Norman Spizz

"I get no kick from champabne"....Cole Porter
Corey Bearak

Crystal, DP or "Flower Bottle"* are my faves

*Perrier Jouet Fleur de France
Mitch Tobol

You know...I've never had that. It think it's time
Shelley Simpson

Given that 4 people died this week from drinking hand sanitizer, I'm suggesting this blog be published as a PSA.

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