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France Mourns As It Destroys Fine Wine
The Sunday Times ^
| July 3, 2005
| Nicola Smith and Matthew Campbell
Posted on 07/02/2005 5:47:22 PM PDT by quidnunc
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To: Brilliant
"but the EUs crisis financing of the process is being cited as an example of the profligacy of a system that Tony Blair wants to reform but which the French are fighting to keep..."
Boneheads did this to themselves, and don't want to do anything about it.
Just like their old masters the Bourbons, "they learn nothing and forget nothing."
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posted on
07/02/2005 9:51:16 PM PDT
by
decal
(Where were YOU when AndyScam broke? Sluthering, perhaps?)
To: txflake
Did they send us a thank you note? I didn't think so! ;-)
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posted on
07/03/2005 1:22:04 AM PDT
by
Tunehead54
(In honor of our bravest in armed service to our nation.)
To: thoughtomator
Apparently irony is an under-appreciated form of expression here at FR...
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posted on
07/03/2005 7:57:17 AM PDT
by
Jagman
To: Jagman
Naw, it's just hard to pass inflection through text.
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posted on
07/03/2005 8:05:07 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(The legislative process is like the digestive process, same end product)
To: txflake
"Decanting Champagne into anything but a flute is barbaric."So you're saying I should retire the beer-bong for champagne drinking purposes?
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posted on
07/03/2005 8:15:42 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopeckne is walking around free)
To: Jagman
"Apparently irony is an under-appreciated form of expression here at FR..."Just look for it among the folks who didn't write back to you.
And me of course
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posted on
07/03/2005 8:18:03 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopeckne is walking around free)
To: quidnunc
France. Wine. Tears. Bah!
Never did like the French stuff, maybe the snootiness of their attitude during my one visit to Paris carried over. Who cares? The Germans have good wine, as do we and many others.
But that isn't the point here...
The French have been hit hard by their political action, and it continues to hurt because of their politics.
Given a huge hit in the market by whatever, an American company would cut prices on the remaining inventory, flood the market with CHEAP product and remind the consumer just they they enjoyed it in the first place!
GM has a similar problem (not the causes, the problem) and has just enjoyed a 19 year record sales month by cutting prices. No profits today, but inventory is down and in a year or three many will trade in good cars for new from the same company (if in fact the are indeed good).
France is Socialist, and the solutions are Socialist, and the results will be Socialist.
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posted on
07/03/2005 8:29:48 AM PDT
by
kAcknor
(That's my version of it anyway....)
To: Sonar5
Likewise, I live in upstate NY Finger Lakes region and I buy 95% of my wine from local vintners. I haven't bought a bottle of French wine in three years. Lesson learned by the French, Not. Amen.
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posted on
07/03/2005 8:39:03 AM PDT
by
gakrak
("A wise man's heart is his right hand, But a fool's heart is at his left" Eccl 10:2)
To: quidnunc
(s)france makes wine?(/s)
To: All
I drank a wonderful South African red wine last night. It is called Two Oceans and the grape used is Shiraz. It is not too dry, but not sweat. For me, it was just right. The price was just right too.
To: All
Further, this Two Oceans wine was very smooth in that it didnt pucker up the taste buds like some wines do.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
The French vinters will be even more upset when their resident exploding Muslim population takes over their country. They'll bulldoze their precious vineyards for Mosques and goat grazing fields. If the stupid Frog Dhimmies object, it will be "off with their heads"!
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posted on
07/03/2005 9:35:41 AM PDT
by
Gritty
("Islam precludes critical thoughts about itself or honest dealings with non-Muslims-Lawrence Auster)
To: digger48
"I can hear the 2 Senators from Massachusetts sobbing from here.
Aw, I just think they're drunk--on sterno and anti-freeze, probably.
73
posted on
07/03/2005 9:41:13 AM PDT
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: taxesareforever
"Oh, that's right, they don't have any war machines."
That includes an army with backbone, right?
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posted on
07/03/2005 9:41:59 AM PDT
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: ml/nj
"Those of you who experience shadenfreude because this is happening to some Frenchman won't be so gleeful when our Washington elite decide to follow the enlightened EU example here."
Some of our Washington elite HAVE decided to follow the enlightened EU example here. And We on FR have decided to fight them on it. One of the elitists just lost the national election for president, and the another one is looking for young babes (never mind that he's married). And one of these, I presume, by himself drinks enough French wine--any wine--to make up for those millions of bottles destined to become fuel.
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posted on
07/03/2005 9:51:24 AM PDT
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: Libloather
"Should I be worried about this third arm growing out of my forehead?"
Uh, wrong thread. The gruesome appendage thread is somewhere else.
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posted on
07/03/2005 9:53:43 AM PDT
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: muir_redwoods
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posted on
07/03/2005 10:44:31 AM PDT
by
Jagman
To: Tax-chick
We like Lindemann's blended wines and Yellow Tail Shiraz as well. Chile's red wines are fine too; Santa Carolina's Reserva is a good label. Haven't bought any French since 2002 and don't intend to.
To: righttackle44
How do they say "backbone" in the Netherlands? NaDa
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posted on
07/03/2005 12:06:49 PM PDT
by
taxesareforever
(Government is running amuck)
To: quidnunc
I never did like French wines but I love Brie, but wouldn't buy it if made in France. Now I found that Safeway has a great Brie made in the US.
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posted on
07/03/2005 12:18:24 PM PDT
by
fish hawk
(I am only one, but I am not the only one.)
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