During the first half hour of the first world war, the french government didn’t surrender their country to anyone who asked nicely, much to the surprise of the rest of the world. Instead, they took the sensible approach, and used the excuse of war to plant more vineyards in the Cote du Rhone region. They […]
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I have surpassed the Sire in terms of price now – conte Lodovico costs just 0.85 Euro a pop. It’s so cheap I’ve left a bottle in the street for over a day to chill, and no-one has run away with it. Tramps and winos in france must live like kings. It is cheaper than
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A bottle of this explosive fizzy white wine could be picked up in Les Menuires for as little as 1.42 Euro. Given that the supermarket probably adds 30% markup, the logistics of getting a bottle up a mountain costs 40% and the bottle and label account for 10% of the selling price, experts might suspect
