PARIS (AP) — In headier times, some of these wines were served at dinner for French presidents and their guests — kings, queens, other heads of state. In today's times of austerity, the Elysee Palace is selling off these vintage bottles. Tweet This Post
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Austerity Has Come for France’s Wine
It’s no secret that France’s economy is a mess. The country barely avoided a recession with 0.1 percent economic growth in the first quarter of 2013, after a 0.3 percent contraction at the end of 2012. President Francois Hollande has given up on meeting a 2013 budget deficit target, which France had promised the European [...]
Nervous Pope Candidate Changes Wine Into Jesus Christ’s Urine
VATICAN CITY—While undergoing the selection process at the ongoing papal conclave, anxious pope candidate Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi accidentally transformed the sacramental wine into Jesus Christ’s urine, the embarrassed church official confi… The Onion Tweet This Post
Russia set to resume imports of Georgian wine and water
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Wine and water from Georgia should soon begin flowing back to Russia, after Moscow agreed in principle on Monday to lift an embargo in a step towards rebuilding relations shattered by their August 2008 war. Imports of Georgian mineral water and wine could resume this spring, officials from both countries said, seven [...]
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Manager, Pitcher Go Through Entire Bottle Of Wine During Really Great Mound Visit
MINNEAPOLIS—Cleveland Indians manager Manny Acta and pitcher Justin Masterson said they "shared a great baseball moment…a great human moment" while splitting a bottle of chilled white wine during an "exceptional" mound vis… Tweet This Post
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