Iceman wrote:
> > French wines and spirits are set to have a record year in 2006, with exports
> > of cognac, champagne and bordeaux wines, and even French vodka, projected to
> > bring in 8.0 billion euros (10.5 billion dollars).
>
> Something like 80% of US cognac sales are in the inner city. Hip-hop
> is the best thing that ever happened to the cognac industry.
>
> > France, not traditionally associated with vodka, also managed to boost its
> > exports in the first 10 months of this year of the drink by a hefty 132
> > percent.
> >
> > This was largely due to the success of the Grey Goose vodka brand in the
> > United States. France exported 320 million euros' worth of the drink in the
> > first 10 months of this year.
>
> Vodkas are very similar anyway - does anyone really care that it's
> French rather than Russian?
>
> > Britain remains the best customer for French wines and spirits, followed by
> > the United States, Germany, Belgium and Japan.
>
> Suprising to see Belgium on that list, but I guess the Spanish and
> Italians drink so much of their own wines that they don't import a lot
> of French wine.
ah no, we drink plenty of French wine here
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