http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/07/21/now-ill-say-something-nice-about-the-french/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:43:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/07/21/now-ill-say-something-nice-about-the-french/comment-page-1/#comment-20918 Ed Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:51:57 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/07/21/now-ill-say-something-nice-about-the-french/#comment-20918 Pouring out Frecnh wines? Wow, that would have been as stupid on the merits as it was on the politics ! Pouring out Frecnh wines? Wow, that would have been as stupid on the merits as it was on the politics !

]]> http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/07/21/now-ill-say-something-nice-about-the-french/comment-page-1/#comment-20915 Fredric Koeppel Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:32:55 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/07/21/now-ill-say-something-nice-about-the-french/#comment-20915 Ah, that's a fascinating take on the issue. There may be some truth in that. I bet there are people who wish they hadn't made such a patriotic show of pouring out French wines. Ah, that’s a fascinating take on the issue. There may be some truth in that. I bet there are people who wish they hadn’t made such a patriotic show of pouring out French wines.

]]> http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/07/21/now-ill-say-something-nice-about-the-french/comment-page-1/#comment-20904 Ed Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:13:15 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2007/07/21/now-ill-say-something-nice-about-the-french/#comment-20904 I wonder if the increase in French wine sales from '05 to '06 may just be part of an unwinding of anti-French sentiment that depressed sales of many French products following the start of the Iraq war, which France (wisely as it now seems) vigorously opposed. Remember "freedom fries" ? It would be interesting to compare French wine sales in the US in '06 with what they were prior to the war, to perhaps get a better sense of where things stand. I wonder if the increase in French wine sales from ’05 to ’06 may just be part of an unwinding of anti-French sentiment that depressed sales of many French products following the start of the Iraq war, which France (wisely as it now seems) vigorously opposed. Remember “freedom fries” ? It would be interesting to compare French wine sales in the US in ’06 with what they were prior to the war, to perhaps get a better sense of where things stand.

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