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  1. I never realized there was so much variation in wine's alcohol content. The range varies from almost 16% to just below 9%. 🤯

    #wine #alcohol #variability

    #QT mstdn.social/@wineecon/1164397

  2. AAWE WORKING PAPER #293: “An Overlooked Corner of the Fine Wine Market: Secondary Market Performance of Vintage Madeira” by Josh De Freitas. Free access: wine-economics.org/wp-content/ 

  3. Battle-worn Italian troops carrying wine in Abyssinia (historical name for Ethiopia), Nov 23, 1935. Italy invaded and conquered Ethiopia in 1935–36 under Mussolini, using overwhelming force including poison gas to build an African empire, while the League of Nations proved powerless to stop it.

  4. Lily Bollinger (French 1899 -1977) in 1952. She married Jacques Bollinger (1894-1941), general manager of Bollinger Champagne and grandson of founder Jacques Joseph Bollinger, in 1923. After the death of her husband in 1941, she took over the presidency of the Bollinger house and directed it for 30 years until 1971. #champagne #bollinger

  5. Lily Bollinger (French 1899 -1977) in 1952. She married Jacques Bollinger (1894-1941), general manager of Bollinger Champagne and grandson of founder Jacques Joseph Bollinger, in 1923. After the death of her husband in 1941, she took over the presidency of the Bollinger house and directed it for 30 years until 1971. #champagne #bollinger

  6. Lily Bollinger (French 1899 -1977) in 1952. She married Jacques Bollinger (1894-1941), general manager of Bollinger Champagne and grandson of founder Jacques Joseph Bollinger, in 1923. After the death of her husband in 1941, she took over the presidency of the Bollinger house and directed it for 30 years until 1971. #champagne #bollinger

  7. Lily Bollinger (French 1899-1977) in 1952. She married Jacques Bollinger (1894-1941), general manager of Bollinger Champagne & grandson of founder Jacques J. Bollinger, in 1923. After his death in 1941, she became the president of Bollinger until 1971. #champagne #bollinger

  8. Lily Bollinger (French 1899-1977) in 1952. She married Jacques Bollinger (1894-1941), general manager of Bollinger Champagne & grandson of founder Jacques J. Bollinger, in 1923. After his death in 1941, she became the president of Bollinger until 1971. #champagne #bollinger

  9. Amazing levels and stratification. Good to know for the next #restaurant and #winebar visit. Hourly minimum cash wages for tipped employees range from $2.13 (Federal and many states) to $15.75 (Washington). -- Workers in some states are more dependent on tips than in others. #tipping #gratuity #restaurantindustry #minimumwage

  10. 92% of the global Gamay vineyard area is located in France (mainly Beaujolais and Loire), another 5% is in Switzerland. #gamay

  11. What to expect from the 2022 vintage in #France.
    In absolute values, a lot more #Champagne (almost twice as much as in 2021), Languedoc-Roussillon, and Burgundy-Beaujolais. In relative terms, percentage growth is high in #Jura (+244%). #languedoc #roussillon #languedocroussillon #wine #viticulture #burgundy #Beaujolais

  12. 92% of the global #Gamay vineyard area is located in France (mainly Beaujolais and Loire), another 5% is in Switzerland. #vineyards #wine #viticulture

  13. In 1962, Helen Gurley Brown's "Sex and the Single Girl: The Unmarried Woman’s Guide to Men" popularized the egg & wine diet (reprinted in Vogue 1977 as “Egg & Chablis Diet”). The book encouraged young women to become independent before marriage; it sold 2 million copies in 3 weeks
    #Diet #Chablis #Sex #whitewine

  14. The 2006 U.S.-EU wine trade agreement protects 17 EU wine designations (e.g., #Champagne, #Burgundy, #Chablis, #Chianti, #Port, #Sherry, Rhine Wine, #Sauternes w/o the "s"). BUT there is a "Grandfather" provision: producers who used them prior to Mar 10, 2006, may continue using them indefinitely federalregister.gov/documents/

  15. LVMH owner Bernard Arnault surpasses Elon Musk to become the world’s richest person. LVMH’s portfolio includes brands such as Moët & Chandon, Château D’Yquem, Veuve Clicquot, Krug, Hennessy, and Cloudy Bay and many others. thedrinksbusiness.com/2023/01/
    #LVMH #Krug #VeuveClicquot #Hennessy #Champagne #Yquem

  16. 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle of superlatives w/ the Eiffel Tower (world's tallest bldg). As a media spectacle, Champagne Mercier hauled in a 200,000 btl barrel from Epernay - drawn by 24 oxen & 12 horses. Mercier owned the rights to “Dom Perignon”– sold to Moet & Chandon in 1927 #Champagne #DomPerignon #Mercier #winehistory #wine

  17. Only 2 years ago! To comply with rules, 's 2020 wine tax reform set equal excise tax rates on domestic & imported , as well as new taxes on & wine materials. Tax reductions for preferential categories, e.g., wine from protected geographical designations were abolished
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  18. Only 2 years ago! To comply with #WTO rules, #Russia's 2020 wine #excise tax reform set equal excise tax rates on domestic & imported #wine, as well as new taxes on #grapes & wine materials. Tax reductions for preferential categories, e.g., wine from protected geographical designations were abolished #excisetax
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